Recent Essays

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I Do Community Theatre

9 August 2015

Writer and actor Eli Keel describes how his relationship with the terms “professional” and “community” theatre has evolved throughout his life.

Essay

Age and Visibility in Dance

DISTILLERY interview with Kesha McKey and Scott Heron

8 August 2015

Emilie Whelan facilitates an interview between dancers Kesha McKey and Scott Heron about age, visibility, and setting their choreography on the bodies of other dancers.

Cole

Matson

Essay

The Reduta Theatre

Grotowski’s Forgotten Model

7 August 2015

Scholar Cole Matson explores the influence of the Reduta Theatre in Poland on Jerzy Grotowski and the Polish experimental theatre tradition.

Jonathan

Mandell

Essay

Fringe NYC

From Silly Titles to Serious Issues

6 August 2015

Jonathan Mandell on the serious fare on display at the forthcoming New York International Fringe Festival.

Daniel

Fine

Essay

What is Media Design?

5 August 2015

In the first installment of his series on media design, Daniel Fine defines media design and traces the history of design and technology in theatre.

Latinx

Theatre Commons

Essay

Spotlight on the Regional Alliances

San Antonio Latino/a Theatre Alliance

5 August 2015

The final installment of the Café Onda series on Latina/o Theatre Regional Alliances focuses on San Antonio Latino/a Theatre Alliance.

Patricia

Davis

Essay

1st Stage’s The Good Counselor

Good, Rain or Shine

4 August 2015

Patricia Davis on Kathryn Brant’s The Good Counselor, produced by 1st Stage in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia.

Phil

Weaver-Stoesz

Essay

In this installment of his series on positive practices and principles for theatremakers, Phil Weaver-Stoesz discusses how directors can sometimes be the most effective managers by giving their collaborators space to work.

Seth

Lepore

Essay

Facing Facts

Artists Need an Entrepreneurial Mindset Part 2

2 August 2015

Seth Lepore continues the conversation on entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial mindset for artists.

Dana

Sayre

Essay

Scandal and Empire Bring Shakespearean Drama to Network Television

2 August 2015

Dana Sayre illuminates the parallels between popular television series Scandal and Empire and the works of Shakespeare, arguing that their popularity shows television embracing a more theatrical style.

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Recent Essays

I Do Community Theatre

Age and Visibility in Dance

DISTILLERY interview with Kesha McKey and Scott Heron

The Reduta Theatre

Grotowski’s Forgotten Model

Fringe NYC

From Silly Titles to Serious Issues

What is Media Design?

Spotlight on the Regional Alliances

San Antonio Latino/a Theatre Alliance

1st Stage’s The Good Counselor

Good, Rain or Shine

Managing

Getting Into, and Out of, the Way

Facing Facts

Artists Need an Entrepreneurial Mindset Part 2

Scandal and Empire Bring Shakespearean Drama to Network Television

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