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Articles in February 2004 issue of American Theatre

• Where do puppets come from? 3 pioneering development programs take puppet plays from dreams to tech--and beyond.(Hiroshima Maiden by Dan Hurlin)
  by Weisman, Wendy
• Editor's note.(Puppetry.)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
  by O'Quinn, Jim
• Charleston, S.C.: a long road to justice.(Front and Center)(Segregation cases are the inspiration of a new play.)
  by Renner, Pamela
• This is our story.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Bateman, Kirt W.
• Under the influence.(New Books)(Book Review)
  by Wren, Celia
• Rocking in Memphis.(California's Theatreworks)(play)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
• What's that puppet doing in my play? Smitten by puppet love, 5 playwrights compare notes on writing for objects brought to life.(Paula Vogel, Erik Ehn, Crystal Skillman, Kira Obolensky, Octavio Solis)(Interview)
  by Van Lente, Gretchen
• Inside out.(From the Executive Director)
  by Cameron, Ben
• Honor a living playwright.(Trends & Events)("Klonsky and Schwartz" by Romulus Linney at Portland's Profile Theatre Company, Oregon)(2004 Horton Foote American Playwrights Festival, Waco, Texas)(Brief Article)
• Call board.
• New work from A to Z: a unique Bay Area program nurtures artists throughout the development process.(Connections)(San Francisco's Z Space Studio)
  by Schiffman, Jean
• New York City: Dante in the southwest.(Front and Center)(Brief Article)
  by Gener, Randy
• Where is the love?(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Simpson, Jeanmarie
• Morgan Jenness acts of dramaturgy: for 2 decades, she's been a champion and a provocateur.(Profiles)
  by Thomson, Lynn M.
• Too good to be you.(Roaming Spotlight)("The Good Person of Szechuan" by Bertolt Brecht at the Nevada Theatre Company)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
  by Citron, Nicole
• Show and tell.(Trends & Events)(museum exhibitions)
• Bollywood bound.(Trends & Events)("Mela: A South Asian Festival" at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York)(Brief Article)
• Sung Rno particle and wave: nurtured on physics and cultural dissonance, a playwright defies categorization.(Profiles)(Theater Review)
  by Hong, Terry
• San Francisco: stand by me.(Front and Center)(Levee James premieres.)
  by McKevitt, Karen
• Angels in Utah.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Morey, Charles
• The thing happens: a third-generation puppeteer aims to create the puppetry equivalent of abstract painting.(Dream Music Puppetry Program)(Column)
  by Twist, Basil
• A sampler from the world stage.(Global Spotlight)
  by Sampson, Benjamin W.
• February on stage.(Calendar)
• Directions, please.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Bragg, Jeannene
• Think big: think Ibsen.(Trends & Events)(www.lanesboro.com)(Ibsen Festival in Lanesboro, Minnesota)(Brief Article)
• Blow up: in Atlanta, an experimental puppetry program explodes the boundaries of subject and technique.(Xperimental Puppetry Theater, Georgia)
  by Ludwig, Jon
• Entrances & exits.(Theatre appointments and resignations.)
  by Ranelli, J.
• The Public, or Change.(New artistic and management staff at New York City's Public Theater.)(Brief Article)
  by DuBois, Peter
• TCG Fall Forum: making fiscal and cultural sense.(News From TCG)
  by Citron, Nicole
• Under the sand.(Roaming Spotlight)("The Beauty of the Father" by Nilo Cruz)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
• Cairo Redux.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Robbins, Kenneth
• The Graduate.(Trends & Events)(the Graduate Center's Martin E. Segal Theatre Center)(Brief Article)
• Puppet rites: a Minneapolis-based theatre reaches back to the ritual power of puppets for healing and community building.(In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre)
  by Spieler, Sandra
• Seattle: cold mountains.(Front and Center)(Tibet Through the Red Box is adapted for the stage.)
  by Citron, Nicole
• Looking at light and shadows: the embrace of artifice in film and puppet theatre paves the way for the creation of ephemeral attractions.(Janie Geiser, Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts)(Critical Essay)
  by Geiser, Janie
• February: theatre almanac.(Chronology)
• Stone Cold Dead Serious.(Playscript)(Interview)
  by Rapp, Adam
• Trustees join National Council for the American Theatre.(Patrick A. Bradford and Timothy W. Weiss)
• In pursuit of liberty.(New Books)(Book Review)
  by Jacobs, Leonard
• Dislocations.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Moerman, Michael
• Twenty questions.(Daphne Rubin-Vega in "Anna in the Tropics" on Broadway)(Interview)
• Awards & prizes.(Ovation Awards)(www.tcg.org)
• 'Blacker than you, brother man': minstrelsy's poisoned history bamboozles a compendium of Jim Crow plays.(New Books)(Book Review)
  by Perry, Shauneille