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Recent Essays

This is a repository of written content, sorted by most recent to oldest. Enjoy!

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The Art of Taking Plays from the Stratford Stage to a Theatre Near You

21 July 2017

Lou Harry interviews Antoni Cimolino and Barry Avrich of The Stratford Festival to discuss the process of recording productions of each of Shakespeare's plays.

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The Cost of Discipleship

20 July 2017

In his latest installment, Tom Block explores how Dietrich Bonhoeffer's work could impact theatre. 

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Creating Multi-Sensory Work for Children with Autism

19 July 2017

Samantha Mueller, a theatre practitioner who works with the special needs community, talks about Seesaw Theatre which creates multi-sensory work for children with autism.

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18 July 2017

Fight director Michael Jerome Johnson lays out how and when to hire a fight director.

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16 July 2017

Howard Ho breaks down the genius of Hamilton’s music and tracks how it follows musical theatre tradition.

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More Drama

15 July 2017

Anđela Vidović talks about the challenges facing contempoary Croatian playwrights.

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14 July 2017

The World Theatre Map beta project has engaged its first cohort of twenty-eight World Theatre Map Ambassadors from twenty-four countries to direct community organizing, outreach, and feedback gathering.

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Audience Development and Community Based Theatre

13 July 2017

Carlos Morton on the revival of Simply María, or The American Dream by Josefina López in Los Angeles.

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12 July 2017

Wild Women of Planet Wongo is a cliched tribute to sci-fi and B-movies about worlds without men.

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11 July 2017

After a comment storm on a recent HowlRound post about bias in criticism in the American Theatre, P. Carl addresses how the democratization of the arts is a form of inclusion.

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