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Playwright on Playwright

Interview
AriDy Nox discusses their new play A Walless Church, the Black Woman’s Guide to Making God which opens September 21 at Pillsbury House + Theatre TyLie: Hi AriDy! Congratulations on your upcoming production at Pillsbury House + Theatre. AriDy: Thank you so much! I am so thrilled to be here. It’s really the
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“The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat” a film review

Review
If you were not part of one, perhaps you witnessed an inseparable group of friends who, binded by the depths of their secrets, matriculated from adolescence to adulthood together - providing a soft place for one another to land throughout hard times, and a standing ovation to celebrate the good times. In fact
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Mouthing Off: Nan Barnett: Creating the Canon

Interview
Recorded on August 25, 2024 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Nan Barnett, Executive Director of the National New Play Network, joins the show to discuss new writing for the American theatre, the New Play Exchange, and more. nnpn.org Mouthing Off: Nan Barnett: Creating the Canon facebook.com/badmouthtc
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Mouthing Off: Dawson Moore & the Whales

Interview
Recorded on August 19, 2024 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Valdez Theatre Conference director Dawson Moore comes back on the pod to talk theatre in higher education, conferencing, Alaska, and more. theatreconference.org Mouthing Off: Dawson Moore & the Whales facebook.com/badmouthtc instagram.com
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  • Baby, it's cold outside

    Editorial
    I went to see Fat Man Crying tonight with this question in mind—why do people produce and audiences flock to...
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  • Stuffed

    Editorial

    Imagine if every theater company in town decided to do a play on the same subject every month. How would...

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  • Random items

    Editorial
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    • No one wants to go on the record, so I can’t report here the things I hear people...
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  • Artists make good company

    Editorial
    “I think the skills that are necessary to live and survive [as a performing artist] are also necessary to make...
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  • Fantasy job

    Editorial
    When I assess the theatrical career I was never supposed to have, I'm not sure if I think I’m...
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  • Sign and miracles

    Editorial
    Sally Wingert has been working full-time as an actress since she was 23 years old, when she was invited to...
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  • You are here

    Editorial

    On paper, it seems odd. In 2007, I was a playwright in Chicago with over a dozen productions under my...

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  • Odds of success

    Editorial
    "While American artists are not unemployed, they remain conspicuously underemployed," writes Dana Gioia (Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts...
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