\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor Caridad Svich has gathered forty-three essays from admired theater\u0026#160;professionals\u0026#160;that\u0026#160;comprise a volume of inspiring and innovative techniques for creating theater. Inside are words of wisdom and advice from experienced playwrights, directors, performers, teachers, dramaturgs, artistic directors and founders\u0026#8212;each sharing the creative challenges and triumphs of developing original works for today's stages, wherever they might be.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaridad Svich \u003c/B\u003ereceived a 2012 OBIE Award for Lifetime Achievement in the theater, a 2012 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for her play \u003ci\u003eGUAPA\u003c/I\u003e, and the 2011 American Theatre Critics Association Primus Prize for her play \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Spirits\u003c/I\u003e, based on the Isabel Allende novel.\u003c/div\u003e
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