Bill English, Artistic Director It occurred to me last month while writing “The First Story,” that I was just grazing the tip of the iceberg...
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From The Empathy Gym | The First Story
November 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director A group of ancient humans sit huddled around the fire, hunkered down in a...
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From the Empathy Gym | Who Am I This Time?
October 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director In the great Kurt Vonnegut short story, “Who Am I This Time?”, Harry Nash,...
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From the Empathy Gym | Community and Theatre
September 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director I was recently at a preview of our current Sandbox Show, “All of What You...
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From the Empathy Gym | Ego and Humility
August 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director When San Francisco Playhouse moved from 533 Sutter to 450 Post, it was a...
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From The Empathy Gym | Vulnerability
July 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director In the military sense, vulnerability means that your position is open to attack,...
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From the Empathy Gym | Never Good Enough
June 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director My father, William English, senior to my junior, had high hopes for me – his...
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From the Empathy Gym | The Art of Risk
May, 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director When I was thirteen, under the influence of Errol Flynn and Burt Lancaster, I was...
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From the Empathy Gym | The Tortured Artist
April, 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director During eleven days in March 2016, San Francisco Playhouse opened three shows on two...
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From the Empathy Gym | Lessons from Strips of Paper
March, 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director I was an alienated teenager. I spent a vast amount of time alone, face down on my bed,...
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