Editor’s Note
Activism animates this month’s pages.
April 2012
The Activist Impulse
Whether you advocate for the arts or through the arts, an activist spirit is more important than ever.
Getting Personal About Arts Advocacy: Rochester Rapport
Rep. Louise Slaughter has Geva Theatre Center’s back.
Getting Personal About Arts Advocacy: The Trip to Boise
For Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s Mark Hofflund, a relationship with Congressman Mike Simpson gives rural arts an advocate in high places.
Letters to the Editor
More than minstrelsy, tweet seats, and a Havel fact check.
To Catch the Conscience of a Nation
Occupy Wall Street’s inherent theatricality is bolstered by artistry from cadres of the committed.
Jez Butterworth: Chasing Goosebumps
The acclaimed author of ‘Jerusalem’ talks about writing, relationships and his secret advice from Harold Pinter.
To Have and Have Not
The class struggle in David Lindsay-Abaire’s ‘Good People’ may be even more relevant now than it was when the play premiered 3 years ago.
Planting Seeds
‘Just a Dream: The Green Play,’ a show for young people about the environment, will tour D.C. area schools this month and next.
Fear Takes Flight
An intimate take on ‘The Birds.’
