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The Crackwalker

iPhoto caption: After the Blackout. Mel Lepp and Prince Amponsah. Photo credit: Elias Campbell.

Where are the playwrights?

In my final critique at the National Theatre School of Canada some 40 years ago, Joel Miller, who at the time was running the English acting program, turned to me and said “we know you have had some success with your little monologues and mask characters here, but do not ever, ever think you can be a playwright.”

By Judith Thompson / May 3, 2019

The Most Popular Intermission Articles of 2016

These are the ten most popular articles we published this year—plus a few others you should check out.

Dec 19, 2016

In the Round: 2016 Doras – Outstanding Male Performance

We sat down with Dora-nominated actors Greg Gale, Danny Ghantous, Sina Gilani, Matthew Gouveia, Tony Nappo, and R.H. Thomson to talk about remaining creative in a tough industry for Intermission's new video series In the Round. 

Hosted By Sascha Cole, Hosted By James Graham / Jun 26, 2016
iPhoto caption: Joanna McIntyre, Lynne Deragon, Frank Moore, Hardee T. Lineham, and Graham Greene in the lobby of the Centaur Theatre

A Crack in Everything

Crackwalker roundtable with playwright Judith Thompson and three actors from the original productions, thirty-five years later.

By Maija Kappler, New photography by Jill Harper / Mar 31, 2016