Beyond Zoom plays: The future of theater in the age of coronavirus

Datebook: In the early days of the pandemic, theater adapted with plays on Zoom, which so far has not proved an ideal medium.

It’s “a platform that was intended for conference calls, and that never quite goes away,” says San Francisco playwright and director Stuart Bousel. He’s open, though, to the possibility of a “forward-looking” mode that is built for Zoom’s tools and strengths, as opposed to one that’s “nostalgic,” one that futilely imitates in-person theater.