Patrick McDonald talks with us about the “pretty crazy ride” of writing and rehearsing his new play, Rough & Tumble, our 2012 NewFest production:
by Sarah Erkert, Production Dramaturg Sometimes, as a dramaturg, you feel like much of the research you do on a play is for naught. The material can be dense and…
by Marissa Friedman and Rainier Pearl-Styles, Dramaturgs of CABARET Originally produced on Broadway in 1966, Cabaret is just as poignant as ever. For all its grit and glamor, at its…
An Overheard Conversation About Change, with Links, Courtesy of Cast Member Juliet Walker By Dante Flores, Production Dramaturg (After Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information) “I gave you $22.10” “What?”…
Yesterday, Performing Arts faculty and staff greeted our new undergraduate and graduate students en masse for the first time at a series of events including the morning Departmental Welcome and…
By Robin Goldberg The central storyline of Big Love is based on a classic Greek myth, The Danaids. The writer, Aeschylus, drew his inspiration from Danais, a Greek epic poem written by a “cyclic…
For more from dramaturg Travis Amiel, see here! The quotes below serve to illuminate themes in King Liz such as racial oppression, sexism, spirituality, and the act of finding purpose…