Too Close for Comfort?
by Laura Routh I am drawn to Crooked for a wide-variety of reasons. As an Anglo-Bengali American who used to reside in Mississippi, I...
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From Magma to Munch: The Science of Survival
by Jessica Allison Humans, as a species, worry too much. The rise of technology allows us to control many of our worries. Sickness can be...
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Boom. February 2012
by Mike Doyle Jessica, Francesco, Kevin, and I divided up research topics after meeting and discussing boom. My duties were to...
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Boom. February 13-20, 2012
by: Grappler Contributor Much of this week has been devoted to research. On Wednesday Mike, Jessica, and I met with Kevin to finalize our...
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RIVALZ DRAMATURGY GOES VIRAL
by Karly Bergmann Nobody wants to read an actor packet. Especially in those cherished hours after class and before rehearsal usually...
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How I came to be here…
by Dexter Zollicoffer Sometimes I can’t believe that I’m starting my 9th year at The Theatre School at DePaul University. It wasn’t so...
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Letter from the Editor
by Brittany Squier With this robust group of posts, I formally end my work on The Grappler here at The Theatre School at DePaul...
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Letter From the Editors
We, Francesco De Salvatore, and Mike Doyle, would like to introduce ourselves as the new Editors-In-Chief of The Grappler. We look...
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What I Did Over Summer Vacation (other than recreational drugs)
By: Karly Bergmann Remember when summer wasn’t a total bummer? Remember when it was filled with adults asking you what grade you were...
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Children and Art
By: Catherine Miller I do not have one matronly bone in my body. When Karen Sharp of Seattle Children’s Theatre came to DePaul this past...
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Bringing Theatre to the Streets
By: Grappler Contributor I’ve lived in the city of Chicago for about two years now. That’s roughly 730 days. For about 480 days of those...
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L'art de vivre
By: Mike Doyle When I left for France this summer, I intended to see some theatre. I was there for ten weeks, and the closest I came was...
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Translating the Language of Angels
By: Sean Wiberg Most theatrical performances combine three key elements: technique, imagery and storytelling. If crafted right, each...
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Why Dramaturgy?
By: Johanna Orr I happened upon dramaturgy. Throughout high school, I was an actor, and thought that I wanted to pursue it as a career....
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This Thing Called Dramaturgy...
By: Stephanie Swiatek When I was in elementary school, a huge grin would spread across my face when an adult asked me one simple...
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Collective Dramaturgy: An Exercise in Patience
By: Coya Paz It is a Thursday night, mid-September, warm outside. Our rehearsal space isn’t air-conditioned, so we’ve opened the windows...
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A Rehearsal with Peter Schumann and the Bread & Puppet Theater
By David Dudley A far cry from Broadway, in the mountainous Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, in the town of Glover, there stands a...
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