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Recent Essays

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

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9 July 2017

Alice Stanley won a grant to conduct a young women's after school improv program for an underserved CPS school, but the program almost didn’t happen. Here she considers obstacles to launching the program and makes a case why the arts have to integrated into schools.

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A Conversation with Jenny Giering

8 July 2017

In the final installment of the series, Donald Sanborn III talks with composer Jenny Giering about her experience and creative process.

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Phase Three

7 July 2017

Porsche McGovern discusses the third phase of her study on LORT theatre designers.

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6 July 2017

World Fringe Day is July 11, 2017.

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Ritual, Transformation, and Community: Teaching Latinx Theatre and Performance

6 July 2017

Eddy Alvarez shares his work with students using SWAPA, a pedagogical tool combining performance and activism.

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2 July 2017

Kaite O’Reilly addresses how reimagining disability can open up creative possibilities on stage in content, aesthetics, and form.

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Producing Theatre in Educational Settings

1 July 2017

Director and educator Ashleigh Worley talks about process versus product, advocating for giving students opportunities to grow as artists.

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30 June 2017

Brett Aresco looks at personal comedy theatre and recent shows by Neal Brennan and Mike Birbiglia.

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A Roadmap Toward Economic Justice for Theatre Folk

29 June 2017

Matthew Clinton Sekellick discusses moving beyond awareness with action, advocating for theatre artists and administrators to join forces with existing social justice movements.

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Women, Shakespeare, and Processing Emotion

28 June 2017

Emily C. A. Snyder considers the differences in how women and men actors approach Shakespeare. 

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