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Public Record: What Theater Is Really All About (opens the original)
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Heading into the September 5th performance of Public Record at the Delacorte Theater, I didn’t know what to expect. I only knew a few cursory facts: that somewhere around 100 New Yorkers had come together to make the show, and that most of them were not professional theatre makers; that there was a lot of dancing (we could hear their joyful steps rehearsing above us at the previous EWG meeting); and that the framework for the piece had been devised around once before in Sunderland, England. As I
To Solo Show, or Not to Solo Show... (opens the original)
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There comes a time in every playwright’s life when they say, “Should I write a solo show?” Especially if you’re a playwright who used to be a performer in some capacity (which…I don’t know any playwrights personally who were never ever actors, to be honest), there will come a submission opportunity, situation, or just a time in your life when the question will inevitably arise. One person shows are the cheapest to produce after all— more and more theaters are open to them or requesting them spec
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