Articles by Garrett Anderson

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May 21, 2024

A Tragedy That Made Me Laugh: Emily Feldman Discusses Her Play The Best We Could

Playwright Emily Feldman discusses her play The Best We Could (a family tragedy), a very funny, achingly sad and inexplicably familiar play about a father and daughter’s search for meaning as they travel cross country to adopt a rescue dog.
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April 19, 2024

Spectacle and Hyper-Theatricality: A Conversation with John J. Caswell, Jr.

Playwright John J. Caswell, Jr. made a splash off-Broadway with Man Cave, a horrifying look at four Latinas who barricade themselves in the basement of a Republican congressman’s home, and Wet Brain, a family drama about three adult siblings who struggle to care for their alcoholic father. We reached out to John to discuss both plays.
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February 24, 2024

Where Women Go: Director Aimée Hayes Discusses Tina Howe’s Final Play

Aimée Hayes, Co-Artistic Director of The Tent Theater Company, discusses her world premiere production of Where Women Go, playwright Tina Howe’s final work for the stage, originally commissioned by Concord Theatricals.
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February 1, 2018

A. Rey Pamatmat: The Theatre People’s Playwright

When you pick up a play by A. Rey Pamatmat, it won’t take long for you to become fully engrossed by his characters. Learn more here.
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October 27, 2017

The Humanity of Athletes in King Liz

Very few plays come to mind that explore the professional world of sports, even fewer that delve into the specifics of the business poised on making money off of the literal blood and sweat of other people. Fernanda Coppel’s King Liz does just that, without pulling any punches.
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July 25, 2017

Expanding Upon the Canon of Latinx Plays: Spotlight on Tanya Saracho

Check out our latest playwright feature on Tanya Saracho!.
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July 21, 2017

Getting Ready to GLOW

GLOW, one of the summer’s biggest TV hits, has audiences digging into the nostalgia of the 80’s and cheering for women that kick butt.
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January 6, 2017

A Resolution for 2017: Don’t Be Afraid To Talk

Samuel French’s Literary Associate Garrett Anderson discusses Bathsheba Doran’s The Mystery of Love and Sex.
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October 11, 2016

5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, or How a Play About Lesbians in a Nuclear Bomb Shelter is for Everyone

Literary Associate Garrett Anderson explains why you, too, will love Linder & Hobgood’s hysterical play set in a bomb shelter.
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September 9, 2016

The Classical Fungus of LES BLANCS: In conversation with Drew Lichtenberg, Dramaturg on National Theatre’s production of LES BLANCS

Lorraine Hansberry considered LES BLANCS to be her most important work; but do you know why? Learn more here.
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April 22, 2016

Fathers, Daughters, Violins and Basketball: Bringing It All Together

John Starr is a classical violinist. If he could have it his way, he’d be playing all over the world and creating music just like his idol, Charles Ives. Instead he’s stuck playing in Queens and getting occasional visits from his daughter, Laura.
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March 28, 2016

The Pinnacle of Wordplay: Will Eno’s TITLE AND DEED

Title and Deed is a monologue delivered by one man known simply as “Man.” He is not from here, in fact he is foreign. But that doesn’t stop him from exploring what it means to live everyday life, be it somewhere or nowhere at all.
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February 23, 2016

When You’re Here, You’re Family: Samuel D. Hunter’s POCATELLO

Check out Contributor Garrett Anderson’s take on Samuel D. Hunter’s Pocatello.
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