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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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  • Sensuality

    Review

    Adia Morris attended Shapiro & Smith Dance's 28th Season show at the Cowles Center and reflects on how dance like...

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  • Hey, remember the culture wars?

    Editorial

    For Emily, at the Pittsburgh Fringe

    Please allow me a moment of sincerity before we get on with the usual...

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  • Should you go to graduate school?

    Editorial

    Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Tech Tools of the Trade monthly newsletter in January. It is reprinted...

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  • Continuing the conversation about race

    Review

    Director Greg Banks tackles incredible obstacles with personality and care in his staging of Huck Finn at Children’s Theatre Company...

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  • A mother-lovin cocktail recipe

    Review

    Editor's Note: If you've ever been in a show with local actor John Middleton, you may have sampled a cocktail...

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  • Richard's raw deal

    Editorial

    Congratulations

    Congratulations are in order for Sarah Bellamy! The co-artistic director of Penumbra Theatre was recently named to the 2015...

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  • Experience transcends

    Review

    Dylan has nothing but praise for this work--from the choreographer to the dancers who "are killing it," he notes repeatedly...

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  • Review: All the Lights On

    Review
    Perhaps the most daunting of the many recurring obstacles faced by Ten Thousand Things theater company in founder Michelle Hensley’s...
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  • You've got a friend

    Editorial
    In Fruit Fly: The Musical, Sheena Janson and Max Wajtanowicz thinly fictionalize twenty years of friendship between a gay...
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  • Rage against the critics

    Editorial

    Be a part of the whatever's happening

    Hey, folks! It's spring! It's time for you to rouse yourself from your...

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