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Jen Gushue

Jen Gushue (she/they) is a freelance writer with bylines in American Theatre, TDF Stages, The Brooklyn Rail, Business Insider, and HowlRound. Jen is currently the Marketing Manager at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan and formerly worked at Miller Theatre at Columbia University and Studio Theatre in Washington, DC.

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Filk on Stage
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Filk on Stage

How the Underground Sci-Fi Folk Genre Found a Home Off-Broadway

4 December 2018

Jen Gushue explores the emergence of filk theatre, a niche genre that uses a folk-concert frame as a basis for storytelling.

Building Worlds and Breaking Meaning in Enda Walsh’s Work
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Building Worlds and Breaking Meaning in Enda Walsh’s Work

13 February 2018

Jen Gushue reflects on the visceral work of Irish playwright Enda Walsh. 

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M. Butterfly from 1988 to 2017
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M. Butterfly from 1988 to 2017

An Interview with David Henry Hwang

28 November 2017

Thirty years after M. Butterfly opened on Broadway, Jen Gushue interviews playwright David Henry Hwang about the 2017 revival.