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A new kind of literary magazine taking stock of contemporary politics, culture, and playwriting.

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The Ebbs and Flows of Being Held
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

The Ebbs and Flows of Being Held

by Alexandria Wailes
BE THE GAY MAN YOU WISH RYAN J. HADDAD TO BE WITH IN THE WORLD
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

BE THE GAY MAN YOU WISH RYAN J. HADDAD TO BE WITH IN THE WORLD

by Diana Oh (aka Zaza)
The Romance of Intimacy
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

The Romance of Intimacy

by Artistic Fellow Olivia O'Connor
Holding Us
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

Holding Us

by Perel
From Alison Kopit, Access Dramaturg
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

From Alison Kopit, Access Dramaturg

by Alison Kopit
Ryan J. Haddad, a gay man with cerebral palsy, grins at the camera in a grey long-sleeve shirt. His arms are crossed. He has light brown skin, glasses, and perfectly coiffed hair.
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

Playwright's Perspective: Ryan J. Haddad

by Ryan J. Haddad
Take Care

Take Care

by Jia Tolentino

 

"There is nothing more urgent than figuring out how to care for each other, in the big ways, in the contours of the conditions that bind us. But then, at the same time, it’s the microscopic everyday — our daily trudging, the way we speak to and listen to and see each other — that anchors us, that’s the proving ground for all of it, the irreducible unit measurement of whatever flux, renewal, discovery, and meaning is out there to be found."

 

Almanac is a magazine from Playwrights Horizons, a compendium of commissioned works by artists and staff members that captures the rapidly changing ideas and mindset of this critical moment. This ambitious endeavor — a snapshot of artistic thought in a time of seismic change — features essays, drawings, interviews, manifestos, short plays, and more that chronicle this unique moment of reflection and transformation.

Almanac is generously supported by The Liman Foundation.

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The Ebbs and Flows of Being Held
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Hold Me In the Water

The Ebbs and Flows of Being Held

by Alexandria Wailes
BE THE GAY MAN YOU WISH RYAN J. HADDAD TO BE WITH IN THE WORLD
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

BE THE GAY MAN YOU WISH RYAN J. HADDAD TO BE WITH IN THE WORLD

by Diana Oh (aka Zaza)
The Romance of Intimacy
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

The Romance of Intimacy

by Artistic Fellow Olivia O'Connor
Holding Us
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

Holding Us

by Perel
From Alison Kopit, Access Dramaturg
Essays
Hold Me In the Water

From Alison Kopit, Access Dramaturg

by Alison Kopit
Ryan J. Haddad, a gay man with cerebral palsy, grins at the camera in a grey long-sleeve shirt. His arms are crossed. He has light brown skin, glasses, and perfectly coiffed hair.
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Hold Me In the Water

Playwright's Perspective: Ryan J. Haddad

by Ryan J. Haddad
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The Motel of THE ANTIQUITIES

by Latif Nasser
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Loving the Monster

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An Interview with Jordan Harrison

by Associate Artistic Director Natasha Sinha
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Who Do You Think You Are? Sentience and the Body in Jordan Harrison’s THE ANTIQUITIES

by Julia May Jonas
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Notes on THE ANTIQUITIES

by Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director
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The Drama of the Scripted Child

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Credible Journey

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Gabriel Kahane: A Timeline (with notes & quotes)

by Literary Director, Lizzie Stern
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Playwright’s Perspective: Gabriel Kahane
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by Lloyd Suh
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Staff Meal

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by Nathan Alan Davis
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by Adam Greenfield
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by Emily Zhou, Literary Fellow
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Support Group for Satans

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On Community, On Choice

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by Joshua Lubin-Levy
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by Ana Fabrega
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by David Cale
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a poem for sad boys in harpy land

by Basie Allen
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Sad Boys in Harpy Land

Hell Is Where the Honest People Are

by Lizzie Stern
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Eavesdropping

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Notes on "GH" (and a trio of solo works)

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Blank Space

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That Awful Inheritance: Thoughts on Generational Trauma

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The Loneliness of Only-ness (In Defense of Mora, Illy, and Neel)

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1000 Dead Trees

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They Paved Paradise

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Welcome to The Madness: a convo between two Artistic Directors

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Playwright's Perspective: Julia Izumi
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Playwright’s Perspective: Agnes Borinsky
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Playwright Interview: Agnes Borinsky
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Groupthink

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The God with Two Faces

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Bruce Norris May Be Trying to Make Me a Better Person

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Catch as Catch Can

Breaking the Curse

by Jenny Zhang
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Notes on Downstate

by Adam Greenfield
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American Tragedy

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Playwright’s Perspective: Mia Chung
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Catch as Catch Can

The Compulsion to Perform: Parents, Children, and Whiteness in Catch as Catch Can

by May Treuhaft-Ali
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From the Artistic Director

Notes on Catch As Catch Can

by Adam Greenfield
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When a Chart Becomes a Knot

by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas
Full Brothers / Full Sister
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Corsicana

Full Brothers / Full Sister

by Ryan J. Haddad
A Letter to Will Arbery on “Corsicana”
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Corsicana

A Letter to Will Arbery on “Corsicana”

by Emily Davis
Take Care
Essays
Corsicana

Take Care

by Jia Tolentino
A Letter to Sanaz Toossi
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Wish You Were Here

A Letter to Sanaz Toossi

by Heidi Schreck
Ghost Ships
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Wish You Were Here

Ghost Ships

by Martyna Majok
My Own Private Korsi
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Wish You Were Here

My Own Private Korsi

by Arian Moayed
Thoughts on Corsicana
Essays
From the Artistic Director

Thoughts on Corsicana

by Adam Greenfield
Playwright's Perspective: Will Arbery
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Corsicana

Playwright's Perspective: Will Arbery
On Invitations
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Corsicana

On Invitations

by Aydan Shahd
Playwright’s Perspective: Sanaz Toossi
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Playwright’s Perspective: Sanaz Toossi
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Tambo & Bones

Thoughts

by Craig Lucas
A Q&A with Sanaz Toossi
Interviews
Wish You Were Here

A Q&A with Sanaz Toossi
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Wish You Were Here

Words to a Feeling

by Lizzie Stern
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From the Artistic Director

Wish You Were Here

by Adam Greenfield
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Tambo & Bones

When the Sleepers Awaken

by Anne Washburn
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Tambo & Bones

This Play Ain’t Playin With Y’all

by Omar Holmon
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We All Earned Our Freedoms by Giving Concerts

by Anaïs Duplan
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From the Artistic Director

Tambo & Bones

by Adam Greenfield
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Anne Washburn on Mr. Burns
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