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Editor's Notes on The Call & Response Issue
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Find The Universal... And Then Kill It Dead.
  • Chisa Hutchinson
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Wendy MacLeod: Ten Questions
  • Wendy MacLeod
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Call & Response
  • Christine Toy Johnson,
  • Carlyle Brown,
  • Gretchen Cryer,
  • Michael R. Jackson,
  • Lisa Kron,
  • and KJ Sanchez
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Have You Ever Felt Called to Respond to a Particular Event, Moment, or Movement?
  • Tara Moses,
  • Ruben Carbajal,
  • and Jenita Nakamura
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DGF Emergency Grants
  • Margaret Engel
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The Theatre Makers of Color Outreach Survey
  • Terrance Brooks Boykin
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Advocacy in the Time of COVID
  • Nandita Shenoy
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#WeSeeYou WAT: Gossip & Debate Among POC Artists
  • Aurin Squire
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New Media Committee
  • Kristoffer Diaz
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Unalienable
  • Eric "Pogi" Sumangil
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Why a Public Statue of Lorraine Hansbury is Necessary
  • Julia Jordan
  • and Lynn Nottage
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From the Desk of Political Engagement: Save the USPS
  • Jenna Chrisphonte
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Continuar Juntos (Carry On Together)
  • Brigitte Viellieu-Davis
  • and Tere Martinez
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Ambassador Report: California – Long Beach/Orange County
  • Diana Burbano
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Ambassador Report: California – San Diego
  • Aleta Barthell
  • and Thelma de Castro
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Ambassador Report: Florida Panhandle
  • Paul Donnelly
2019-2021 Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Playwright Development Program
Ambassador Report: South Florida
  • Arianna Rose
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Ambassador Report: Indiana
  • Mark Harvey Levine
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Ambassador Report: Maine
  • Andrea Lepcio
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Ambassador Report: New Mexico
  • Talia Pura
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Ambassador Report: New York City
  • Yvette Heyliger
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Ambassador Report: New York State – Hudson Valley
  • Dominic D'Andrea
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Ambassador Report: Central Pennsylvania
  • Cindy Dlugolecki
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Ambassador Report: Queens, NY
  • Kathleen Warnock
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Ambassador Report: South Carolina
  • Triza Cox
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Ambassador Report: Tennessee – Knoxville
  • Harrison Young
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Ambassador Report: Virginia – East
  • Clyde Santana
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Ambassador Report: Washington State – East/Spokane
  • Bryan Harnetiaux
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Ambassador Report: Wisconsin
  • Danielle Dresden
  • and Paulette Laufer
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New Guild Members as of July 15, 2020
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