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Recent Essays

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

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What’s Your Fantasy?

9 September 2015

In the second installment of his series, Jake Rosenberg traces elements of the Fantasy genre throughout theatre history and proposes more content for adults.

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Latinx Theatre Commons’ Carnaval 2015

8 September 2015

Tiffany Ana López on the LTC’s Carnaval of New Latina/o Work hosted by the Theatre School at DePaul University July 23-25, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Octavio Solis

7 September 2015

Brian Herrera interviews playwright Octavio Solis about the process of writing and developing Mother Road.

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a latina hip-hop Antigone

7 September 2015

Playwright José Casas discusses Rising Youth Theatre’s process for incorporating hip-hop in its upcoming project for theatre for young audiences.

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Writing for Diverse Audiences

6 September 2015

Hayley Finn interviews playwright Kira Obolensky about her work with and residency at Ten Thousand Things in Minneapolis.

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Producing Intimate Theatre in Intimate Spaces

6 September 2015

Playwright Paul Heller describes his process for self-producing his current work in living rooms and nursing homes.

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How race relations in the United States directly affected the development of musical theatre

5 September 2015

A brief history of the American musical through America’a racial history, from blackface and minstrel shows, to vaudeville and the Golden Age.

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An Exploration of Shakespeare’s Mark Antony

5 September 2015

Isaac Jacobs does an in-depth analysis of the backbone of Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

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4 September 2015

A report out on 2015 LTC Carnaval Breakout Sessions on advocacy, artmaking, convening/networking, and scholarship. 

Photo from Ash Tree.
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Georgina Escobar

4 September 2015

Carla Della Gatta interviews Georgina Escobar about her writing process and upcoming projects following Carnaval.

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