The Translation and Adaptation Issue (2013)
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Masthead of the Translation and Adaptation Issue (2013)
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Editor’s Notes on the Translation and Adaptation Issue (2013)
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Dear Dramatist - March/April 2013
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Theresa Rebeck: The Craft
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Julia Cho: Ten Questions
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Translating Lyrics
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Rhonda Shook: On Translations and Adaptations
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Susan DiLallo: On Translations and Adaptations
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Challenges of Translation
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Ellen McLaughlin: On Translations and Adaptations
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Henry Ong: On Translations and Adaptations
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Sandra Seaton: On Translations and Adaptations
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Three Rules for Adapting and Translating the Ancient World
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Mark Nutter: On Translations and Adaptations
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Alan Menken: On Translations and Adaptations
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Roundtable on Translations and Adaptations
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The Business Side of Adaptations
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Of Bilingualism: Teatro’s Au Courant Significance
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Arizona/New Mexico: Documenting History
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Atlanta: 3 Hill Productions
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Austin/San Antonio: Luminaria
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Baltimore: Growing the Scene in 2013
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Boston: Notes from the Field
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Chicago: Teatro Vista
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DC: A Killing Game
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Florida: Bigger, Better, Stronger
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Houston: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?
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Ithaca Region: When the Snow Melts
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Los Angeles: Fix it Later
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Minneapolis/St. Paul: Raw Stages Festival
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New Jersey: Luna Stage
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North Carolina: College Discovery Day
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Ohio: It’s Working!
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Pittsburgh: 13P
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Seattle: A Visit From Alan Menken
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Utah: Charles Morey
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Western New York: The Wheels of Bankruptcy and Resolution
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E-Publishing Roundtable, Part Two
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Mr. Blah Blah Blah
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Seven Lessons Learned at MacDowell (+ one more learned in New York)
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Happy Spring!
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Guild News – March/April 2013
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Dramatists Diary – March/April 2013
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New Guild Members as of January 15, 2013
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Classified Ads – March/April 2013
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Jonathan Reynolds: What Guild Membership Means to Me

Five things I always ask myself, before deciding to do an adaptation:
1 Do I like the characters? Enough to live with them for the next few years? Sure, a couple of hateful mean-spirited villains in the mix will make things far more interesting, as it does in real life. But if I don’t love the hero, and feel for him on his journey…I’m probably not the right person for the job.
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is a bookwriter/lyricist. Credits include Iron Curtain, Once Upon a Time in New Jersey, Barbie Live! In Fairytopia, Angelina Ballerina, Fancy Nancy, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (revised libretto). Awards include the Kleban Award, Richard Rodgers Award, two Outer Critics Circle nominations, and a Jonathan Larson grant. Her latest novel: Things I Wish I Told My Mother, with Sue and James Patterson. Pub date: April 2023.