Recent Essays

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That’s Entertainment? Seven Lessons Playwrights Can Learn from Postmodern Philosophy

23 September 2015

Playwright Jake Rosenberg explains how Postmodernist philosophy can inform the work of contemporary playwrights.

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Mourning Becomes Arctic Requiem

The Story of Luke Cole and Kivalina

22 September 2015

Playwright Sharmon Hilfinger discusses how she developed Artic Requiem: The Story of Kivalina with composer Joan McMillen.

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Push-Pull

Available Light and the Fringe Culture in Philadelphia

22 September 2015

Emma Wiseman on Available Light by Lucinda Childs, designed by Frank Gehry and scored by John Adams at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

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A Courtship with Impermanence

21 September 2015

New Orleans-based artist Nick Slie writes about creating Cry You One, an interdisciplinary, site-responsive project addressing the ongoing effects of climate change on the Gulf Coast.

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The Audience Position

Introduction

21 September 2015

In the first installment of his series, Damon Krometis explains his relationship to interactive theatre and his influences.

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Nurturing Local Seeds Into Global Vibrancy

Climate Change Theatre Action

20 September 2015

Chantal Bilodeau kicks off our second Theatre in the Age of Climate Change series by writing about her work on the international Climate Change Theatre Action initiative.

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Hoping for Change

A Reconsideration of the Hopeless Landscapes of Samuel Beckett

20 September 2015

Mackenzie Ward considers a more hopeful interpretation of the hopeless landscapes of Samuel Beckett.

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Fear and the Representation Problem

20 September 2015

Dramaturg Alex Barron posits that homogenous seasons may have less to do with sexism and racism than with risk aversion.

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The Orchestrated Collisions of Jim Houghton

19 September 2015

Fran Kumin in conversation with Signature Theatre’s outgoing artistic director, Jim Houghton.

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This is About Us, Not About You

A Call for Action

19 September 2015

Seth Lepore challenges the field to think radically differently about our current paradigm.

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