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The Three P’s with Tamara Tunie: Preparation, Persistence, and Perseverance
ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

The Three P’s with Tamara Tunie: Preparation, Persistence, and Perseverance

Tamara Tunie was center stage May 17 at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts for the League of Professional Theatre Women’s Oral History Project. She answered interviewer David Gordon’s thoughtful questions with honesty and reflection, heart and humor. “What I think a lot of people don’t understand about directing is it’s not just about … Continue reading

International Cultural Exchange – The Benefits and Challenges by Kalina Wagenstein
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International Cultural Exchange – The Benefits and Challenges by Kalina Wagenstein

Does one even have to make an argument for the rewards of working internationally? The merits are easily grasped. It broadens horizons, changes perspective, helps you leave your comfort zone and stretch yourself.  It introduces you to new people, builds friendships and creative interactions that may last for years, and, besides, traveling is really fun. … Continue reading

Crossing the Ocean: How Irish Theatre-Makers in NYC Mentor the Next Generation of Female Voices
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Crossing the Ocean: How Irish Theatre-Makers in NYC Mentor the Next Generation of Female Voices

By Heather O’Donovan Nestled unassumingly on a Chelsea side street sits New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre, or, as most call it, Irish Rep. It’s an inconspicuous space: no Broadway-style marquees, only a suitably green banner poking out from the facade alerting in-the-know theatre-goers to its presence. It was in the basement blackbox studio of this … Continue reading

Given Circumstances: Actors Play a Role in Academic Settings
Series

Given Circumstances: Actors Play a Role in Academic Settings

Series Part Two: Actor Simulations Help Train Future Doctors and More By Dara O’Brien How do you tell a parent that their five-year-old’s cancer is inoperable? Or a mother of five that she has early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease? All doctors, whatever their specialty, will have to communicate traumatic news to some of their patients. In order … Continue reading

The State of Native Theater by Amanda Nita Luke
From the Field

The State of Native Theater by Amanda Nita Luke

I see a bright future for Native Theater in this country. A future where theater telling Native stories is a regular occurrence in communities around the country. Where communities can come together to experience each other’s stories to gain empathy about each other’s struggles and encounter each other’s joys onstage. Sharing lived experiences is a … Continue reading

Finding Meaning – The Art of Translation              by Martine Sainvil
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Finding Meaning – The Art of Translation by Martine Sainvil

American audiences don’t get access to many contemporary plays originally written in another language despite the burgeoning number of talented playwrights in the US and around the world who are creating work for the stage in languages other than English. Traditionally, classic European plays such as those written by Moliere, Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov … Continue reading

CELEBRATING 1,000 YEARS OF WOMEN WRITING PLAYS
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CELEBRATING 1,000 YEARS OF WOMEN WRITING PLAYS

by Alexis Greene Hrotsvitha and Alice Childress; Rachilde and Zora Neale Hurston; Ana Caro and Mrs. Harlow Phibbs. They lived centuries and continents apart, but they shared two enticing characteristics:  they were women and they were playwrights.         And now they are among the 250 dramatists who constitute “ON HER SHOULDERS: Celebrating 1,000 Years of … Continue reading

Alexis Greene’s New Biography EMILY MANN: REBEL ARTIST OF THE AMERICAN THEATER
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Alexis Greene’s New Biography EMILY MANN: REBEL ARTIST OF THE AMERICAN THEATER

A woman of the Theater takes on the patriachs and carves out her place. By Kate McLeod and Martine Sainvil Playwright, Stage Director, Producer, Artist are just a few titles that Tony®, Drama Desk, and Obie Award-winning Emily Mann has earned over her long career. The creator of Annulla Allen: The Autobiography of a Survivor, … Continue reading