"It feels like its own kind of little miracle, what was able to be achieved here"—Playwright Tony Meneses on the ANPF

Lara Jo HightowerJuly 18, 2022Comment

"Without development opportunities like ANPF, we would only have bland plays in the world."—Playwright Bryna Turner

To learn more about how the process fosters and nurtures new work, we talked to playwright Bryna Turner, whose play “At the Wedding” was featured at the 2019 ANPF, received a full production at T2 in 2021, and, this past spring, received its New York debut at the Lincoln Center to rave reviews —including a Critic’s Pick designation in the New York Times.

Lara Jo HightowerJuly 18, 2022Comment

Art Ventures/TheatreSquared collaboration offers artists more opportunities to shine

Lara Jo HightowerJuly 8, 2022Comment

"FLEX" playwright Candrice Jones: "I saw how those worlds—poetry, basketball, and play structure—collided."

Lara Jo HightowerJuly 1, 2022Comment

Janyce Caraballo: "Miss You Like Hell" portrays immigration struggle "full of so much life and love and depth"

In “Miss You Like Hell”, Janyce Caraballo plays Olivia, a complex, brainy teenager who starts out sullen and surly but blossoms in the course of this epic road trip musical. Caraballo isn’t just a talented actor—she’s a teaching artist at the Chicago High School for the Arts and Silk Road Rising, a community-centered art-making and arts service organization rooted in Asian, Middle Eastern, and Muslim experiences. We asked her a few questions about her experience working on this production at TheatreSquared.

Lara Jo HightowerJune 15, 2022Comment

Director of 'Miss You Like Hell': 'We need to be able to bring [these stories] here.'

“[T2 Artistic Associate Rebecca Rivas] said, ‘I thought you would enjoy it,’” he says. “I think she knows that I need something that is meaningful. I said, ‘Yeah, please, please consider me for this.’ When I got it, I immediately started imagining and thinking about it, and I got super excited. It’s a very important story, right? We’re doing a story about immigrants—they’re the main characters, and just seeing them on the main stage and seeing the community that this show has, you see people from different places. It’s a diverse community. I think that’s a goal. We need to be able to bring that here.”