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EDITOR’S NOTE
CONTRIBUTORS
Big Little Audience
NATAKI GARRETT POISED TO LEAD
JULY/AUGUST ALMANAC
ROLE CALL • PEOPLE TO WATCH
HEARING THE DIFFERENCE • SOUND DESIGN ISN’T ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL, AND DISTINCTIONS WITHIN THE DISCIPLINE ARE CRUCIAL
ZOUNDS, WHAT SOUNDS! • A ROUNDUP OF DESIGNS THAT PUSHED THE SONIC AND/OR THEATRICAL ENVELOPE
ACOUSTICS ARE THE CANVAS • MAKING A SHOW SOUND GREAT IN A THEATRE SPACE IS AS MUCH AN ART AS A SCIENCE, AND THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR BEING THERE
Running Interference for Wireless Mics • What is ‘white space,’ and what is the FCC doing about theatre’s ever-crowding sound systems? An explainer
Design’s Diversity Problem • Backstage jobs are still predominantly filled by white men, but the picture is slowly changing
Choose Your Own Talkback • At San Jose’s City Lights, engagement can mean theatregoers texting actors or partying with them onstage
Slave Play
Racism Doesn’t Have a Safe Word • An interview with the playwright
ONSTAGE JULY/AUGUST19 • 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.
PREVIEW • COMING SEPTEMBER 19
TCG ON THE WEB
Theatre Communications Group
OFFSTAGE • Blue, the first full-length opera by composer Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home, Caroline, or Change), premieres at Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y., July 14-Aug. 22, and will play next season at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Her musical with David Henry Hwang, Soft Power, will be seen Off-Broadway at the Public Theater beginning in September.
