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Artist Interview: Playwrights Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell

Artist Interview: Playwrights Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell

The LIFESPAN OF A FACT writers talk about collaboration, play development, and the power of theater
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Feb 28
Artist Interview: Actors Ian Merrill Peakes and Trevor William Fayle

Artist Interview: Actors Ian Merrill Peakes and Trevor William Fayle

A conversation with the sparring partners at the center of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
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Feb 21
“The ones that are left”: The Decline of Traditional Media

“The ones that are left”: The Decline of Traditional Media

For magazine editor Emily Penrose, the stakes of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT could be a publication’s life or death
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Feb 14
QUIZ: Stretching the Truth

QUIZ: Stretching the Truth

How much do you know about writers who have blurred fact and fiction? Take our quiz and find out!
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Feb 8
“I’m not interested in accuracy; I’m interested in truth”: Facts or fiction?

“I’m not interested in accuracy; I’m interested in truth”: Facts or...

From the dawn of recorded history, we have debated about what truths to tell, and how
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Jan 30
“I will tell you the facts to the best of my ability”: Fact Checking in THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT

“I will tell you the facts to the best of my ability”: Fact Checkin...

Exploring the facts-first side of the play’s central debate
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Jan 26
Artist Interview: Director Zuhairah McGill

Artist Interview: Director Zuhairah McGill

The director of THE ROYALE talks about the play and the history that inspired it
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Dec 5, 2022
Reconstruction, Segregation, and Racial Violence at the Turn of the 20th Century

Reconstruction, Segregation, and Racial Violence at the Turn of the...

THE ROYALE is set in a time when hard-won progress was being violently undone
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Nov 29, 2022
Artist Interview: Actor Phillip Brown

Artist Interview: Actor Phillip Brown

THE ROYALE actor on the joys, challenges, and opportunities of this unique and moving production
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Nov 22, 2022
Meet the Playwright: Marco Ramirez

Meet the Playwright: Marco Ramirez

The award-winning writer who brought Jay Jackson’s story to life in THE ROYALE
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Nov 16, 2022
“We want a good, clean fight”: The History of Boxing

“We want a good, clean fight”: The History of Boxing

The development of the sport at the center of THE ROYALE
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Nov 9, 2022
Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion of the World

Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion of the World

The inspiring figure who inspired Marco Ramirez’s THE ROYALE
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Nov 4, 2022
“Appearance is never the full story”: Tom Stoppard and the Lantern

“Appearance is never the full story”: Tom Stoppard and the Lantern

Learn more about the TRAVESTIES playwright, a favorite of Lantern Theater Company
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Oct 7, 2022
“Down with literary supermen!”: Vladimir Lenin

“Down with literary supermen!”: Vladimir Lenin

One of the 20th century’s most significant revolutionaries is also one of the main players in Tom Stoppard’s TRAVESTIES
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Oct 3, 2022
“Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing”: Tristan Tzara and Dada

“Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing”: Tristan Tzara and Dada

The avant-garde poet and performance artist pioneered the Dada movement while living in WWI Zürich, as featured in Tom Stoppard’s…
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Sep 26, 2022
“Make It New”: World War I’s Impact on the Creative Class

“Make It New”: World War I’s Impact on the Creative Class

The war’s unprecedented destruction brought new art forms to life
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Sep 20, 2022
“Send us bright one”: James Joyce and His Modernist Masterpiece

“Send us bright one”: James Joyce and His Modernist Masterpiece

The Irish modernist author and poet was on the cusp of his greatest masterpiece while living in 1917 Zürich, as featured in TRAVESTIES
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Sep 13, 2022
“Life and times, friend of the famous”: Henry Carr

“Life and times, friend of the famous”: Henry Carr

The real-life figure and theatrical production that inspired Tom Stoppard’s TRAVESTIES
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Sep 8, 2022
“Great days… Zürich during the war”: Zürich in 1917

“Great days… Zürich during the war”: Zürich in 1917

Why Switzerland was a magnet for artists and revolutionaries during WWI — and how it stayed that way
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Aug 25, 2022
Artist Interview: FABULATION’s Fabulous Cast

Artist Interview: FABULATION’s Fabulous Cast

“I think this is theater at its best, where you are able to start a conversation and have a fun time doing it.”
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Jun 20, 2022
FABULATION, Fables, and Brer Rabbit

FABULATION, Fables, and Brer Rabbit

Exploring the trickster figure of folklore and why fables are important to the characters of Lynn Nottage’s satire
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Jun 8, 2022
Undine’s Inspirations: CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY and Condoleezza Rice

Undine’s Inspirations: CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY and Condoleezza Rice

Lynn Nottage’s factual and fictional inspirations for Undine and FABULATION
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May 31, 2022
Meet the Playwright, Part II: On Lynn Nottage

Meet the Playwright, Part II: On Lynn Nottage

More about the celebrated writer behind FABULATION
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May 18, 2022
Meet the Playwright, Part I: The Extraordinary Range of Lynn Nottage

Meet the Playwright, Part I: The Extraordinary Range of Lynn Nottage

The FABULATION playwright’s works are as varied as their subjects
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May 5, 2022
Prisoners of Conscience

Prisoners of Conscience

Other prisoners of conscience who, like A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS’ Thomas More, chose prison over breaking their personal moral code
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Apr 3, 2022
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