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Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

Posted September 18, 202400:31:54

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...

Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Posted July 17, 202400:29:06

Alot of the reasons why the male/female -- the binary, in general, was for men specifically like white men and colonizers, to assert dominance...

Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Posted June 25, 202400:27:47

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...

Emily Mann: The Humanist Code of Theater

Posted May 28, 202400:31:23

The theater is essential to the health of a nation - of any democracy. And perhaps we are so impoverished right now is because of our inability...

Christine Dixon: Black History Brought to Life

Posted May 16, 202400:20:57

Harriet Tubman knows how to relate to the different groups because Harriet doesn't 'see' people like [cultural entities]; my audience is...