Best Three-Hander Plays
Picture the scene: two actors, sharing a stage. Each of their characters have their own sets of needs and wants—their own objectives they’re fighting to achieve within the story. Even if their motives are hidden...
Best Of / Lists
Since StageMilk’s inception, lists have been an integral part of the site. We wanted to provide free, no-nonsense resources for actors all around the world. We are constantly updating these lists, and adding new ones. Go forth, and explore!
I find “Best Of” lists really helpful starting points when exploring new areas of information. Don’t get too caught up in the hierarchy of the lists, but just use these as a launching pad.
Best TV Shows About Acting
There is nothing I love more than watching TV shows about acting and actors. There’s something cathartic about seeing situations on screen that we can relate to. Not all shows do this successfully and with...
Best Australian Playwrights
As always with creating a ‘best of’ list, it has been a difficult task to put together a list of best Australian Playwrights. However, here is what we’ve come up with. We considered many factors...
10 Best Films You Didn’t Know Were Based on Shakespeare
Shakespeare lends himself well to the medium of cinema. From epic, historical tales of war and conquest to fever dreams rooted in the outright fantastical, his plays beg for adaptation and reinvention in a visual...
Best Plays of David Hare
David Hare is an acclaimed British playwright, as well as a screenwriter and director for theatre and film. He is a recipient and nominee of numerous awards, including two Laurence Olivier awards, New York Drama...
The Works of Martin McDonagh
From stage to screen to radio and even to musical theatre. Martin Mcdonagh is considered to be one of Ireland’s most acclaimed playwrights, and for good reason. These plays are all at once hilarious and...
Best New Zealand Playwrights
While the Kiwis may be famous for Peter Jackson, Jane Campion and Taika Waititi in the film world, they’ve got some golden playwrights too! Here’s a little listicle detailing some of the best writers for...
Amazing BIPOC Plays
Needless to say, there are countless exceptional plays out there written by BIPOC playwrights, but they’re often a little hard to find. Historically, the dominant canon has been very Eurocentric, and therefore, very white. And...
Best Plays of Eugene Ionesco
One of the truly most creative, surreal and fascinating playwrights of the 20th century Eugene Ionesco stands tall amongst a sea of brilliant existential surreal absurdist playwrights of his time. His works are visceral, hilarious,...
The Best Plays of August Wilson
You don’t get a theatre named after you by chance. August Wilson was the first and only (to date) African-American playwright to get a theatre named after him. Born in Pittsburgh into a diverse community...