We are a group of theater artists and companies joining forces during the pandemic to produce mail-based theatrical experiences. Many of us first met in the summer of 2020 in the Orchard Project’s international digital think-tank, the Liveness Lab. We wondered if analog mediums could offer a sense of tactile connection to far-flung audiences in this time of isolation and screen fatigue. Pittsburgh company RealTime Arts conceived and coordinated this "national wave" of projects, and Post Theatrical was born. Wildly varied in form, content, and duration, these experiences have been intentionally built for increased audience access and inclusion beyond that which is possible in typical live theater. Our work aspires to connect human beings of disparate backgrounds despite (and in some ways, through) distance.

Participating companies include RealTime Arts (Post Theatrical conceivers/ coordinators, Pittsburgh, PA) with Milia Ayache (Beirut, Lebanon); New Georges, with Emerie Snyder & Lina Younes (NYC); DEMASKUS Theater Collective (Pittsburgh, PA); The Tank with Alex Hare & Julia Izumi (NYC); Tiny Box Theater (Greenpoint, Brooklyn/Astoria, Queens) with Ya Chin Chang (Hong Kong); the junior class of the Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School (New Haven, CT); Let’s Make a Theatre Company with Scott Adkins (Park Slope, Brooklyn); Chelsea Sutton (Los Angeles, CA); The Wallpaper Company (Troy, NY); and Visual Echo with Irina Kruzhilina (NYC). Individual artists include Karinne Keithley Syers (Amherst, MA) and Melisa Tien (Hell’s Kitchen, NYC).