Category : From the Empathy Gym

From the Empathy Gym – August 2020

From the Empathy Gym – August 2020

The Reports of Theatre’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. Is the theatre really dead? – Paul Simon When Mark Twain wrote his famous...

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From the Empathy Gym – July 2020

From the Empathy Gym – July 2020

Empathy Into Action We hoped the coronavirus pandemic would teach us something. Surely, some good would come from the fact that it has touched all...

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From the Empathy Gym – May 2020

From the Empathy Gym – May 2020

Essential Business We’ve been hearing a lot about essential businesses that have needed to be open during our “shelter in place” period....

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Notes from the Empathy Gym – April 2020

Notes from the Empathy Gym – April 2020

Right about now, I’m sure many of us are feeling pretty small, isolated, many of us alone, feeling defeated by a microscopic single cell...

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Real Women Have Curves: A Note from the Artistic Director

Real Women Have Curves: A Note from the Artistic Director

Thirty years ago, in San Francisco at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Real Women Have Curves by Josefina López was given its world...

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From the Empathy Gym – March 2020

From the Empathy Gym – March 2020

A Line in the Sand All around us, the situation seems dire. The fundamental ties that bind us humans together—family, community, shared beliefs,...

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From the Empathy Gym – February 2020

From the Empathy Gym – February 2020

In our January newsletter, we made six resolutions San Francisco Playhouse promises to keep this year. I thought it might be fun to go into a bit...

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Born in East Berlin: A Note from the Artistic Director

Born in East Berlin: A Note from the Artistic Director

We are worried these days about our privacy. We feel like thousands of eyes are watching us. Surveillance cameras, the info we must share to travel...

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Notes from the Empathy Gym – January 2020

Notes from the Empathy Gym – January 2020

January 2020 First off, a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our End of Calendar Year fundraising campaign. You gave over $400,000 —...

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Notes from the Empathy Gym – December 2019

Notes from the Empathy Gym – December 2019

December 2019 HEARTS BEAT AS ONE We are often reminded of the precariousness of live theatre. That something can go wrong at any moment. Lines...

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