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PHOTO CREDITS: Yale Repertory Theatre productions: Arcadia, War, These Paper Bullets!, The Realistic Joneses, and Belleville by Joan Marcus; Elevada and The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Carol Rosegg; Marie Antoinette by T. Charles Erickson. Artist photos: Paula Vogel by Laurie Sturdevant, Rebecca Taichman by Chad Batka, Margot Bordelon

by James Banasiak, Jiehae Park by Xanthe Elbrick, Jen Silverman by Jeffrey Stauch, Jackson Gay by Brian McManamon, Evan Yionoulis by Beowulf Sheehan, Dianne Wiest

by Serge Neville, James Bundy by Joan Marcus. No Boundaries productions: Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host by David Bazemore; The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac by Drew Geraci; the break/s by Bethanie Hines; Songs of Lear by Zbigniew Warzynski; Now Now Oh Now by Jeremy M. Lange Photography; Refuse the Hour by John Hodgkiss.

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