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Recent Essays

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

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3 March 2017

Kyle Whalen explores the “moments of the unknowable” in the Steppenwolf production of Lucas Hnath’s The Christians in Chicago, Illinois.

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Don’t Write Checks You Can’t Cash

3 March 2017

In this final installment, Ricky Young-Howze reflects on self-producing new work in a “theatre desert,” and acknowledges the importance of learning, wisdom, and respect.

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2 March 2017

Educator and theatre artist Alisha Huber discusses her teaching theatre history process.

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Mamet's The Penitent and McNally's Penitent

2 March 2017

Jonathan Mandell compares The Penitent by David Mamet with Penitent by Terrance McNally, and argues that neither late-career playwright has anything for which to apologize.

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Aislinn Rose

28 February 2017

In the final installment of this series—a collaboration with SpiderWebShow—Aislinn Rose describes her experience and revelations at the Women's March in Washington, DC.

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When farce meets satire

28 February 2017

Anđela Vidović critiques the relevance of a Croatian adaptation of Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors.

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Intern Edition

26 February 2017

Kate Langsdorf writes about why she never took an unpaid internship.

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Boundaries, Please

25 February 2017

Catherine Trieschmann sets rules to govern her daily news consumption. 

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Women's Futures Month

24 February 2017

Mya Kagan discusses the successes and challenges of self-producing a nationwide festival.

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Millennial Artists Fighting Back in the Trump Era

23 February 2017

Robin Goldberg interviews early career theatre artists about how their work has been impacted by the new US presidential administration.

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