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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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Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Alot of the reasons why the male/female -- the binary, in general, was for men specifically like white men and colonizers, to assert dominance and control over people who were…

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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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Robert Viagas: Audience Auteur

Robert Viagas: Audience Auteur

Losing or winning an argument is not just a zero-sum game. Working together, collaborating is something that you have to learn. The most important part is not you getting all…

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Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Here's the thing about AI. It doesn't have a soul, and it doesn't understand psychology, and it doesn't understand the quirks of human behavior. All it can do is strip-mine…

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Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Here's the thing about AI. It doesn't have a soul, and it doesn't understand psychology, and it doesn't understand the quirks of human behavior. All it can do is strip-mine…

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Alexa: Play First Online!

Alexa: Play First Online!

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OLD RINGERS: a new comedy by Joe Simonelli

OLD RINGERS: a new comedy by Joe Simonelli

February 1 ~ 23 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sunday February 10th & 17th at 2pm

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