Kelundra Smith

With support from the Ford Foundation, Theatre Futures invites thought leaders in the arts and beyond to reflect on our next chapter.

Our managing editor reflects on how the skills she picked up doing arts journalism inform her approach to storytelling in another medium.

In 1968, one of the regional theatre’s founding mothers wrote an urgent memo to her board: It was long past time to integrate the company and diversify the audience.

The creative team at TuYo Theatre on how and why they created ‘Pasale Pasale.’

Tituss Burgess and Azie Dungey discuss faith, adapting a classic, and loving musical theatre.

These seasoned Atlanta artists prove that creative entrepreneurship and collaboration are keys to a vibrant career in one of the South’s most exciting cities.

Jonathan Norton’s new play, opening soon in Dallas and Louisville, finds the comedy and pathos in usher board culture.

4 performers who’ve sung the role at regional theatres reflect on what they’ve taken away from playing ’The Color Purple’s resilient protagonist.

How a cohort of artistic directors of color, recently hired at major U.S. theatres, have confronted unforeseen upheavals.

In ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home,’ next playing at Kansas City Rep and Yale Rep, this busy playwright pens another piece inspired by history.