EditorialFrom left, John Zdrojeski, Jeb Kreager, Zoë Winters and Michele Pawk in Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” at Playwrights Horizons in New York, Sept. 12, 2019. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Julio Monge, Arturo Luís Soria, Frankie J. Alvarez and Ceci Fernández in “Wet Brain” at Playwrights Horizons in New York on May 18, 2023. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)
EditorialGregg Mozgala, left, and Kara Young perform a scene in “Cost of Living” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater in New York, Sept. 15, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialGregg Mozgala, left, and Kara Young perform a scene in “Cost of Living” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater in New York, Sept. 15, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialThe playwright Jeremy O. Harris, right, with two of the fellows: Asa Haynes, left, and DJ Hills, who is slightly obscured. (Guido Gazzilli/The New York Times)
EditorialArinze Kene, whose one-man show “Misty” mixes spoken word, music, surreal comedy and performance to tell a tale of gentrification, racial tension and male identity, at Weston Studio in London, Feb. 10, 2023. (Tami Aftab/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Francis Guinan, Glenn Davis and K. Todd Freeman, three of the actors in Bruce Norris’s play “Downstate,” onstage at Playwrights Horizons, in New York on Dec. 1 2022. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialTim Hopper, left, and Francis Guinan in the New York premiere of Bruce Norris’s 2018 play, “Downstate,” at Playwrights Horizons, Oct. 27, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialBill Heck, left, and Liza Colon-Zayas in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Quiara Alegría Hudes, "Water by the Spoonful," at the Second Stage Theater in New York, Dec. 10, 2012. (Karli Cadel/The New York Times)
EditorialNamir Smallwood, left, and Jon Michael Hill in the play “Pass Over,” at the August Wilson Theater in New York, Aug. 17, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialWill Dagger and Jamie Brewer play half-siblings in Will Arbery’s “Corsicana” at Playwrights Horizons in New York, June 1, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialDeirdre O?Connell, right, and Jamie Brewer perform in ?Corsicana? at Playwrights Horizons in New York, June 1, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Will Dagger, Deirdre O'Connell and Jamie Brewer in the play "Corsicana" at Playwrights Horizons in New York, June 1, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Marjan Neshat, Nazanin Nour, Roxanna Hope Radja, Artemis Pebdani and Nikki Massoud in the play “Wish You Were Here” at Playwrights Horizons in New York, April 12, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRita Wolf on a video screen and seated behind sheer curtains, left, during a performance of ?Out of Time? at the Public Theater in New York, Feb. 13, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialCharly Evon Simpson on the set of her new play, “Sandblasted,” at the Vineyard Theater in New York, Feb. 11, 2022. (Lila Barth/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Tala Ashe, Hadi Tabbal, Marjan Neshat, Ava Lalezarzadeh and Pooya Mohseni in ?English,? by Iranian-American playwright Sanaz Toossi, at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, Feb. 11, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialW. Tr? Davis, left, and Tyler Fauntleroy in a scene from ?Tambo and Bones? at Playwrights Horizons in New York, Jan. 18, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialDario Ladani Sanchez as Taroon and Marjan Neshat as Afiya in the Sylvia Khoury play “Selling Kabul” at Playwrights Horizons in New York, Nov. 16, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialThe playwright Ed Bullins, on Sept. 25, 1968, the year he completed “In the Wine Time,” his first full-length play. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialMJ Kaufman in a Manhattan storefront, the set for their play “Wild Pride,” about a transgender YouTube influencer, June 10, 2021. (Dina Litovsky/The New York Times)
EditorialDima Mikhayel Matta, one of three playwrights showcased in the National Queer Theater’s Criminal Queerness Festival, in Brooklyn, June 16, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialA room depicting Martyna Majok’s dream in the En Garde Arts production of “A Dozen Dreams,” at Brookfield Place in New York, May 12, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialErminia and the Shepherd, 1619-20 By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, The scene is taken from Torquato Tasso's epic poem, La Gerusalemme Liberata published in 1575. Erminia, a pagan princess in love with the crusader, Tancred, disguises herself in armour t...
EditorialFrom left: Alexander Lambie, Ren Dara Santiago and Julissa Contreras, contributors to an audioplay series with episodes set inside the No. 2 train, at the Wakefield 241 Street station in the Bronx, Dec. 18, 2020. (Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times)
EditorialThe playwright Jeremy O. Harris, at center, speaks after the final Broadway performance of "Slave play" at the Golden theatre in Manhattan, Jan. 19, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialSteve Carter, front, with his fellow Negro Ensemble Company playwrights, from top, Herman Johnson, Al Davis and J.E. Gaines in 1974. (Gene Maggio/The New York Times)
EditorialAdam Greenfield, now in his first season as artistic director for Playwrights Horizons, on the set of “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” in Manhattan, Oct. 11, 2019. (Ricky Rhodes/The New York Times)
EditorialRoslyn Ruff and fellow actors play a scene from Claudia Rankine’s “Help” at the Shed, in New York, March 8, 2020. (Rachel Papo/The New York Times)
EditorialJulia Miles in 2001, two years before she stepped down as Women’s Project’s artistic director, in New York. (Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialElaine Stritch, center, as Madame Armfeldt in the revival of "A Little Night Music" in New York, July 14, 2010. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialSerafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero (Searfi_n, 1871-1938; Joaqui_n, 1873-1944). Spanish playwrights. Drawing where they represent reading Benito Perez Galdos, his adaptation of "Marianela".
EditorialAllegorical vignette with beehive, Bijenkorf surrounded by three people and flanked by two muses. In the foreground are books by playwrights Vondel, Langendyk and Focquenbroch and there are magazines with titles of various plays. Above the show is the ...
EditorialThe director, producer and acting teacher Jack Garfein while teaching at the Actors Studio in New York on March 15, 2011. (Robert Caplin/The New York Times)
EditorialRandy Danson, left, and Emily Cass McDonnell in “The Thin Place” at Playwrights Horizons in Manhattan on Nov. 21, 2019. (Richard Termine/The New York Times)
EditorialSerafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero (Searfi_n, 1871-1938; Joaqui_n, 1873-1944). Spanish playwrights. Drawing where they represent reading Benito Perez Galdos, his adaptation of "Marianela".
EditorialSerafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero (Searfi_n, 1871-1938; Joaqui_n, 1873-1944). Spanish playwrights. Drawing where they represent reading Benito Perez Galdos, his adaptation of "Marianela".