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Recent Essays

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

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A Conversation with Playwright Lydia Diamond

23 April 2013

Lauren Gunderson interviews playwright Lydia Diamond about feeling forced to choose a piece of her marginalized self to construct her stories.

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22 April 2013

Julia Jordan writes about the push for gender parity in theater, and how demanding change is vital to fixing theater's woman problem.

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Gender Parity—a Twitter chat using hashtag #newplay

22 April 2013

Brad Erickson and Laura Brueckner modderate this week's Howl on Gender Parity

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21 April 2013

Brad Erickson interviews Carey Perloff about gender parity, women in leadership, and working as the artistic director of the ACT.

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21 April 2013

With the community advocating for better gender parity, Theatre Bay Area has made a commitment to furthering the discussion about gender bias and how to take action.

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20 April 2013

P. Carl introduces the New Crit Critics, and reflects on their place on HowlRound.

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A Way of Saying Yes

19 April 2013

Robert Faires offers a brief overview of the theatre scene in Austin, Texas.

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19 April 2013

Christina J. Moore writes about the weirdness of Austin, and how FronteraFest has revolutionized the way the city develops and produces new work.

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18 April 2013

A call to designers to carefully consider the details of their work, no matter what budget size they have, as it is in the details that show deliberate care of the design.

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17 April 2013

Daniel Alexander Jones muses on his lively experiences working in Austin's expanding theatre scene.

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