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Recent Essays

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

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24 January 2016

Playwright Kathleen Warnock describes an unsettling experience she had while seeing Annie Baker’s The Flick.

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The Need for the ERA in the Arts

24 January 2016

Journalist Carey Purcell discusses her takeaways from December’s Percolating Gender Parity symposium, and how gender-based pay discrepancies affect women in theatre. 

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23 January 2016

Edward Einhorn discusses the benefits and pitfalls of posting scripts online.

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Dramaturg & Literary Manager, Disney Theatrical Group

23 January 2016

In this installment, Michael Lueger interviews Dramaturg Ken Cerniglia about his journey and work with Disney Theatrical Group. 

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22 January 2016

On the five-year anniversary of HowlRound, P. Carl looks back with a grateful eye to the future.

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22 January 2016

In this installment, Dan Fine discusses his background in directing and offers suggestions for directors working with media designers.

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21 January 2016

verity healey reviews Belarus Free Theatre’s Being Harold Pinter at the Young Vic in London, England.

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Working with Local Casts and Advancing Cornerstone’s California: The Tempest Tour

21 January 2016

Daniel Penilla, Assistant Director for Cornerstone’s California: The Tempest tour, describes the process of bringing the show to life in different communities every few weeks.

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Writing for Immersive and Site-Informed Experiences

20 January 2016

In this installment, Gab Cody discusses her writing process for both iterations of OjO in Pittsburgh and San Diego.

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Creating Visibility and Empowerment for Latina/o Artists through Wikiturgy

19 January 2016

Noe Montez kicks off a new Café Onda series with this post detailing how he had students in his Latina/o Theatre and Film class at Tufts University create Wikipedia pages for Latina/o theatre artists.

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