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Recent Essays

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

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The OjO Experience in Pittsburgh

4 November 2015

In this first installment, Artistic Director Jeffrey Carpenter discusses the origins of Bricolage’s OjO: The Next Generation of Travel performance.

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A Report from the Latino/a Play Project at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

3 November 2015

Brian Sonia-Wallace writes about his experience at the Latino/a Play Project at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

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3 November 2015

Effy Redman on Love, Sex, and Death in the Amazon by Robert Murphy, the inaugural production of Collider Theater Company, in New York City.

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a 20th Anniversary Conversation with the 1995 Cohort of Jerome Fellows

3 November 2015

Jeremy Cohen interviews a group of playwrights about their time at the Playwright's Center. 

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the Playwrights’ Center

2 November 2015

Ruth Weiner and Meg Swanson, theatre practioners and scholars, talk to playwrights who have come through the Playwrights’ Center about their experiences.

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Trans Women, Labor, Power, and Performance

2 November 2015

This installment of the Gender Power and Politics Series is written by Rosza Daniel Lang/Levitsky, who discusses the lack of opportunities for trans women artists.

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How Collaborating with Designers Has Helped My Control Issues

2 November 2015

Director Lisa Bohn discusses her experience collaborating with designers for a production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

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1 November 2015

Steve Lyons redefines a good theatre review as one that helps readers determine if a play is one they’d be interested in attending. 

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Finding Characters in Their Element

1 November 2015

Playwright Damon Falke discusses his process of listening when creating characters for his work.

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31 October 2015

In the second installment of his The Audience Position series, Damon Krometis describes the unwritten contract and relationship between actors and audience members.

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