Ron Russell is entirely right: you owe it to yourself to sit down with Jaan Whitehead’s rather lengthy but entirely eye-opening new essay if you care even a little about where theater in America is – and should be – heading in the next decade or two. As time goes on, society trends further toward the visual – iPads, smartphones, et. al. – and theater is, or should be, a vital, intrinsic part of that. But it’s going to take some work. So let’s get to it. (FULL ARTICLE: HowlRound, via Ron Russell’s Theatrical Imperative)