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Heading into our 2011 Fall Forum on Governance: Capitalizing an Art Form, we wanted to provide a more in depth look at some of our speakers. We’re thrilled that our closing speaker, Margy Waller, took a moment out of her busy schedule to answer a few of our questions. Margy Waller is a Senior Fellow [...]

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“I think what is particularly poignant about LBJ, and tragic about his story, is that he could see, actually, what was happening in Vietnam, but couldn’t find from his own political standpoint a way out, and he knew it would be the destruction of his domestic program which is all he really cared about, but [...]

The Color of Sugar

by August Schulenburg October 28, 2011 Edgerton New Plays
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(Photo: Craig Schwartz. Pictured: Angela Lewis, J. Mallory McCree) To better tell the stories of the Edgerton grantees, we’ll be sharing details from the plays and productions. In a recent discussion with Stephen McCormick, the Director of Education and Outreach at La Jolla Playhouse, I learned about a particularly fascinating post-show conversation surrounding their production of Kirsten [...]

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The Music of Rebuilding

by August Schulenburg October 26, 2011 Edgerton New Plays

“I really wanted to tell a story that did justice to the work of rebuilding after that kind of disaster.” -Dan Dietz, Playwright, Clementine in the Lower 9 To better tell the stories of the  extraordinary Edgerton grantees, we’ll be sharing details from the plays and productions. We’re thrilled to begin by sharing this video [...]

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Second Round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards

by August Schulenburg October 25, 2011 Edgerton New Plays
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We are pleased to announce the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards! Granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S., the awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 theaters extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run. [...]

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Catching the Pass

by August Schulenburg October 7, 2011 American Theatre magazine
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(Photo: Gerry Goodstein. Pictured: Amy Staats and Lynette Freeman from WAKING UP by Cori Thomas, directed by Tea Alagić) Having previously featured the ACTpass in Eliza Bent’s April 2011 Strategies column in American Theatre, we were excited when Ensemble Studio Theatre’s ESTpass press release crossed our transom. Was this an idea with legs? How would [...]

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