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Theater

Hip-hop playwright embodies voice of a generation

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BY Megan Kadrmas | 12/06/2007 |

You might not recognize Danny Hoch. He tends to spend more time behind the curtain or off camera than in front of it.

But hopefully you are familiar with some of Hoch's work. His plays, after all, are some of the most influential pieces ...

Far from normal

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 01/24/2008 |

How well can you really know a person? Their inner thoughts, their unarticulated desires, their wants, their needs? What if, after 25 years of marriage, your spouse, the one you've dedicated your life to, reveals that for most of his or her life...

Burnt pizza, drab diction

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 01/31/2008 |

The key ingredients to Kurdish-style lovemaking are fresh figs and green pistachios that one can open using only a tongue, according to the newest production at the Mixed Blood Theatre. Poetry and pizza are the key ingredients to love in "The Poetry ...

Dance 'Dance Revolutions'

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 02/07/2008 |

Many people hear modern dance and picture dancers dressed all in black, convulsing and jumping indiscriminately around a stage to the sounds of screeching birds and train whistles. They're scared of it, because they're worried they won't "get it," ...

Peace, protest and patriotism

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 02/21/2008 |

"4 draft offices in state raided, 8 accused of attempted sabotage"

"FBI Nabs 8 in Minnesota Draft Office Break-ins"

"8 Arrests in Draft Raids Spur City Demonstration"

"Further protests threatened in 8 draft break-in arrests"...

What just happened in there?

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 02/28/2008 |

"How are you?"

"I'm good."

"That's good."

Fifteen seconds of dialogue and nothing is achieved other than the greeting that seems to be all the conversation we have time for in our busy world...

Silent love translations

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 03/06/2008 |

In American Sign Language, you quite literally are what you do: The sign for an occupation is a verb for what you do, and then the sign for person. For example, a teacher is a "teach person." Similarly, a lover is a "love person."

The characters in the ...

A destination for theater

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 03/27/2008 |

Just two years ago, a joint venture by West Bank's own Bedlam and Mixed Blood theaters created "West Bank Story," a musical chronicling the history of the West Bank over the past century. The musical used three eras, the late 19th Century, the ...

Bonded: The BFA class of 2008

BY Stephanie Dickrell | 04/10/2008 |

Imagine coming to a university with more than 50,000 students but choosing to spend your four years as an undergrad with the same 20 people, day-in, day-out, Monday through Saturday, for 1460 days. Then, imagine those 20 people are theater students...