October 2012

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From the Executive Director

A Different Kind of Season

Editor's Note

from Jim O'Quinn

Strategies

The wisdom of crowds
By Jeremy M. Barker

Global Spotlight

Compiled by Nicole Estvanik Taylor

FEATURED CONTENT

 

The Ascent of Katori Hall

By Alexis Soloski

The Mountaintop scribe pulls no punches--and neither do her characters

The Commons Touch

By Rob Weinert-Kendt

Thanks to a triumvirate of forward-lookers, a think tank grows in Boston

Rolling with the New-Play Surge

By Celia Wren

Teamwork and trust are watchwords for NNPN honcho Jason Loewith

John Steppling: The Artist as Outsider

By Jon Robin Baitz

This expat playwright hasn't found much love in U.S. theatres, and the feeling is mutual

 

IN PRINT for October 2012

Designs from the Builders Association's House/Divided; an interview with Samuel D. Hunter by Caridad Svich; Eileen Blumenthal on Andrei Serban productions in Eastern Europe; artists doing business presentations; dramaturgy podcasts; books on design; and 20 questions for Eve Ensler

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