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Departments<br />
9 Letters<br />
The stage manager is now in complete command.<br />
10 In the Greenroom<br />
Statewide smoking bans take its aim at theatre,<br />
subsidiary rights cause a clash at Roundabout, and<br />
Lillenas Publishing celebrates 25 years of Christian<br />
drama.<br />
13 Tools of the Trade<br />
The new gear for your shop.<br />
14 Light on the Subject<br />
Paperwork may not be glamorous, but it still needs<br />
to be as put together as your leading lady. By Steven<br />
L. Shelley<br />
16 Sound Design<br />
Opera in Carnegie Hall is not unusual. An opera about<br />
Jerry Springer’s descent into hell? That’s unusual.<br />
By Bryan Reesman<br />
44 Answer Box<br />
The drinks are oversize, colorful and defy gravity. How<br />
one prop shop did the impossible. By L. Jean Burch<br />
18<br />
Columns<br />
7 Ed Note<br />
Is anything unstageable anymore?<br />
By Jacob Coakley<br />
26<br />
38 Show Biz<br />
The Dramatists Guild has a few pointers for theatres<br />
working with writers to create new plays. By Tim<br />
Cusack<br />
39 TD Talk<br />
Safety isn’t something that should be taken lightly<br />
— so why do we, all too often, let it be? By Dave<br />
McGinnis<br />
40 Off the Shelf<br />
Theatre classics get the on-screen treatment in this<br />
review of new theatre collections available on DVD.<br />
By Stephen Peithman<br />
41 The Play’s the Thing<br />
Got a little time? Got a lot? We’ve got the play for you.<br />
By Stephen Peithman<br />
ON OUR COVER: Lisa Rosenhagen in Eric Coble’s play For Better presented by<br />
the Curious Theatre Company<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Michael Ensminger
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