LMDA Newsletter: Past Issues

• June 2020 – 2020 Conference Wrap-Up
  • reflections from the ECD Travel Grant Recipients 
• May 2020
  • Managing Life and Work in the Time of COVID-19 
• April 2020
  • Dramaturyg Deput Panel at ATHE 2020 by Shelley Orr
• March 2020
  • a tribute to Doug Langworthy by Liz Engelman
• February 2020
  • article from Lindsey R. Barr on the intersection of dramaturgy and arts administration
  • update on the LMDA Grants and Awards
• January 2020
  • article from Morgan Grambo, which highlights of dramaturgy in the 2010s
  • interview with Diane Brewer by Megan Monaghan Rivas onThe Three Musketeers in the 21st Century (part 2)
• December 2019
  • letter from President Martine Kei Green-Rogers
  • interview with Megan Monaghan Rivas by Diane Brewer onThe Three Musketeers in the 21st Century (part I)
  • interivew with Elizabeth Williamson, dramaturg
• November 2019
  • letter from President Martine Kei Green-Rogers
  • interview with Natasha Sinha, Director of Artistic Programs at Signature Theatre
  • a closer look at KCACTF Dramaturgy with Janine Sobeck Knighton
• October 2019
  • letter from President Martine Kei Green-Rogers
  • article from Jenna Rodgers and Phaedra Michelle Scott on’best practices’ for script applications for organizations and institutions as an additional resource for dramaturgs
• June 2019 – 2019 Conference Wrap-Up
  • reflections from the ECD Travel Grant Recipients 
• May 2019
  • interview with Katie Welsh, perfomrance artist who created “informative cabarets”
  • article from Alonna Ray and Susan Yassky who write about their experience as apprentices at Actors Theatre of Louisville
• April 2019
• interview with Linda Lombardi, director/dramaturg
  • article from Kate Langsdorf who writes about her experience in stand-up comedy
• March 2019
• interview with Mei Ann Teo, the new Producing Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory
  • information on The Kennedy Center New Play Dramaturgy Intensive 
• February 2019
• interview with Thomas Choinacky, an interdisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia
  • letter from President Martine Kei Green-Rogers
• January 2019
  • interview by Heather Helinsky with Erin Washburn, InterAct’s Literary Manager & Patron Services Manager
  • article from Morgan Grambo who writes about her dramaturging her own experience while serving as dramaturg on Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves 
• December 2018
  • letter from President Martine Kei Green-Rogers
  • interview with Sara Keats from the Umbrella Project
• November 2018
  • article from Gabriella Steinberg on The Daughters Collective
  • interview with Celise Kalke, the Managing Director at Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta, GA
• October 2018
  • letter from President Martine Kei Green-Rogers
  • article from Morgan Grambo on LMDA in the Academy, insights from students and faculty 
• June 2018 – 2018 Conference Wrap-Up
  • ECD Travel Grant recipients Teresa Kilzi and Sierra Carlsonwrite about their experiences of the conference
  • letters from outgoing president Ken Cerniglia and incoming president Martine Kei Green-Rogers;recap of #metoo discussions faciliated by Ilana M. Brownstein; links to archived live tweets, and to video archives of all recorded sessions; and more
• May 2018
  • interview with Melonnie Walker on her work as the Dramaturgy Editor of the soon-to-debut August Wilson Journalspecial 2018 Conference preview: Jenna K. Rodgers, Judith Rudakoff, and Patrick Denney discuss the sessions they are organizing
• April 2018
  • interview dramaturgy/literary manager/2018 Conference Organizer Joanna Falck on the dramaturgy of conference planning
  • letter from dramaturg/El Colectivo founder Catherine María Rodríguez discussing her bilingual coverage of the current political situation in Nicaragua
• March 2018
  • interview with dramaturg/author Robert Blacker about his new book Shakespeare in Three Dimensions, which analyzes Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth as both texts and theatrical works
  • interview with dramaturg/social justice organizer Chava Kokhleffel about her political and community-based dramaturgy work in the Minneapolis arts and social justice communities
• February 2018
  • interview with dramaturgs Elizabeth Bojsza and Lydia Franco-Hodges about their work teaching scientists to tell their stories on stage, on the page, and to one another atThe Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
  • dramaturg/VP Publications Kristin Leahey announces the return of LMDA’s The Review.
• January 2018
  • interview with burlesque producer/performer/dramaturg JoJo Stiletto about her dramaturgical approach to burlesque work.
