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courtesy of Wright State University

A quick 45 minute car-ride north of the private PreK-12 in Cincinnati that staged Our Town last week, Wright State University in semi-Central Ohio opened their week-long run of Our Town yesterday.

You can bike that in 7 hours....

I am reading a book about Sammy Davis Jr that was written by an American Studies professor from Yale. Understand Sammy and you understand America.

Understand Ohio and understand American theater. Clearly that is the current thesis I am working on! Ohio, why do you love Our Town so much? or, is Ohio just a little more theater-y than any other state?

Wright State has one famous acting alumni. Theater famous, as in, he managed to make a career in theater in NYC, and was part of at least one great show. I am not minimizing this. It is very hard to do.

Unnatural Acts.

His name is Adam Rihacik and he is on the front page of the acting program’s website. He gives the best explanation of how to be a $50K/year professional theater maker living in Brooklyn I have ever seen. Note: It do…