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Table of Contents for September 2013

The Science of Feeling at Home
Kwame Kwei-Armah hits his stride at Baltimore’s Center Stage
By Celia Wren

School Days, School Days
At the TCG Conference in Dallas, theatre artists go back to their roots. Including a list of TCG awardees
By Diep Tran, with photos by Michal Daniel

Playscript: The Convert
The complete text of Danai Gurira’s tumultuous journey into Zimbabwe’s colonial history (In print only). Plus: a conversation with the playwright by Tim Sanford.

DEPARTMENTS:

Editor’s Note

From the Executive Director
Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Letters to the Editor

News in Brief
2 New Plays Put a Contemporary Spin on Robin Hood
Bring Your Own Babies to Emerald City Theatre
Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes
Robert Sickinger (1917-2013): A Windy City Ringleader
Bernard Sahlins (1922-2013): A Giant of the Second City
Barbara Oliver (1927-2013): A San Francisco Legend

Front & Center
In the Wheel World With ‘Prometheus Bound’
Artists at Play to Stage Michael Golamco’s ‘Cowboy Versus Samurai’
Performance Meets Ritual in ‘The Object Lesson’
Bron Batten Premieres ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ at Chicago’s Neo-Futurists
New Orleans Gets Spooky in ‘The Hollow’
‘Arguendo’ Gets to the Naked Truth

Production Notebook
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s 410[GONE] at Crowded Fire Theatre

People
Playwright George Brant, by Davi Napoleon

Playwright Mona Mansour, by Caridad Svich

Currents
Mary Zimmerman talks The Jungle Book with Rob Weinert-Kendt

On the Scene
Mark Blankenship finds changes afoot in his native Chattanooga

Media
Nicole Estvanik Taylor on new design/photography magazine Chance

Strategies
Deepening the casting process, by Eliza Bent

Global Spotlight

September Onstage

20 Questions
for Richard Bean

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