Vol. 22 No. 4
Mar/Apr 2020
The Pacific Northwest Issue
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Masthead of The Pacific Northwest Issue
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Editor's Notes on The Pacific Northwest Issue
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News Roundup: Mar/Apr 2020
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Notes to a Playwright
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Postcard from Eugene
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New Plays at Artists Repertory Theatre
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Seattle Rep
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Portland Center Stage: A Conversation with Marissa Woolf
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Village Theatre
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival: A Conversation with Nataki Garrett
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Intiman 2020: A Small Theatre with a Big Heart
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A Contemporary Theatre
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Annex Theatre
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Book-It Repertory Theatre
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Burien Actors Theatre
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Defunkt Theatre
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Macha Theatre Works: In Search of the Strong Female Character
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A Miracle on Stark Street
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Taproot Theatre Company
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Fear, Dread, and the Unknown
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The Northwest Ten Festival
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Hedgebrook: A Love Story
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LineStorm Playwrights
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Parley: A Seattle Playwrights' Group
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Portland Civic Theatre Guild
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Rain City Projects
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DGF Fellows: Charles Gershman
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DGF Fellows: Aryanna Garber & Benjamin Velez
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DGF: Our 9th Gala
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What is the DG Regional Rep and Ambassador Program?
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Atlanta: Meet Laura King, Southern Georgia Ambassador
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Austin/San Antonio: FronteraFest
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Baltimore: Interview with Donna Ibale
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California - South: “Because I’m a Playwright”
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Colorado: Heather Beasley Profile
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Michigan: Ann Arbor Writing Retreat
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Kentucky: Teatro Tercera Llamada
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New England - West: Interview with Darcy Parker Bruce
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North Carolina: DG Footlights
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Ohio: Getting Off on the Right Foot
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Philadelphia: The New Rep’s First Year
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Twin Cities: Playwright Cabal
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Upstate New York: Alleyway Theatre
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Notes from Puerto Rico, Part Three
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Why I Joined the Guild with Lisa Kron

The DGF Fellowship gave me the time and space to deeply explore a new play I’m working on about a married gay couple, Will and Bram, who take in a foster teen named Devin.
Stopover
by Charles Gershman
Steven sits on the couch next to Bram, who picks up the Rubik’s Cube and anxiously fiddles with it.
STEVEN
You think they left?
BRAM
They’ll be back.
STEVEN
I think they left. I don’t hear anything.
BRAM
They’ll be back. (Beat.)
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Charles Gershman
is a queer playwright and TV writer, 2019 Chesley/Bumbalo Playwriting Award winner, and 2019 Relentless Award Semifinalist. He earned his MFA at NYU-Tisch in 2018. His plays are published by Oberon Books. charlesgershman.com.