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Fetching coffee. Filing. Making photocopies. For a lot of us, internships are synonymous with drudge work, useful mostly for how they look on your resume after they’re finished. But the Internship Program at Center Theatre Group is an entirely different beast—one that changes the lives and career paths of undergraduate and graduate students, an...

Supervising Interns, Creating Colleagues

The American Civil War is the backdrop of Suzan-Lori Parks’ new play, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), which plays the Mark Taper Forum April 5–May 15, 2016. But this tale of a slave who must decide whether to fight in the war on the side of the Confederacy also offers insight into racial dynamics and identity...

Conversations from the Classroom: Teaching Theatre Students About Access, Equity, and Inclusion

Learning how to sew a button, hem a pair of pants, and choose the right fabric for a shirt are hugely useful life skills. But in the theatre, they’re storytelling tools. And for people with a visual arts background or basic sewing skills, they can also serve as a gateway to a career in costume design and creation. This past fall, Center Theatre G...

Sewing Buttons, Telling Stories, Finding Careers

Mounting Popol Vuh: Heart of Heaven this past fall was a highlight of 2015 for Center Theatre Group, and like nothing we’d ever done before—from the giant puppets to the staging in Grand Park to the unprecedented collaboration with Boyle Heights community members and El Teatro Campesino (ETC). Which is why we called on staff members acros...

'Popol Vuh' Transformed Staff (and Community) into Puppet and Mask Makers

For many audience members, Lucas Hnath’s The Christians, which plays the Mark Taper Forum through January 10, 2016, doesn’t end when the curtain falls. In fact, the moment the actors take their bows marks the beginning of an even deeper engagement with this play about the mystery of faith: it’s when the post-show discussion begins. Instead of...

The Art of Teaching Theatre: Creating Vibrant Post-Performance Dialogues

Here at Center Theatre Group, we love giving people internships. However, three times a year, I have to tell most applicants they haven’t been selected for the program. The truth is, the majority of applications don’t receive serious consideration because of small, easily fixable errors. If you’re thinking about applying, ple...

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