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Feb 22
Finding our Meanings: A Jewish Question
Hannah Hessel

Everyone knows some variation of the old joke: you take four Jews, you get five opinions. And if you take fifty Jewish theater makers, you get over a hundred opinions. The math may not be as accurate as the sentiment. But trust me, I’ve been attending the Association for Jewish
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In Case You Missed the Revolution by Jason Loewith

February 19, 2012 | BY Jason Loewith | READ BIO | 5 Comments

I’m scared that the regional theater, by the time it’s matured, will have bored the shit out of millions of people all over the country.—attributed to Andre Gregory, 1965 We all know that the success story of the post-war American theater was written by the big resident, flagship theaters, which
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The Twin Cities: How Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities? by Cory Hinkle

February 12, 2012 | BY Cory hinkle | READ BIO | 51 Comments

The Twin Cities’ theater scene is a confounding community to be a part of. On the one hand, there are many unbelievably positive things about living as an artist in Minneapolis and St. Paul. You can buy a house, have kids, and not lose your mind hustling to make it all work—
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The Benefits of Slavery by Timothy Douglas

January 29, 2012 | BY Timothy Douglas | READ BIO | 41 Comments

In the 1970s Dr. Howard Washington Thurman, a theologian and mystic, and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a lecture on “the benefits of slavery.” In it he focused on the mindset of the African people and how the creative center of their “being” developed, because of their
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Playwriting All-Stars to the Rescue by Matthew Ocks

January 25, 2012 | BY Matthew Ocks | READ BIO | 1 Comment

One Saturday morning when I was a kid, I watched a television special called Cartoon All-Stars To the Rescue, and it was really great because Garfield, Winnie the Pooh, and three of the Muppet Babies, not to mention Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Smurfs, Bugs Bunny, and Michelangelo (of the
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