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Recent Essays

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

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20 March 2016

In this installment, Michael Lueger examines historical and contemporary depictions of Muslims in Western drama. 

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Last Rights? thatswhatshesaid Offers a Challenging Conversation.

19 March 2016

Dramaturg and rhetoric instructor, Arwen Mitchell, explores artistic ownership, intellectual property, and new idea formation in consideration of Samuel French’s cease-and-desist orders to thatswhatshesaid

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The Role of Latina/o Adaptations in the Teaching of Classical Theatre

19 March 2016

In this installment of the Pedagogy Notebook series, professor Carla Della Gatta writes about how she integrated Latina/o artists into a critical studies class on Greek and Roman theatre.

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Taking Hamilton to the Streets

18 March 2016

Trevor Boffone discusses Lin-Manuel Miranda’s wildly popular Ham4Ham show, and how it fits into a Latina/o theatre tradition.

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18 March 2016

Rebekah Bryer shares her theatre background and advocates an interdisciplinary approach to working in the field.

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Introduction

17 March 2016

In this first installment, Milta Ortiz discusses the backstory of Barrio Stories, while playwrights Virginia Grise, Martín Zimmerman, and Elaine Romero talk about their collaboration for this project.

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17 March 2016

Megan Patterson on the New York production of David Harrower’s Blackbird, starring Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams.

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A Call for Dialogue

16 March 2016

The Latinx Theatre Commons Steering Committee responds to a recent New York Times review containing a cultural microaggression.

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Actor Training and the Contradictions of Capitalism

16 March 2016

Educator and theatre artist Eric Kildow examines the contradictions of professional actor training under postindustrial capitalism.

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16 March 2016

The following video is a sneak peek behind the scenes rehearsal video and includes footage from workshop presentations that took place in November 2014.

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