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Zibby Owens: Publishing Pitfalls

Posted October 21, 202400:33:15

In BLANK, I wanted to open readers' eyes a little bit more to the inner workings of the publishing world. I started as an aspiring author...

Martha Wade Steketee: Women Count

Posted October 6, 202400:28:46

Holding people's feet to the fire by just saying, 'You know what, you may think that a lot of women are being hired.' 'I've done five shows...

Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

Posted September 18, 202400:31:54

I came to New York to meet people I read about in college like Joe Chaiken and Judith Malina, and I met them! I took workshops with Joe...

Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Posted July 17, 202400:29:06

Alot of the reasons why the male/female -- the binary, in general, was for men specifically like white men and colonizers, to assert dominance...

Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Posted June 25, 202400:27:47

Theater is both a spiritual healing and emotional healing and even physical healing for me, and it's been my raison d'etre for most of my...