Alan M. Berks

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.

Articles by Author

  • Do you value MNPlaylist?

    Editorial
    Dear Readers, After six years as the Minnesota theater scene's insider source for auditions and ideas about the performing arts...
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  • The Art of Fringing

    Editorial
    At the Fringe Festival (opening Thursday, August 4), as in life, you can’t experience everything. To get the most out...
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  • Learning to love arts criticism

    Editorial
    Editor's note: This piece was originally published in Playlist in March of 2012. Years ago, at a dorm room party...
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  • Markets making art ill

    Editorial
    Editor's note: Four essays ago, I wrote about three instances where economics might be used to predict the behavior of...
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  • Once more unto the breach

    Editorial
    Is theater relevant? We hear this question all the time in this industry, and I used to enjoy making fun...
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  • Playwright thinking about actors

    Editorial
    Editor's Note: I thought I'd catch up on my published opinions this month. Consider this the second in a series...
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  • Amateurs, academics, and money

    Editorial
    How does money effect the theater community? Where does it come from? What does it pay for? How does the...
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  • Suggestion box

    Editorial
    We're considering another major redesign of the website in the next several months, so we're actively soliciting your suggestions. You...
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  • Civilization and its playwrights

    Editorial
    Sports journalists mold inconsequential activities like running around a diamond-shaped field touching square white pillows into metaphors for the major...
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