Recent Essays

From 2008 to the present, playwright Adrienne Kennedy and Egyptian scholar Nadia Maher were in correspondence. This is an edited selection of emails they exchanged while Nadia was working on her Master’s thesis during the Egyptian Revolution.

Steven Ginsburg explores his expectations of globalization in India versus the realities of the quick economic growth spurt.  

Dani Snyder-Young reviews Janine Nabers' Annie Bosh is Missing at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Join us Thursday, Spetember 19 for our Weekly Howl.  This week's topic is Collective Creation in Theatre: Its History and Its Ramifications for Today.

P. Carl's speech delivered at ArtsCrush in Seattle, Washington on September 10, 2013.

Gwydion Suilebhan proposes the use of big data in season planning – what can we learn from companies like Netflix when it comes to making theater that will impact audiences and turn a profit?

(Re)Search is a six part series by Bree Windham, a current graduate student in dramaturgy. It details her experiences as a young dramaturg navigating different resources and the ways she has come utilize them through trial, error, and advice from others.

One board chair commented, “We cast the board like you cast a play: diversity of skills, people who get the mission, people who have a relationship with the theater.”

Chris Garza covers the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival and reports back on its selection lottery, aesthetics, and discusses some of the 42 performances he saw.

There is a growing recognition that the more board members are engaged and exposed to the artistic life of the theater, the more effective they are as board members, and the more able they are to participate in strategic and generative conversations.