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EDITOR’S NOTE
Why We Do What We Do
MARISSA WOLF • Close Listener
FEBRUARY ALMANAC
AWARDS & PRIZES
Alvin Epstein: 1925-2018
PEOPLE TO WATCH
A ROLE FOR THEATRE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE? • FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS MAKE A STRONG CASE
PRISON THEATRE PROGRAMS
ESCAPE BEHIND BARS • ST. LOUIS’S PRISON PERFORMING ARTS HELPS YOUNG INMATES DISCOVER AND REDISCOVER THEIR CREATIVE AND INTERACTIVE SELVES
Nothing But Time • How a storied performance of ‘Waiting for Godot’ at San Quentin set the stage for collaborations between prisons and U.S. theatres
Carry That Weight • William Kentridge’s epic ‘The Head and the Load’ honored the million-plus Black Africans dead in World War I
The Inexhaustible Leigh Silverman • The trailblazing director takes tension and turns it into art
The Thanksgiving Play
Permission to Laugh • An interview with the playwright
The Thanksgiving Play
ONSTAGE FEBRUARY 19 • Here’s what’s playing this month at TCG theatres nationwide. For the most up-to-date information about performance schedules, contact the theatre or visit Theatre Profiles online: tcg.org/profiles.
TCG ON THE WEB
OFFSTAGE • Heisman-winning running back Eddie George has a busy post-NFL career as a stage actor, including a 2016 turn as Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway and a series of roles in his hometown of Nashville. His newest is Suzan-Lori Parks’s Topdog/Underdog at Nashville Repertory Theatre, Feb. 9-23.