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Recent Essays

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

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Part One

6 June 2016

In the kick-off to this new series, Christopher Diercksen, Artistic Director of Team Awesome Robot, share’s the company’s process for producing their second show. 

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5 June 2016

After Ernie Nolan was terminated from a theatre company where he was artistic director, he considers the rights of artists and administrators who work in states where employers can fire at will.

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Making a Life in the Theatre

4 June 2016

Playwright Pearl Cleage discusses growing up in a politically active family, the challenges faced by actors and directors of color, and the need for truth in theatre.

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3 June 2016

In this second installment, Milta Ortiz discusses her role as the project’s coordinator, and overviews the production process of Barrio Stories.

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Real American Musicals or Concerts with Benefits?

2 June 2016

Jonathan Mandell on the recent spate of sung through musicals, including HadestownThe Total BentEvening 1910, and Hamilton.

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1 June 2016

Actress and spiritual advocate Diandra Rivera offers advice on how performers can spiritually center themselves. 

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31 May 2016

Director Cristy Andrea Altamirano seeks thoughts on an upcoming production of The Tempest.

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Shakespeare, Space Suits, and the Power of the Human

31 May 2016

Shari Caplan on Sans Everything by Strange Attractor Theatre at the Charlestown Working Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. 

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The Project

30 May 2016

In the first installment of his series, playwright Briandaniel Oglesby discusses adapting Romeo & Juliet with youth.

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Why Writing a Play Is Like Living in France

29 May 2016

Playwright Miranda Rose Hall considers how writing a play is like living in a foreign country.

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