2014 has been a building year for TheatreNow!. We have expanded our staff with the addition of Danica Rodriguez and Thais Flaitt Giannoccaro. Our global outreach has increased with representatives in the United States, United Kingdom, Asia, and South America, and we have plans to translate our interviews into Korean and Portuguese. TheatreNow! also has a Young Adult Representative to help us build more interest in the theatre profession, especially among young women.

Season Four will be dedicated to creating an oral history of six leading dramaturgs and theatre critics active in the American scene, with specialties in new play development, new musical development, dance, opera, women’s studies, journalism, and cultural criticism. In the interviews, TheatreNow!’s Anne Hamilton will explore the following questions with guests: How can we take advantage of advances in technology to push the dramaturgical profession forward? How have others done so? Do leading practitioners in the arts of dramaturgy and theatre criticism have anything in common? What is it? How can I expand my own practice to become an independent curator, journalist and advocate in a meaningful way? How can I advance the gender parity movement among theatre artists? How can I add content to the current movement for archiving theatre artists’ and companies’ works? How can I help the public to meet and recognize female theatrical experts across all disciplines? And, how can I use my dramaturgical skills and access to help young adults become interested in pursuing any of the theatrical professions?