The O’Neill National Critics Institute Alumni
The NCI is one of the few training grounds in the country for mid career critics, a bootcamp intensive to study many of the contemporary questions about journalism and theatre, food, dance, and film criticism.
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@martintsai.bsky.social
@cashleelee.bsky.social
Los Angeles Times entertainment and arts reporter. theater and thriving, in abundance. she/her is messy, but she's kind. ashley.lee@latimes.com
@ambaldonado.bsky.social
Fresh Air • WHYY • NPR • Philadelphia NCI 2021 • 🇺🇸🇵🇭 formerly: Comedy Central • WNYC host-#ParentTrapped Podcast
@nancyb.bsky.social
Chicago theater/arts critic, publisher Third Coast Review. Obsessive reader. Always curious.
@bmanuel.bsky.social
Writer/critic for hire 📍LA 📚 Hello Stranger (OUT NOW!) 📚 The Male Gazed (2023) 📚 Judy at Carnegie Hall (2020) 🏰 Writer on The Cardboard Kingdom series (2018, 2021, 2023) LAFCA, GALECA, Peabody Awards Juror www.mbetancourt.com
@notangelaharmon.bsky.social
@jaygabler.com
Writer, editor, etc. Arts and entertainment reporter for the Duluth News Tribune, co-founder of The Tangential. Views expressed are mine alone.
@fkwang.bsky.social
Asian American journalist, essayist, poet, scholar focused on issues of race and justice. Book “You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids” Wayne State Univ Press 2022. Personal.
@artsbureau.bsky.social
@lindsaychristians.bsky.social
Food & arts journalist in Madison. Likes: cookbooks, cocktails, theater, literary fiction, cat content. (Cover image: Olbrich Gardens, Mike DeVries, 2014)
@alixrosenfeld.bsky.social
Writer, theatre artist. MFA Antioch University, MA Villanova University. Bit of a nuisance, really.
@crritic.bsky.social
Advocate, author, professor, essayist, US Army veteran, NGO president
@ameliamerrill.bsky.social
life, a shadow AND a dream? in this economy? writer, yid, theatre journalist and playwright, gymnastics fan MD ➡️ NY she/her @ameliamerr_ on 🐦, @mia_merrill on 📸
@diepthought.bsky.social
Editor in Chief of Playbill. Other words NY Times, NBC Asian America, NY Mag, Time Out NY. Views are my own. dtran@playbill.com dieptran.com
@mildlybitter.bsky.social
Theater critic. Attorney. She/her. Bylines: NYTimes, The Stage, American Theatre, Village Voice, Variety, Exeunt NYC. #Kdrama fan. 70s liner. 💜 #BTS OT7. #StrayKids. #Ateez. TXT. Biases: Yoongi, Lee Know. 한국어를 배우고 있어요. https://nicoles.journoportfolio.com
@lindab.bsky.social
You may know me as @PataphysicalSci on Twitter. Theater and television journalist. Ice cream enthusiast.
@amandalandrei.bsky.social
Playwright, translator, critic, journalist based in LA Critique/essays @ American Theatre, Stage Raw, Howl Round, Rappler Translations @ Asymptote, Another Chicago Magazine, Lunch Ticket Plays w/ Circle X, Chalk Rep, Artists at Play
@byronwoods.bsky.social
Now in his 30th year as a live arts journalist & critic in central North Carolina, Byron has published ~2,000 stories in regional newspapers & online media including CVNC.org. Honors include a Green Eyeshade Award & two fellowships each from the NEA & NCI.
@allipierson.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Storyteller, Bibliophile Former associate editor of American Theatre Magazine. I am a multifaceted journalist and creative writer with a penchant for human interest stories, arts criticism, cultural analysis, and investigative reporting.
@emilymcclanathan.bsky.social
Arts journalist & critic based in Chicago, covering theater, books, music & more https://authory.com/EmilyMcClanathan
@itsafrikah.bsky.social
(they/hir) multihyphenate dramaturg, arts writer, and new work producer based in Boston. words in American Theatre Magazine, American Repertory Theater, and ✨the ether✨. A pleasure to have in class. itsafrikah.com 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈
@amandafinn.bsky.social
(she/they) A travel, theater, and lifestyle writer with a penchant for tattoos. Featured in HuffPo, Yahoo, American Theatre, Chicago Reader, etc.🌈 IG: Finn.Writes amandafinnwrites@gmail.com
@erinkeane.bsky.social
Writer, editor, poet, critic | Chief Content Officer at @salonnewsroom.bsky.social | Author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me | Faculty at Naslund-Mann MFA | KY Colonel | Blair Water Literary Society chair | https://linktr.ee/eekshecried
@tylekurner.bsky.social
Erstwhile sissy sophisticate and pasta enthusiast. words in GQ, W Magazine, and the New York Times, and also The Queer Film Guide.
@laurack.bsky.social
dramaturg, awards judge, theatre critic/editor, director, occasional producer 🎭 teacher/tutor/lecturer/coach with a PhD👩🏻🎓 angry about white supremacist heteropatriarchal capitalism✊🏻 neurodivergent London-based immigrant🌎 own views
@notgabriela.bsky.social
Audience engagement, Des Moines Register/Sioux Falls Argus Leader | The Sports Wire on KTGR | #MizzouMade | She/Her 🏳️🌈 | O’Neill Center NCI Fellow | D&D dice goblin | Philly sports fan | 🇵🇭/🇮🇹
@aislingmurph.bsky.social
"ash-ling" | theatre reporter @ the globe and mail | tips + pitches, aislingmurphy(at)globeandmail(dot)com
@bedatri.bsky.social
Arts and Entertainment Editor at @Inquirer.com | Film programmer at DOC NYC, SFFILM | NYC/PHL via CCU/DEL | bchoudhury@inquirer.com
@schmemily.bsky.social
Arts writer in Kansas. Co-founder of the SHOUT, Wichita's dedicated arts & culture news source: shoutwichita.com CV: National Critics Institute fellow & Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing grantee, journalist-in-residence @ Wichita Art Museum, typo queen
@juanmichaelii.bsky.social
Black gay man; living with HIV since 2015. Podcast host of the International AIDS Society. Freelance journalist and consultant. juanmichael.com #IDsky #Medsky
@davidjchavez.bsky.social
Brown drama guy. Bay Area theater critic/reporter @ SJ Mercury News, SF Chronicle, KQED, American Theatre Mag + others. Chair: American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, 2X Pulitzer Drama Juror ('22-'23) GO SJ Sharks! IG: @davidjchavez #hellatheatre
@marinafang.bsky.social
Culture journalist for hire, formerly of HuffPost • covering film + TV & their intersection with politics • Adjunct journalism prof, CUNY • she/her • bymarinafang@gmail.com or marinafang.72 on Signal marinafang.substack.com
@joeybear85.bsky.social
Associate director, Drinks, Bon Appétit prev: Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, others. Cat dad
@sorayanadiamcdonald.com
I write about culture, history, and power. Pulitzer finalist for criticism. currently: working on a book previously: The Undefeated, WaPo (Pre-Bezos, mostly) she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
@martintsai.bsky.social
critique de cinéma. mots dans los angeles times, a.v. club, the wrap, awards watch, sight and sound etc. camarade de national critics institute et power of diverse voices. membre de galeca, aaja et nlgja. il/le ouvert au travail: martin.tsai@nyu.edu