{
  "id": 3109464,
  "title": "Plays Are Meant to Be Seen, Not Heard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/plays-are-meant-to-be-seen-not-heard",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T20:45:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "American Theatre",
    "slug": "american-theatre",
    "url": "https://www.americantheatre.org/2026/08/24/plays-are-meant-to-be-seen-not-heard/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the early 2000s, some major U.S. theatres dedicated spaces in their buildings to producing new work by new playwrights. Where are those programs—and those writers—now?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}