| Dramatics is the Educational Theatre Association’s magazine for theatre students and teachers. Published monthly nine times a year (September through May), the magazine contains practical articles on acting, directing, design, and other facets of theatre; profiles of working professionals that offer insights into theatre careers; new plays; book reviews; news about new productions in New York and other major theatre centers; and a monthly calendar of EdTA events. Two special issues each year offer directories of college theatre programs (December) and summer theatre work and study opportunities (February). In the fall, Dramatics publishes the results of the annual play survey.
Here’s what’s in our current issue: One of the family, by Julie York Coppens. A profile of Krysta Rodriguez, who at age twenty-five is about to open in her fifth Broadway show, playing Wednesday in the new musical version of The Addams Family. Read the pdf article. Focused on the work: backstage with David Furr. Alisha McKinney interviews an actor who has taken the road less traveled by, and has the pictures to prove it. Read the pdf article. How to read a play: thirty ways to understand a script. Michael Bigelow Dixon, who has run two of the busier literary offices in the American theatre, describes the tools he uses to get a fix on what’s happening between the covers of a playscript. Read the pdf article. Ain’t we got fun? Rocco Dal Vera and Joe Deer’s musical theatre style tour explores musical comedy, from No, No Nanette to Spamalot. The Room Inside the Room I’m In. A new short play by Simon Fill. History lesson: The dean of American folk singers unearths a heroic old play. Former Dramatics editor Ezra Goldstein attends a reading of a Barrie Stavis play that happened because Pete Seeger encountered the script in a twenty-five-year-old copy of this magazine. Second City turns fifty. Critic at large Jeffrey Sweet gets a good table at the Second City anniversary party.
The 2010 Summer Theatre Directory Our February issue is devoted to the 2010 Dramatics Summer Theatre Directory, an indispensible tool for students who are planning to spend the summer studying or making theatre. It includes profiles of 135 programs that offer training and performance opportunities in camp, studio, festival, and campus settings, plus info on summer stock companies that offer internships and apprenticeships to young actors and technicians, and a section devoted to summer workshops and classes for theatre educators. Click here to order a copy. 2008–2009 Dramatics index
Index of plays published in Dramatics, 1978–present
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