2011

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And Action!: A Young Dramaturg’s Epiphany about her Art

Faith Glendenning is a second year Dramaturgy student at DePaul University. She has served as Assistant Dramaturg for The Theatre...

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The Dramaturgy of Hope

I didn’t clap at all during the four standing ovations the actors of Belarus Free Theatre received after their premiere performance of...

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Borrowing a Technique: What Dramaturgs Can Learn from Reporters

I am currently taking a class called Writing for Magazines. In it, we are actively reporting, writing, and pitching our work to different...

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Why Dramaturgy?

Mike Doyle is a first year Dramaturgy/Criticism major. He is currently working as the Assistant Dramaturg for Faustus by Rupert Goold and...

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In the Rehearsal Room: Faustus

Next fall, the first quarter of my senior year, I have been assigned to work on the play Faustus by Rupert Goold and Ben Powers after...

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What Does Rahm Emanuel Mean For Chicago Theatre?

Not long after winning Chicago’s mayoral race on February 22, 2011, Rahm Emanuel attended a production of A Twist Of Water at Theater...

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Stories from History, or How I Found my Art as a Dramaturg

A couple of weeks ago, I was waiting at the bus stop with a close friend when the subject of dramaturgy came up. This friend had only a...

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Letter from the Editor

Since our first few posts, we have been discussing how to shape this blog into what we ultimately want: a blog created as a place to...

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2011-2012 Program Deadline Calendar

S1: Intimate Apparel Info Due: August 17, 2011 Text-Only Proof: August 22, 2011 First Proof: September 2, 2011 Second Proof: September...

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Dramaturgy from Intimate Apparel by Tiffany Wilson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMiOUdVG270 You've been a Good Old Wagon but you Broke Down (1895) written by Ben Harney was the first...

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Dramaturgy Production Practice Guidelines

1. You must fill out the production practice form (on backstage under academics) and turn it into Barry before your production practice...

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The Dodo-Brained Dramaturg

by Jacob C. Shuler As a child, I was an avid bird-watcher (surely a manifestation of some deep-seated adolescent trauma that rendered me...

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A Dramaturgy of Distance

by Mike Doyle What inspires you? While this is a question that forces us to see beyond ourselves and set higher goals, it is one that I...

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Clarity? Who needs it?

by Matthew T. Messina Some of the most compelling theatre I have ever witnessed was, initially, incredibly unclear. When I encounter a...

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New Play Dramaturgy for Nancy Drew - Equal Parts Inspiration and Investigation

by Anna Bosy The dramaturg’s job is to illuminate the story. As a double major in Theatre Arts and Art History, I was lucky to discover...

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Tell Me a Story and I Will Listen

by Catherine Miller “a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done"- John Patrick Shanley Events in your life, books you...