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Recent Essays

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

Four images of Melanie Joseph.
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13 September 2012

Melanie Joseph, the Artistic Director of the Foundry Theater, examines what it means to be an artist and an active citizen.

Logo for the Concrete Temple Theatre.
Essay
11 September 2012

James Blazsko reflects on his time as an intern, and the major lesson that he learned: maybe it's not the prestige of the internship, but what you get out of it.

The Twitter logo.
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Let's Design an Internet App!

10 September 2012

This Thursday's Howl is on using our smartphones to shape our community

Portrait of P Carl.
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10 September 2012

P. Carl on the process, and consequences, of defining the insitutional truth in Non-for-Profit Theaters in the United States.

Several people stand outside a shop with a sign that says "Write Out Front."
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A Playwright Happening

6 September 2012

Micheline Auger reports about her project, Write Out Front, which places playwrights in the Drama Book Store's window for a mini "residency."

Image of Marlin and Coral from Finding Nemo.
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Dialogue in the Age of Industrial Storytelling (Or, A Defense of the Theater)

6 September 2012

Ayad Akhtar responds to the train of thought he began in his previous essay Dialogue and the Age of Industrial Storytelling (Or, A Defense of the Theater) by critiquing the thought processes which go into creating the mass produced story.

The Twitter logo.
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Re-framing the Critic for the 21st Century

5 September 2012

This Thursday's Howl will be on the new roles and relationships of arts criticism

The word translate and its equivalent in various languages.
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4 September 2012

Adam Versenyi propses a national effort in the US to translate plays into English, and what this initation would look like

Candid photo of Charlotte Meehan.
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Snapshots from the Field

3 September 2012

Charlotte Meehan gives some examples of how American Theater is shifting and evolving with some examples from around the country.

The logo for the Network of Ensemble Theaters.
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Asking Questions of Artists, Place, and Community

2 September 2012

The Network of Ensemble Theater discusses their upcoming move to Detroit alongside ideas of gentrification and community

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