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

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...

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...

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...

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...

by Mike Doyle Jessica, Francesco, Kevin, and I divided up research topics after meeting and discussing boom. My duties were to...

by: Grappler Contributor Much of this week has been devoted to research. On Wednesday Mike, Jessica, and I met with Kevin to finalize our...

by Karly Bergmann Nobody wants to read an actor packet. Especially in those cherished hours after class and before rehearsal usually...

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...

by Brittany Squier With this robust group of posts, I formally end my work on The Grappler here at The Theatre School at DePaul...

We, Francesco De Salvatore, and Mike Doyle, would like to introduce ourselves as the new Editors-In-Chief of The Grappler. We look...

By: Karly Bergmann Remember when summer wasn’t a total bummer? Remember when it was filled with adults asking you what grade you were...

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...

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...

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...

By: Sean Wiberg Most theatrical performances combine three key elements: technique, imagery and storytelling. If crafted right, each...

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....

By: Stephanie Swiatek When I was in elementary school, a huge grin would spread across my face when an adult asked me one simple...

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...

By David Dudley A far cry from Broadway, in the mountainous Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, in the town of Glover, there stands a...