TheaTre.edu Bonnie Marranca No sooner had PAJ 103 been published, featuring “The Education of the Artist” sec- tion of articles decrying the tenuous professional rewards of MFAs in playwriting and acting, and theatre training tied…
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Educating artists Bonnie Marranca T his issue of PAJ 103 highlights our ongoing interest in arts education in a spe- cial section entitled “The Education of the Artist.” In recent years considerable attention has focused…
The Year of John Cage
The Year of John Cage Bonnie Marranca The publication of PAJ 102 coincides with the worldwide celebrations of John Cage’s birth on September 12, a century ago. We highlight his extraordinary legacy in a special…
Performance on the Blockchain
Performance on the Blockchain Zhang Huan and EchoX Freda Fiala In 2002, Chinese artist Zhang Huan crossed through New York’s streets wearing a bodysuit made of raw meat that shaped him with bulging contours and…
Great Lights, Seen in Darkness
Great Lights, Seen in Darkness The Passion of Milo Rau and Yvan Sagnet Joseph Cermatori But my subject is hope, the theological virtue, which I would distinguish very sharply from what I have called optimism….
Little Amal’s New York Journey
Little Amal’s New York Journey The Big Puppet in the Big Apple Claudia Orenstein Throughout the summer of 2021, I bemoaned the Covid pandemic concerns and other practical and financial issues that kept me from…
Singing in Dark Times
Singing in Dark Times Report from Berlin Matt Cornish THEY LIVE It was early October in Berlin, cold and damp, but not uncomfortable, as I rode my bike from Kreuzberg into Mitte, across the Spree…
The Diaries of Judith Malina,
The Diaries of Judith Malina, 1958–1971 (Excerpt) Edited by Kate Bredeson Activist, director, actor, and poet Judith Malina (1926–2015), co-founder and director with Julian Beck of The Living Theatre, meticulously detailed her every day in…