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Recent Essays

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

Cover of Diane Ragsdale's book "In The Intersection."
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16 May 2013

Daniel Burmester reflects on "In the Intersection" and the call for more artists who are looking at the big picture of the American theatre – not just from production to production.

Billboards light up and tourists walk in Times Square in New York City at dusk.
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15 May 2013

Todd London shares why prioritizing the ideals of theatre companies—particularly not-for-profit theatre—is essential.

A banner denoting a semifinalist in a crowdsourcing competition.
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Let's put the "equity" back into not-for-profit "sweat equity"

15 May 2013

Vote for HowRound's CULTURE COIN in the ArtsFwd Business Unusual Challenge

Photo from the play Edge.
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14 May 2013

Allison Vanouse profiles Near Death, a performance art presentation at Boston's Cyclorama.

The Twitter logo.
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Best & Worst Practices in Commercial/Not-for Profit Theater Partnerships

13 May 2013

The topic for this week's Howl will be Best & Worst Practices in Commercial/Not-for Profit Theater Partnerships: What's working well? What needs to change? We'll be using Tory Bailey's article Response to In the Intersection as a starting point.

A book cover.
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12 May 2013

Tory Bailey shares her experiences working in not-for-profit theatre.

An exclamation point and a question mark written on top of one another.
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The Burdens of Being In-Demand

10 May 2013

Holler talks about ensemble building and how sometimes-for the integrity of the group-being kind is not always being polite.

Dictionary entry for Diversity.
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From Catch Phrase to Meaningful Change

9 May 2013

Stillwell linguistically breaks down the work “diversity” in order to break apart the buzz from the possible changes that can be made.

Logo for Cornerstone Theater Company.
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Cornerstone Theater Company

8 May 2013

In this essay, Rachel Grossman explores the junctions of ensemble theatre and audience.

Still from A Lady and A Woman.
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7 May 2013

Lily Janiak talks about Theatre Rhino’s A Lady and A Woman and examines her role as a theatre critic.

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