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The Half-God of Rainfall marks director Taibi Magar’s fourth A.R.T. production in five years. Each told by an ensemble, her recent A.R.T. works all center questions of justice—a theme that she connects directly to the ancient foundations of storytelling and performance.

In anticipation of Amal’s arrival in Boston, we look back at other puppet artists’ work in A.R.T. history, from 1984’s The King Stag to last season’s Life of Pi.

This glossary offers additional information about the Greek and Yoruba deities at the heart of the story, as well as context for some of the other legends—both on and off the court—referenced in the play.

I woke up the next morning and a character was forming: a super-human baller who could do the things I never could. I started writing the story then, but truthfully I’d been prepping it my whole life; he could be the half-god I never was.

A compilation of resources to introduce you to Evita and to prepare and reflect on the production.

A list of some of the publications and media that have inspired the creative team in their work on this production.

A timeline of events surrounding the musical.

In conversation with Diane Paulus, Sammi Cannold discusses her vision for the iconic musical and her eagerness to introduce Evita to a new generation of artists and audiences.

Evita Co-Choreographer Valeria Solomonoff reflects on the process of partnering tango with musical theater.

A compilation of resources for educators and learners from all contexts to explore the world of twenty-first-century Willesden that Zadie Smith portrays.

Female characters in medieval literature were more usually princesses or virginal damsels; nuns or saints; witches or prostitutes. But the Wife of Bath was different—she was a middle-class, middle-aged, sexually active woman.