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Oct 5, 2016

Relaxed Performances: The Nuts and Bolts of Offering Sensory-Friendly Experiences to Your Audience

Over the past few years, the topic of accessible theatre has risen to the top of our collective conversation. How do we, as an industry, include more performers…

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Sep 8, 2016

Making The Opportunity: Theatre As A Place of Belonging

In my five years as a Thespian, I’ve met exactly one other person at competition who looked like me, another hijabi at State competition who I chased through the convention center to tell her I loved her scarf. Over many auditions…

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Apr 25, 2016

“Come Spirit, Come Charm”: An Interview with Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon on the 25th Anniversary of THE SECRET GARDEN

As a child, I gravitated toward classic movie musicals. The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, and the Disney canon were in…

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Jun 17, 2016

Top Ten Plays About LGBTQ+ Teens

One of the many things we at Samuel French love about theatre is its ability to shed light on the experiences of others and incite a unique — and impactful — form of empathy. By giving a name and a story to the struggles of others, theatre gives voices to many who may…

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Aug 22, 2016

Elections and Politics: 10 Plays Fit for this Season

A democratic society relies on the right of citizens to participate in the election cycle ritual. When carried out effectively, elections give civilians the invaluable opportunity to choose their representation and give their input on…

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Apr 20, 2016

Instant Karma: How THE OLDEST BOY Is Paying Back Its Source

In Sarah Ruhl’s The Oldest Boy, an American mother’s world is shaken when she learns that Tibetan monks believe her young son is the reincarnation of a high Buddhist lama. Now Ruhl’s play, which had a critically acclaimed run…

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Sep 20, 2016

Thespian Playworks: Playwright Interview with Adam Mirajkar

Every year, Samuel French is proud to sponsor the Thespian Playworks program with the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA). High school playwrights submit their scripts to the Playworks program, and four are chosen to be…

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Feb 10, 2016

Writing About “It”: The Mystery of Love and Sex

When I was twenty-six years old, on the back staircase at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York, I bumped into a seventy-year-old playwright I had read and revered in graduate school. I didn’t recognize him, I only knew him through his work, but…

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Oct 7, 2016

Why Produce HEATHERS, or We Gotta Do Something to Stop Bad Behavior and Violence Everywhere

As a member of the high school class of 1987, you would think by now that I’d be over the days of teen angst. Remarkably, I’m not in many ways, which I will explain later…

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Jan 6, 2016

Elizabeth Swados, Musical Composer and Writer, Dies at 64

Elizabeth Swados, musical composer and writer, beloved teacher, and a four-time Tony Award nominee for her musical Runaways, has died at the age of 64 after a battle with esophageal cancer.

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