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Recent Essays

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

A list of goals for Signature Theatre's social media.
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#SigDMC

23 January 2013

With new positions like Digital Media Coordinator, Mallory explains the role and necessity of this position in reaction to how the world is changing.

The Twitter logo.
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Guns and Your Aesthetics and Ethics as a Theatremaker and Culture Producer

22 January 2013

This week's Howl questions the relationship between guns and violence in theatre, and violence in the real-world

Four actors playing soldiers stand on stage.
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21 January 2013

Playwright Tammy Ryan talks about the role of guns in her older and more recent plays.

Gumbo in a large round bowl.
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The Makings of a New Orleans Slam Team

20 January 2013
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19 January 2013

Randals writes about theatre created by women who have personal relationships with America’s criminal justice system who seek to inform their audiences to incarceration’s effects.

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18 January 2013

Carol Bebelle, co-founder of Ashé Cultural Arts Center discusses community and vision New Orleans.

Poster reading "Endless Gaycation" featuring a figure wearing sunglasses and a one-piece swimsuit and leaning to one side.
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Queer Performativity in New Orleans

18 January 2013

Ace Falcor examines the queerness of New Orleans, and what it means to be a queer performer in the city where anything goes.

Torres-Tama, in costume, holding a mask and a wooden cylinder.
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Invisible Latino Immigrants of the Reconstruction & St. Claude A Gentrification Tool)

18 January 2013

Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers explores the persecution of immigrants, and segregation of art in New Orleans.

A parade float that looks like a king moves through a massive crowd in the street.
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Parading and Theater Making in New Orleans

17 January 2013

How does the culture of parading—both watching and participating in parades— affect, create, and sustain the New Orleans New Work ecosystem?

Logo for Southern Rep Theatre.
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16 January 2013

After a year of turmoil for Southern Rep Theatre, holding onto their mission kept them at bay. It became a time to reflect on New Orlean’s great community.

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