The Censorship Issue
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Masthead of the Censorship Issue
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Editor’s Notes on the Censorship Issue
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Dear Dramatist – January/February 2018
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The Last Taboo? The “Palestine Exception” in American Theatre
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Lauren Yee: Ten Questions
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V: The Craft
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Do You Censor Yourself When Writing?
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A Conversation with Paula Vogel
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Banned Together: Fighting “Obscene and Not Heard”
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From the Archives: The Freedom to Write
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Remembering Thomas Meehan
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Chicago: DG/LMDA Exchange
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Dallas/Ft. Worth: DG Town Hall
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Houston: Girls Who Sing in the Choir
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Missouri: Darren Canady
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New England – East: NENPA
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New Jersey: Interview with Kathleen Tolan
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New York – Central: Interview with Margaret Hall
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Pittsburgh: Momentum Festival
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San Francisco: Strange Ladies
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Seattle: Welcome Home
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Tennessee: Theatre in Shelbyville
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Learning Myself All Over Again
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The Show Dr. Seuss Doesn’t Want You To See
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From the Desk of DGF: In Support of Dramatists
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Guild News – January/February 2018
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Dramatists Diary – January/February 2018
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Classified Ads – January/February 2018
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New Guild Members as of December 15, 2017
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Robert Lopez: Why I Joined the Guild
Years ago, I was hired to write a song for a charitable event billed as “The World’s Largest Singles Party.” Those who attended had to dance to it, so the lyrics featured step-by-step instructions, kind of like the Hokey Pokey, with an emphasis on the Pokey. Riding the escalator to the ballroom of the Hyatt that night, I encountered 5,000 single people of all ages and descriptions gyrating on the dance floor, hoping against the odds to attract a special someone.
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was the Chicago Regional Representative for the Dramatists Guild and is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. Her musicals include River’s End (ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Musical Theatre Award, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award, NAMT Festival, NYMF TAM Award), At Wit’s End (Carbonell Award), Sylvia’s Real Good Advice (Joseph Jefferson Award), and Phantom of the Country Opera (NAMT Festival, published by MTI.) She has served as an animateur with the Chicago Voices Project of Lyric Opera of Chicago, creating original musical theatre works based on the untold stories of community groups throughout the city.