News & Notes

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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  • Congress smacks the arts

    News
    On Friday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly (74-23!) in support of the “Coburn” amendment to explicitly ban any of the mammoth...
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  • The follow-up

    Editorial
    One day, while working for the San Francisco Examiner, I waited in the Editor-in-Chief’s office while he listened to...
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  • Time to write your senator again

    News
    There is a bill before congress right now that would prohibit any funds from the $800+ billion economic stimulus package...
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  • Forgetting taboos

    Editorial
    1. When I first pitched the idea for this article to MinnesotaPlaylist Editor Alan Berks, he asked if I might...
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  • The press release

    Editorial

    Know these things about the media - They’re overworked, and they’re doing the best they can. For every print deadline...

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  • Big ol' virtual suggestion box 2009

    Editorial

    Here are a series of propositions we solicited from you. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

    What we’d like

    ...
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  • System error

    Editorial

    The Vom: A monthly diatribe, rant, provocation against the conventional wisdom

    The nonprofit system of creating live performance sucks, apparently...

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  • Just wondering

    Editorial

    1. At the end of 2008, the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts Center lost Executive Director Kim Motes but earned several...

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