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The Inaugural Interviews: A Pseudo-Script*

  • Posted on March 25, 2016April 4, 2019
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edited by NATALIE GALLAGHER *This piece was compiled from separate interviews with each individual writer. Editor’s Note: due to unforeseen circumstances, Mar J. Cox wasn’t able to participate in the interview.…
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Campaign in Poetry, Govern in Prose

  • Posted on March 25, 2016April 4, 2019
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SWEDIAN LIE The phrase “[to] campaign in poetry, [and] govern in prose” has long been a popular saying amongst the politically inclined, and was brought back into vogue by Hillary…
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#OscarsSoWhite Once Again

  • Posted on March 25, 2016April 4, 2019
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MAR J. COX Once again and for the second year in a row the Academy’s twenty nominations for lead and supporting roles were dominated by white actors. January 26, 2016…
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Casting the Candidates: Conversations with a Casting Director

  • Posted on March 25, 2016April 4, 2019
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KELLEY KIDD With the 2016 election primary in full swing, we decided to explore the task at hand for America — casting the candidates. To do so, we interviewed Artistic…
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The Architecture of Performing Politics

  • Posted on March 25, 2016April 4, 2019
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KATIE BELLAMY MITCHELL A stage can be as simple as a stretch of concrete sidewalk, or as elaborate as the red- white- and blue-carpeted end stage CNN built for the…
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The Birth of an Audience

  • Posted on March 25, 2016April 4, 2019
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T. CHASE MEACHAM Of all the gifts left behind by the Greeks, no two are more enduring than our politics and our theatre. [T]he Greeks conceived of stage and assembly,…
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Primaries: Preludes and Politics

  • Posted on March 25, 2016April 4, 2019
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In the inaugural issue of SixByEight Press, we’re exploring the dual meaning behind the word ‘Primary’ in terms of 1) the beginning or prelude to something, and 2) the voting process…
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