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Recent Essays

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

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On Art, Ethics, and Activism

22 October 2016

Theatre practitioner Caridad Svich on art and activism and After Orlando.

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Chisa Hutchinson

21 October 2016

Chisa Hutchinson writes about her residency at Second Stage.

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Jenny Rachel Weiner

21 October 2016

Jenny Rachel Weiner writes about her residency at Roundabout Theatre Company.

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Caroline V. McGraw

21 October 2016

Caroline V. McGraw writes about her residency at Page 73.

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Jaclyn Backhaus

21 October 2016

Jaclyn Backhaus writes about her residency at Clubbed Thumb.

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Rachel Bonds

21 October 2016

Rachel Bonds writes about her residency at Ars Nova.

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Paola Lázaro

21 October 2016

Paola Lázaro writes about her residency at The Atlantic.

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20 October 2016

Josh Platt on Double Edge Theatre’s Latin American Spectacle in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Cada Luna Azul / Once a Blue Moon in Ashfield, Massachusetts, and the Springfield Spectacle, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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I Know What I Want and I Know What I Don’t Want

20 October 2016

In this installment, Irene Loy discusses how characters receive desire versus defend themselves against unwanted desire, delving into the difference of consent and dissent.

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Laying the Groundwork for a Residency

19 October 2016

Playwright Carlos Murillo writes about how he and Adventure Stage Artistic Director Tom Arvetis created an original play for and about the young people of Chicago’s West Town neighborhood.

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