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

Badge for the Female Playwright's Initiative.
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11 October 2012

Laura Shamas on the steps she and Jennie Webb took to create of the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, and the lessons they have learned along the way.

Howlround's New Play Map.
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New Play Map Version 4—Update # 3

10 October 2012

The New Play Map can now display key information on relationships between organizations, artists, and events.

13P Logo.
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Why Implode?

9 October 2012

Rob Handel, co-founder of 13P, explains why the playwrights' collective needed to implode after its final performance. The answer? It simply couldn't happen any other way.

The Twitter logo.
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13P & Alternative Producing Models

8 October 2012
Logo for 13P.
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13P's End Days

8 October 2012

Maria Goyanes on the conscious imploding of 13P, death, endings, choice and the lessons to be learned from the closing of a curtian.

Times Square.
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If You Can Make It Here...

6 October 2012

This month's letter asks the question: What do I have to do to live in NYC, and should I even try?

Several people walking towards a colorful tent.
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The Rural Arts and Culture Working Group

6 October 2012

In the belief that rural artists need to be represented, Double Edged Theatre Company headed a conversation with fellow rural artists about action steps for the communities to take.

Logo for the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts.
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6 October 2012

LaMoine MacLaughlin, Executive Director of the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts in rural Wisconsin writes about the 23 years of the organizaiton, and how it fits into his community.

Image of Patrick Overton.
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4 October 2012

Patrick Overton on the history of cultural development in Rural/Small communites across the United States, and the nessisety of that development to the health of the community.

Green grapes.
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Farming as Artistic Practice

3 October 2012

Nikiko Masumoto blurs the line between farming and performance, and what that can mean for communication between farmers and consumers.

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