EPISODE · Apr 3, 2026 · 40 MIN
Beth Henley — BUGHOUSE
from The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers · host Dan Rubins, Beth Henley
Bughouse runs at the Vineyard Theatre through Sunday, April 5th. For more information, please visit www.vineyardtheatre.org. Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org
What this episode covers
Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley joins the podcast to talk about her new work Bughouse at the Vineyard Theatre. What excited her about joining director Martha Clarke's project to tell the story of the outsider painter Henry Darger? How did she compile Bughouse's text from the tens of thousands of pages that Darger wrote in secret? And how did creating a solo show reshape her playwriting practice? Tune in to this exciting conversation to find out!
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Beth Henley — BUGHOUSE
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