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Recent Essays

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

Poster for the Humana Festival of New Plays.
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Educators and Industry Professionals In and Out of Conflict

12 November 2012

Diane Brewer on the red tape surrounding educational opprotunites and the elitism it unintenionally creates.

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The Tortoise-Artist & the Hare-Hack

8 November 2012

Holler explores the idea of pursuing yourself and your own interests to make networking a more fruitful enterprise.

Photo of a wooded trail.
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8 November 2012

Lindsay Price offers a meditation about working as a professional playwright for the school market.

Two turkeys and a rock wearing pilgrim hats.
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An Open Call for Thanksgiving Reflections

7 November 2012

Submit your reflections on what you are thankful for this year for an upcoming HowlRound article.

The Twitter logo.
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6 November 2012

This weeks Howl is on politics and theatre, join us!

The Republican elephant.
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Conservative Voices in Theater

6 November 2012

Daniel Jones explores the illusive idea of a conservative playwright: is the theater, in essence, a liberal pursuit?

Photo of a red ribbon on a hand.
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The Normal Heart and the AIDS Crisis

5 November 2012

Jacob Juntunen sheds insight on how The Normal Heart illuminated the AIDS crisis in 1985.

Poster for ReOrient 2001.
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Making an Artistic Home

2 November 2012

Golden Thread Productions was founded to fill the gap in representation for Middle Eastern perspective and dialogue. Torange Yeghiazarian, founder and executive artistic director tells the story of Golden Thread's founding and development.

Portrait of Ed Memphis.
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1 November 2012

Gabriel Jason Dean chats with Ed Sylvanus Iskandar.

A landscape of Knoxville.
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29 October 2012

Liza Zenni surveys the impact arts have in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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