Every once in a while, live theatre generates a miracle. Something that shouldn’t be possible, that everyone says couldn’t be done, that not only...
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Subscriber Newsletter – August 2019
Whew! Our 18-19 Season has fully opened. And what a season it has been. There is always a collective sigh of relief that rises from everyone down at...
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From the Empathy Gym | Empathy Heals
Bill English, Artistic Director As 2019 begins, our nation remains ripped in half. Divided into camps, we refuse to understand the other side, so...
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From the Empathy Gym | Empathy Hurts.
Bill English, Artistic Director I’ve spoken a lot about empathy. And about how our theatre is an empathy gym. Where we come to improve our...
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From the Empathy Gym | Doctor, My Eyes
Bill English, Artistic Director I spoke a few weeks ago at the national convention of the ATCA, the American Theatre Critics’ Association. I...
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From the Empathy Gym | The Art of Not Knowing
Bill English, Artistic Director The Art of Not Knowing We generally associate accomplishment in any field with "knowing." Finding, discovering,...
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From the Empathy Gym | The Mission
Bill English, Artistic Director The Mission: To tell stories that uplift our spirits, deepen self-awareness, and nurture compassionate...
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‘Noises Off’ | A Note from the Artistic Director
Misery Loves Comedy If ever there was a time we need a good laugh, it’s now! With tensions growing in our country, with the constant drama in...
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From the Empathy Gym | Stories of Hope
Bill English, Artistic Director These mornings it seems grief rolls in like the fog, and I find myself in meditation on the floor in a pile of...
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From The Empathy Gym | To Save Us or Destroy Us
Bill English, Artistic Director Three boys shared a bedroom in their family’s duplex. There wasn’t much room for anything but the three beds,...
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