Cover Artwork of The Call and Response Issue: an illustration of people marching
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Call & Response with Carlyle Brown, Gretchen Cryer, Michael R. Jackson, Lisa Kron, KJ Sanchez
Sep 01, 2020
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A Photo collage of Carlyle Brown, Gretchen Cryer, Michael R. Jackson, Lisa Kron, KJ Sanchez and Christine Toy Johnson
Carlyle Brown, Gretchen Cryer, Michael R. Jackson, Lisa Kron, KJ Sanchez and Christine Toy Johnson

Christine Toy Johnson: Because this issue is titled Call and Response, the core question is how we, as dramatists, have or have not responded to the moment or, if we’ve responded creatively. I know there have been a lot of conversations about whether or not people have felt like they are able to write at this time and whether they are able to write about this time, the rub-up that we might find between individual voices and collective voices, and the power of them to ultimately shape the narrative of what will be remembered about this time, together.

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Christine Toy Johnson
Christine Toy Johnson

is a Tony and Obie award-honored writer, actor, and advocate for inclusion. Treasurer of the DG, chair of the Guild’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Access Committee, host of the Guild’s podcast TalkBack on the Broadway Podcast Network. More at christinetoyjohnson.com

Carlyle Brown
Carlyle Brown

is a playwright/performer and artistic director of Carlyle Brown & Company based in Minneapolis. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists, a Lifetime Core Writer at the Playwrights’ Center and recently a Mellon Foundation National Playwright in residence with Illusion Theater in Minneapolis.

Gretchen Cryer 
Gretchen Cryer 

is best known for writing and starring in I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road. She has written eight other musicals with composer Nancy Ford which have won the Obie, the Outer Circle Critics Award, and the Drama Desk Award. Gretchen is also a recipient of the Ed Kleban Award. She was inducted into the Off-Broadway Hall of Fame in 2020 as a Legend of Off-Broadway, is President Emeritus of the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and serves on the Dramatists Guild Council.

Michael R. Jackson
Michael R. Jackson

is an American playwright, composer, and lyricist. He is originally from Detroit, MI, and holds a BFA in Playwriting and an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Among many awards, his musical A Strange Loop won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2022 Tony for Best Musical.

Lisa Kron
Lisa Kron

wrote the book and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home. Other plays include In The Wake, Well, and 2.5 Minute Ride (Obie). Acting credits include Well (Tony nom.) and Good Person of Szechuan (Lortel Award). Founding member: OBIE- and Bessie-Award-winning theater company The Five Lesbian Brothers. Former Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America.

KJ Sanchez
KJ Sanchez

runs American Records and UT Austin’s MFA Playwriting/Directing programs. Her plays were produced at (select list) Cincinnati Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Playmakers Rep, Asolo Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Two River, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Frontera Rep, Round House, Cornerstone, Urban Stages, and Here Arts. She’s directed across the country and internationally.

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