Alan M. Berks is a Minneapolis-based writer whose plays have been seen in New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and around the Twin Cities. He helped create Thirst Theater a while back. Now, he’s the co-founder of this here magazine. He’s also written Almost Exactly Like Us, How to Cheat, 3 Parts Dead, Goats, and more.
Alan M. Berks
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Do you value MNPlaylist?
EditorialDear Readers, After six years as the Minnesota theater scene's insider source for auditions and ideas about the performing arts...read the story
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The Art of Fringing
EditorialAt the Fringe Festival (opening Thursday, August 4), as in life, you can’t experience everything. To get the most out...read the story
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Learning to love arts criticism
EditorialEditor's note: This piece was originally published in Playlist in March of 2012. Years ago, at a dorm room party...read the story
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Markets making art ill
EditorialEditor's note: Four essays ago, I wrote about three instances where economics might be used to predict the behavior of...read the story
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Once more unto the breach
EditorialIs theater relevant? We hear this question all the time in this industry, and I used to enjoy making fun...read the story -
Playwright thinking about actors
EditorialEditor's Note: I thought I'd catch up on my published opinions this month. Consider this the second in a series...read the story
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Amateurs, academics, and money
EditorialHow does money effect the theater community? Where does it come from? What does it pay for? How does the...read the story
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Suggestion box
EditorialWe're considering another major redesign of the website in the next several months, so we're actively soliciting your suggestions. You...read the story
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Civilization and its playwrights
EditorialSports journalists mold inconsequential activities like running around a diamond-shaped field touching square white pillows into metaphors for the major...read the story