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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 (Re)Education of Laura

16 July 2015

In this installment, Catherine Trieschmann shares what happened when her daughter became addicted to "Frozen" Radio, and a musical re-education became imperative. 

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What The Qualms Ignores

16 July 2015

Cassidy Dawn Graves on the Playwrights Horizons production of The Qualms by Bruce Norris.

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Why and How a Poet Becomes a Playwright

15 July 2015

Poet and playwright Tammy Gomez offers a look at the personal, political, and artistic landscape that poets have navigated to arrive at writing for the stage.

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15 July 2015

Playwright Carolyn Gage questions the accepted definition of a “new play” as one that is unpublished and unproduced, arguing that these standards punish entrepreneurial playwrights who choose to self-publish or self-produce.

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The Potentials (and pitfalls) of Partnership

14 July 2015

Scholars Sonja Arsham Kuftinec and Stephanie Lein Walseth interview Penumbra Theatre Artistic Director Lou Bellamy.

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14 July 2015

Lindsay Harris-Friel works through the process of creating a science fiction serial audio drama and highlights a few of the challenges that come when jumping into new media.

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13 July 2015

In this installation, Seth Lepore compares theatre artists to metal bands, and realizes theatre artists have a lot they can learn.

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How Dave Malloy and Pigpen Theatre Co. Are Playing with Music

12 July 2015

Dan Rider considers the line between a theatrical play and a live music concert in theatre today by looking at theatre artists who are also bands.

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12 July 2015

Guillermo Reyes reflects on the twentieth anniversary of his play, remembers how it was received, and the challenges he came across making it.

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It’s not just art!

11 July 2015

Playwright Catherine Castellani describes an unsettling experience at her child’s elementary school play, and explores the prevailing attitudes around arts education in primary and secondary education.

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