Extended Play – The Civilians

Extended Play

Extended Play is an online journal published by The Civilians dedicated to the intersections of contemporary theater and society.

The articles on Extended Play cover everything from exploring creative processes, community, politics, and new innovations in storytelling. The site features interviews, conversations between artists, project profiles, essays, and media including photos, audio and video.

Click on articles below or visit the Extended Play website to read more of this online platform and blog for creative and critical discourse. It is developed and devised by the Civilians to serve as a hub for artists and audiences to explore the many forms of investigative storytelling.

The Civilians is a New York City-based theater company dedicated to ambitious and exuberant new works that creatively interrogate our lived experience; question and test the stories that shape our world; and awaken new thinking and perceptions. Our signature work is “investigative theater,” meaning projects created through artistic research, community collaborations, and other methods of in-depth inquiry.

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