  • a letter from playwright/dramaturg/VP Regional Activity Jacqueline Goldfinger recapping Fall 2017 events and announcing a new regional group in Central Appalachia.
• December 2017
  • interview with Kate Bredeson about her 2016 Bly Grant project Portland in Motion: Dance Dramaturgy in PDX
• November 2017
  • interview with dramaturg/dialect designer Amy Stoller about her approach to dialects
  • interview with freelance dramaturg Andrea Kovich about her upcoming work on a new musical, and how her commitment to social justice in her arts work
• October 2017
  • interview with Raquel Almazan (Dramaturg / Playwright / Producer, La Lucha Arts) about how dramaturgy and activist impulses drive her current projects
  • interview with Maegan Clearwood (Literary Associate, The O’Neill Theater Center) about collaborating with playwrights and her previous summer with the acclaimed play development center.
  • interview with Diep Tran (Associate Editor, American Theatre Magazine) about her work in this current political climate and her commitment to inclusivity
• May 2017
  • interview with Sandra Daley-Sharif (Freelance Dramaturg / Founder and Producing Artistic Director, Liberation Theatre Company), re: LTC’s inaugural Writing Residency Program
  • interview with Nicholas Rohlfing (Entertainment Lawyer), re: his new partnership with LMDA
• April 2017
  • interview with Arminda Thomas (Freelance Dramaturg / Associate Artistic Director, Going to the River Festival), re: Baltimore Center Stage’s world premiere adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Jazz
  • interview with Carlyn Aquiline (Freelance Dramaturg), re: Luna Stage’s world premiere of Andrew Rosendorf’s Tranquil
• March 2017
  • interview with Catherine María Rodríguez (MFA Candidate, Dramaturgy – Yales School of Drama) re: co-founding El Colectivo
  • essay by Ali Pour Issa (Dramaturg / Director / Producer) on making theatre in Iran
• February 2017
  • interview with Jennifer Ashley Tepper (Historian / Programming Director / Producer) on her various projects
  • tips for student and early-career dramaturgs on finding an internship
• January 2017
  • interview with Melissa Hillman (Artistic Director / Blogger) on equity and diversity in the theatre industry (part 2 of a 2-part interview)
  • interview with Joseph Cermatori (Dramaturg / Critic / Academic) on his various projects and his career path
• December 2016
  • interview with Melissa Hillman (Artistic Director / Blogger) on her blog, Bitter Gertrude (part 1 of a 2-part interview)
  • interview with Kelly Miller (Artist Manager / Co-founder, The Kilroys), on her work in the tv and theater industries
  • essay by Charles Haugland (Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy, Huntington Theatre) on Lessing Week
• November 2016
  • interview with Kelly Kerwin (Dramaturg / Producer) on the Bly-winning performance project she created
  • interview with Magda Romanska (Dramaturg / Co-founder and Executive Director, The Theatre Times), on the goals of her online theatre news platform
  • interview with Maren Robinson and Lojo Simon on the audience engagement work they each did on different productions of Stephen Sachs’s Bakersfield Mist
• October 2016
  • interview with Ken Cerniglia (Dramaturg / Literary Manager) on the New York Theatre Workshop production of Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown
  • interview with Diane Brewer (Dramaturg / Academic) on using The Kilroys List and in-process texts with her students
  • report by Martha Wade Steketee (Dramaturg / Journalist) on Metro NYC’s May 2016 LMDA event, a conversation she moderated between LMDA founder Mark Bly and freelance dramaturg Heather Helinsky
• July 2016
  • conversation between Vicki Stroich (Executive Director, Alberta Theatre Projects) and Bob White (Director of New Plays, Stratford Festival) 
  • artistic leaders Jayne Wenger and Mead Hunterswap stories of their varied careers and friendship, plus their impressions of new plays in America today
  • long-time colleagues and great friends Elizabeth Bennett (Dramaturg / Executive Director, State Island Arts) and Liz Engelman (Dramaturg/Professor) discuss live after full-time institutional dramaturgy, advocacy in the arts & culture sector, teaching, journalism, executive & artistic directorships, and Nature-turgy!
  • Anna Woodruff (Early Career Dramaturg) and Melis Akers (Columbia MFA Playwright) discuss their collaborative partnership and current passion projects
  • David Geary (Freelance Dramaturg / Writer /Director/ Filmmaker / Educator) is interviewed about freelancing and indigenous dramaturgy
  • Heather Helinsky (Freelance Dramaturg) is interviewed about life on the road.