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  • Northside

    Editorial

    Deep breath in. Hold it. Exhale. Shake your hands a bit, get the blood flowing again. Focus. Don’t let the...

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  • In defense of theater

    Editorial

    In any language, you have to dig way into the past to get a clear idea of the word’s groove...

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  • Letters to the editor: November 2008

    Editorial

    We encourage thoughtful comments, ideas, disagreements, and criticism. Write us. Here are some of the messages we’ve been sent so...

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  • I ♥ difficult actors

    Editorial

    "There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." —Leonard Cohen

    The skipped line. The...

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  • Los Angeles, take six

    Editorial

    I’ve been to Los Angeles six times in my life. I love it there, mostly because it’s a fun game...

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  • Eleven tips for rehearsal

    Editorial

    1. The moment you can, send out a rehearsal schedule. Just dates and time blocks, not some minute-to-minute thing. Then...

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  • Dumb as planned

    Editorial

    Whenever I teach improvisation, someone will inevitably ask, “How do you rehearse improv? Isn’t it all just made up?” The...

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  • A rehearsal proposal

    Editorial

    Did you know that people who study medicine can specialize in the anatomy and structure of the ear? There are...

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  • Inside outside

    Editorial

    From Sunday, August 17 to Sunday, August 24, Stuart Pimsler and Suzanne Costello, along with five company dancers—Brian J. Evans...

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  • Inside outside (the photos)

    Editorial
    At Play

    Videographer V. Paul Virtucio, Brian J. Evans, Laura Selle Virtucio, Roxanne Wallace, Kari Mosel, director Stuart Pimsler, dramaturg and Tofte...

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  • The conventional unconventional

    Editorial

    Bob Rosen, one of the former artistic directors of Theatre de la Jeune Lune, was chasing Live Action Set co-artistic...

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  • Silhouettes

    Editorial

    I love working with actors in rehearsal. It's my laboratory. It's a place I am free to fail without recrimination...

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