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Cynthia Grace Robinson: Writing About Women

Cynthia Grace Robinson: Writing About Women

I love writing about women because this is how women are, and we're so diverse, right? We show our power in so many different ways, and sometimes it's not a…

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Theresa Rebeck: Precepts of Playwriting

Theresa Rebeck: Precepts of Playwriting

What is central to my work is comedy. For me, there is a desperation in comedy that's very theatrical. And that you can ultimately get a play to a place…

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Martha Wade Steketee: Women Count

Martha Wade Steketee: Women Count

Holding people's feet to the fire by just saying, 'You know what, you may think that a lot of women are being hired.' 'I've done five shows last season, isn't…

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Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

I came to New York to meet people I read about in college like Joe Chaiken and Judith Malina, and I met them! I took workshops with Joe Chaiken, and…

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Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Theater is both a spiritual healing and emotional healing and even physical healing for me, and it's been my raison d'etre for most of my life, and that's been problematic,…

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Ellen W. Kaplan: The Promise of Play

Ellen W. Kaplan: The Promise of Play

I believe that is about women and social change. Leaders of change reside with women. For me, working with rather than writing about people is the more radical act.  Work…

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Janet Mitchko: Holding Hands

Janet Mitchko: Holding Hands

I would like to believe I attract heart-centered individuals to work with. I create a sense of safety in the rooms, empowerment and we are in service of the text.…

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Our Mother’s Brief Affair: LI Premiere

Our Mother’s Brief Affair: LI Premiere

I will be performing the role of Anna Cantour in OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR by Richard Greenberg Studio Theatre will be the first Long Island theatre to present this off-Broadway…

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TAKE IT AWAY! UNSUNG HEROES: BACKSTAGE PROFESSIONALS

TAKE IT AWAY! UNSUNG HEROES: BACKSTAGE PROFESSIONALS

[youtube Best advice of the evening offered by these backstage pros: “Gather the women around you!” And we did.  And we shall. The

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An interview with…Cheryl Navo, Playwright LIE OF OMISSION, World Premiere Play

An interview with…Cheryl Navo, Playwright LIE OF OMISSION, World Premiere Play

“As a female playwright I believe strongly that I need to concentrate on writing good, strong roles for women.  For each play I write, I've made a personal commitment to…

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