On November 13, 2006, the largest shared world premiere in the history of the American Theatre—maybe in the universe, so far—opened across the United States, as Suzan-Lori Parks’s 365 Days/365 Plays took the stage. It was exactly four years since Ms. Parks began writing a play a day on November 13, 2002, and just a few months after she’d won the Pulitzer Prize for Topdog/Underdog.
There was considerable buzz at the time, with theatres from Seattle to San Antonio, and all areas between and beyond, stepping forward to produce the works. But now that the initial hum has faded a bit, how are things going with this unprecedented project, just a little over two months in?