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Sunday, May 20, 2018

Queer-Prov & The Art of Inclusion in Improvisation. The Groundlings’ 2nd Annual Diversity Festival by Robbie McDonald

by Robbie McDonald When Petey Gibson stood up and spoke during introductions at the beginning of writing lab class at the Groundlings, it felt like a speech. “‘My name’s Petey. My …

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Theater Evangelizing: A Conversation with Melissa Chalsma and David Melville by Robbie McDonald

by Robbie McDonald Melissa Chalsma and David Melville met on Broadway some twenty years ago and married shortly thereafter. Very shortly. Melissa jokes that, upon telling her father that sh…

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