The ENTRE Festival in Midwest Brazil
ENTRE, is a Portuguese verb in the imperative tense that invites us to enter. That says to us:...
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The Brazilian Experience with Different Forms of Technopresence in Theatre: Os Satyros and SP Escola de Teatro
Praça Roosevelt (Roosevelt Square) is a square located in downtown São Paulo. It was a historic...
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How British Theatre Censorship Laws Have Inadvertently Created a Rich Archive of Black History
In an age of so-called “cancel culture” it’s important to remember that for much of British...
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A Director’s Reflection: “Crimea 5 am” at The Kiln Theatre
Before the war, in what now feels like another lifetime but in reality is just over a year ago, I...
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Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive 2022
During a summer of uncertainty and anxiety for American theatres and artists alike, a cohort of...
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Unjust Laughter: Representations of Equity-Deserving Groups in Contemporary Iraqi Comedy
Introduction The ongoing unsettling shift of my identity from a “white” Iraqi back home (in Iraq)...
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Glitches, Memes and Playbackshows: Performance in the Post-internet Era
Drag is gaining popularity and visibility at a rapid pace. With the body as a canvas and the...
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How I Reunited the Most Important Documents in English Theater History for the First Time in 200 Years
Most of what we know about the beginnings of English professional theater as a financial...
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4 Plays that Dramatize the Kidnapping of Children During Wars
Since February 2022, Western and Ukrainian media have reported on the kidnapping and forced...
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Four of Shakespeare’s Plays and How They Speak to the Current Political Situation in Britain
The last few years in politics have gifted the keen observer many allusions to some of...
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Happy Birthday, Dracula!
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the legendary hero of the famous gothic novel “Dracula”,...
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Refugees in Berlin (Excerpts From a Sort of Berlin Diary)
Dmitry Troyanovsky is a theatre and opera director living in Boston, MA. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine...
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Remembering Joan Littlewood (6 October 1914 – 20 September 2002)
Since 2015, a large bronze statue has stood outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Raised on a...
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How Drama Can Help Open Up Conversations on Suicide for Young People in Post-Pandemic Times
Suicide is the second highest cause of death in 15-to-29-year-olds around the world, according to...
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Russian Theater Beyond Time and Place. On the 25th Anniversary of the STEPS Theatre
“Time means nothing. That is, it does, but not in the way we think,” says Joseph, the protagonist...
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When Playwrights Complicate Dramatic Form: Recent Developments in African American Plays of the 2010s
African American drama, theater and performance has a rich and complex history. Only recently,...
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Five Myths About Shakespeare’s Contribution to the English Language
Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status...
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With the Hope to Make Telugu Theater a Sustainable Career Option
Production-oriented workshops culminate in ticketed Telugu plays in Hyderabad. A manager by day...
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Gilbert Gottfried and the Mechanics of Crafting One of the Most Memorable Voices of All Time
Though Gilbert Gottfried’s voice has alternatively been described as “shrill,” “annoying” and...
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“For They Do Not Know What They Dance”? (A Lecture-Essay Hesitantly Affirming the Idea that Every Lecture is Also a Performance) – PART II
This is Part II of the essay. To read Part I, click here. 8. (ON A-HUMANISM, AGAIN) A-humanism is...
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