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  • “The Burden of Irony, the Onus of Cool: The Wooster Group’s Influence on Cannon Company and Richard Maxwell.” Originally published in The Wooster Group and its Traditions. Ed. Johan Callens. P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2004.
  • Berlin’s Holy of Holies. On the 1996 Theatertreffen. From PAJ 85, Vol 25, No. 1 (Jan. 2007), pp. 53-64.
  • Performing Space and History: Theater der Welt ’96. From Theater, Vol. 27, Nos. 2 & 3 (double issue), pp. 147-154.
  • “Cool Medium: Anne Bogart and the Choreography of Fear.” Discusses the “Viewpoints” approach and performances of The Adding Machine, The Medium and Small Lives/Big Dreams at a celebration of Bogart’s work at Actors Theatre of Louisville. From Theater, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 55-59.
  • “The Critical Eye: Falling Standard.” On the use of “Standard Speech” in American actor training. From Theater, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 1994), pp. 78-81.
  • “The Critical Eye: Interpret This.” On dramaturgy, the interpretive work of directors and dramaturgs. From Theater, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 116-119.
  • “The Critical Eye: Quipping Boy.” On the critical response to Paul Rudnick’s Jeffrey. From Theater, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 116-119.
  • “The Critical Eye: Sexual Perversity in Viragos.” On the critical reception of David Mamet’s Oleanna. From Theater, Issue 1, 1993.