Grace McLean
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Grace McLean is an actor, singer, writer and composer. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre... (also Off-Broadway, ART). Off-Broadway: New Group, MCC, LCT3, Public, Vineyard, La MaMa, among others. 2017 Emerging Artist Award, Lincoln Center. Grace McLean & Them Apples performed in the 2015 and 2016 seasons of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, and Grace toured Pakistan and Russia as an artistic ambassador with the US State Department. She is a member of the 2020 Civilians R&D Group and a Writer-In-Residence at Lincoln Center Theater where her original musical In The Green was commissioned and produced, earning her the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical as part of 6 Lortel nominations, including for Outstanding Musical. She also received a 2020 Richard Rodgers Award. www.gracemclean.com

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Civilians’ R&D In Process: AGAINST WOMEN & MUSIC!

by Kate Douglas , Grace McLeanMay 5, 2020

In our R&D In Process Series, members of our 2019-20 R&D Group take us behind-the-scenes of their projects in development. Today, Kate Douglas and Grace McLean let us in on a work session for their new musical "Against Women & Music!" It will receive a work-in-progress showing on June 29 at 3pm.

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R&D In-Process: A Totally Accurate and Very Formally Annotated Timeline of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

by Julia Izumi June 14, 2023

R&D Group member Julia Izumi outlines the timeline of the Great Chicago Fire ahead of her new play, A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE IMAGINED TRIAL OF DAISY THE COW 🐄, WHO ALLEGEDLY CAUSED THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, presented in the Findings Series on June 14th.

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R&D In-Process: Andrew Saito on the Creation of BLACKANESE

by Andrew Saito June 7, 2023

R&D Group member Andrew Saito discusses the inspiration for BLACKANESE, presented in the FINDINGS Series on June 8th.

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Civilians’ R&D In Process: Chance/Chaos Encounters That Led To The Creation of “INSHALLAH”

by Divya Mangwani May 1, 2023

R&D Group member Divya Mangwani invites you into the creative process behind her project through a game of Pachisi.

Extended Play: 10 Years of Theater Beyond the Theater

by The Civilians November 30, 2021

In this installment of our 20/20 Series honoring the 20th Anniversary season of The Civilians, we reflect on our ten years of investigating, publishing, and curating theater journalism.

The Fight for the Right to Vote

by Carlyle Brown , Todd LondonJanuary 21, 2022

Carlyle Brown and Todd London discuss Brown's play Down in Mississippi about the civil rights movement in 1964 as people across the United States continue fighting for voting rights.