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There has been much talk in recent years about the lack of "diversity" in American theater. This four part series is meant to redefine the conversation in a way that will move us past the bu…
Teo: So we can't be squeaky clean in everything we do, but I think that what Will said about moving with integrity is the best that we can do and that's all that we can do.. Just like in our…
This three-part series chronicles the musings of a twenty-something college grad making theater in London, trying to figure out what to bring home.
I suppose I expected a lot of adversarial reactions to proposing a libertarian working in community theater (similar to the adversarial reactions I had gotten in person). Instead, I've been …
On a bare stage, in costumes that hugged every curve, we seemed to invite and demand that the girls' bodies be the center of every moment. I was horrified. I questioned whether the performan…
(Re)Search is a six part series by Bree Windham a current graduate student in dramaturgy. It details her experiences as a young dramaturg navigating different resources and the ways she has …
As the Boston Mayoral campaign prompts a citywide discussion of Boston's priorities and needs, the arts, culture, and creative community is poised to bring attention to the issues of our sec…
Underground practice harasses geography. A counter-culture, if it is healthy, refigures the landmarks and locations of its city. For a certain group, it manages to pull the heightened focus …
that socially engaged libertarians can utilize civic practice. I now realize the flaw in my argument was its specificity: anyone with the grievance and spirit can and should use her dramatic…
Are theater marathons turning into a kind of Ironman Triathlon Theater? Consider: *In All The Faces of the M oon at the Public Theater, Mike Daisey will deliver a different new monologue sta…
To the extent that politics puts particular policies into effect that govern our lives, art that publicly envisions alternative arrangements of power is political. But what one imagines coul…
They employ experimental practices with straightforward agendas: they make art political and turn the political into art. They also seem to represent an increased interest in contemporary th…
This series on political ideologies in the theater grew out of Caleb Winebrenner's article responding to Daniel Jones' post . Each writer was invited to respond to the intersection of politi…
The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thurs…
The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thurs…
This week-long blog series on political ideologies in the theater grew out of Caleb Winebrenner's article responding to Daniel Jones' post . Each writer was invited to respond based upon the…
This post is the sixteenth column of a regular series on Parenting & Playwriting. Find the previous columns here. Here's what my advice column will offer you: a place to ask questions an…
Beginning in late August and running through the end of September, the brave Rattlestick Theater in New York City will open and run"simultaneously"five Lucy Thurber plays in five separate sp…
Actor Lake Bell has been making the press rounds promoting her new indie movie, In a World ... , about a female voice over actor whose gender (and father) have kept her from achieving the sa…
When I was asked to write this blog, I did not estimate how difficult it would be to respond to gun control and how it connects to the artistic community. Gun Control Theatre Action . Swirli…
On the face of it, "other white men" isn't a topic you'd necessarily expect an innovative young director and devised theater practitioner like Paula Jo Maske to devote an extensive amount of…
When Caridad Svich proposed a Gun Control Theatre Action in January, I was skeptical. At the time, I was preoccupied as a research volunteer to the March on Washington for Gun Control . For …
"Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization's radical voice." so said singer, actor, social activist, lawyer and athlete, the great Paul Robeson. Robeson may not have been th…
On October 15, 2011, I attend an Occupy Protest on the Streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are effectively shut down by the cops, but not before I could see how many in my community stand…
Avignon, France. July 25, 2013. No one can comprehend the pain of another, and no one can comprehend the joy of another. One is always going towards another, but is never going beside anothe…
