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Recent Essays

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

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How do you see black theater in the 21st Century?

10 March 2013

This week's Howl centers around the state of black theater in the United States

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7 March 2013

Geoff Kropnik on what brought him to getting his writing MFA later in life, and the lessons he learned from the experience.



 

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Investing in Playwrights as Community Builders

6 March 2013

Zak Berkman begins his series on the birth and infancy of New Play Frontiers at People's Light & Theatre. This week: connecting playwrights and theaters to respond to their regional communities.

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What's On Your Mind? Suggest Topics for this week's #newplay chat

4 March 2013

Tell us what you want to talk about for the upcoming Weekly Howl!

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4 March 2013

Alex Barron reflects on the origins of SPACE on Ryder Farm, and the future of its program... and of artist residences.

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Disciplining the Imagination

4 March 2013

In this meditation, P. Carl examines the effectiveness of discipline when influencing creativity and promoting critical thought.

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1 March 2013

Emily Niewendorp writes about The Alacrity Project, and the importance of creating the oppurtunities you wish were available to you as an artist.

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The Internationalists World Tour—New York, NY

1 March 2013

Groenveld explores the different interpretations of his play The Hummingbirds as the play can be cast with any age, race, and gender to bring out different nuances of the script.

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28 February 2013

David Weiner writes about his way of combatting the dearth of young theater professionals: introducing students to the arts via Words Alive.

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27 February 2013

A huge thank you to everyone who applied. We are opening up the call for critics nationwide to determine our final city.

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