Playing Ophelia Helped Lindsey Navigate Her Own Grief
My comrade and teacher Lindsey Trout Hughes was published yesterday in Catapult … incredible writing, with more to come…
Category: Theatre
The Good News of a Play, 3.31.2017
Playwright, clown, musician, and mensch Colin McLaughlin has invited friends over this evening to do a collective reading of his new play, Jailbird, about Eugene Debs. Colin asked me to read Debs’ famous statement to…
The Good News of a Play, 3.31.2017
Playwright, clown, musician, and mensch Colin McLaughlin has invited friends over this evening to do a collective reading of his new play, Jailbird, about Eugene Debs. Colin asked me to read Debs’ famous statement to…
Why Shakespeare Matters/2 by Magan Wiles
Magan studied Social Justice with me in 2004; did theater work with refugee kids through Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma as well as Playback Theater; worked with ISM in Palestine in 2006;…
Why Shakespeare Matters/1 by Katie Consamus
I’ve asked a few friends, a good portion of whose lives have been in the theater, if they’d be willing to write on the following topic because I was curious how they’d respond: Why Shakespeare…
Austere, Moral, Mythic, Ceremonial
Thursday 31 October 2013 Magan, A while back I read this collection, Sartre on Theater, and I noted especially the following passages from his lectures, interviews, and articles. I want to share them with you,…
Theatre!
Friday night, I sent the following message to Katie Consamus: Isn’t acting one of the most demanding practices you could ever imagine?! Do you ever stand back in awe at what you all do? Do…
Magan Wiles in “My Name Is Rachel Corrie”
COME TO “MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE” AT SLU BLACK BOX THEATER, JULY 8-11TH AND 15TH-18TH! Blue Rose Stage Collective presents their debut production: MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE Taken from the writings of Rachel…