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Recent Essays

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

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Stand Your Ground

15 June 2012

Stand Your Ground by Rob Winn Anderson of Orlando, Florida is the second short play installment from The Here and Now Project.

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15 June 2012

Kristen Palmer discusses the collaborative process behind the creation of We Play for the Gods.

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14 June 2012

After Hillary Clinton spoke at Georgetown University on the topic of human rights, it moved Derek Goldman to reflect on why theatre is the tool for global conversations.

Abstract illustration of young girls in silhouette.
Essay
14 June 2012

If we accept the notion that we have to wait for someone to decide when we have emerged as an artist-we will always be emerging artists. It is time to emerge and make the work happen.

A portrait of Leonard Berkman.
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13 June 2012

Ron Russell talks with father and son Len Berkman and Zak Berkman about the evolution of playwriting training, playwrights knowing how "the sausage gets made" in a producing context, the stereotype of the lone visionary playwright, and the need to promote self production in student playwrights.

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12 June 2012

Jamie Gahlon has asked theatre artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Wendy MacLeod continues this series.

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12 June 2012

Dylan Southard writes about his job as a script reader, and how bad scripts can be just as enticing and informative of modern theater culture as good scripts.

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Vote on the Topic

11 June 2012

The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay" from 12pm-1pm PDT (San Francisco) /1pm-2pm MDT / 2pm-3pm CDT (Chicago) / 3pm-4pm EDT (New York) / 19:00-20:00 (GMT) / 8pm-9pm (London – BST) / 9pm-10pm (Berlin – CEST).

Three actors sit around a table onstage.
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11 June 2012

Playwright Kirsten Greenidge reflects on her impulses to rewrite, and how she learned to stay connected to her work.

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9 June 2012

Denizen Kane interviews playwright/director/curator Marc Bamuthi Joseph about magical realism, letting go, and collaboration.

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