Media Archive

Reflecting on the process of adapting Yann Martel’s novel for the stage, Chakrbarti says, “My job as adapter in this case is to leave space for your view.”

Director Max Webster on Pi, puppets, and the magic of storytelling.

It’s a strange business, adapting a novel. Words, after all, have just that right variable mix of the nebulous and the precise.

As artists, audiences, and community members, we each play a role beyond the theater space that creates a rippling impact in the ways we see and engage with one another in the present moment.

The historical events portrayed in the play, from March 1991 to December 1993.

A reflection on Twilight by Harvard Professor Ju Yon Kim, who chairs the college’s Theater, Dance & Media concentration.

Twilight’s prescience lies in its power to capture that past moment of social strife and conflict in Los Angeles while also conveying revelations about our current troubling era.

In the 30 years since Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 made its world premiere, Anna Deavere Smith’s landmark documentary performances have borne witness to communities in crisis across the US and internationally.

Much has happened in America since 1992. And much has not.

A note from Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone about the writing of 1776.

Sara Martin, Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers Editorial Project at the Massachusetts Historical Society, on the lasting legacy of John and Abigail’s correspondence

One of A.R.T.’s core values is to lead with inquiry. This list features the production’s essential questions and some of the articles, books, and speeches that have inspired the cast and creative team in their work on this new production of 1776.