Author

The Archives

• development, ideas, playwrights, rabble rousing, social media, the process

  Punching Holes in Walls

  11.22.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  A lot of the cross talk that happens on the #2amt tag on Twitter is, at its core, about gatekeepers. Who they are, why they exist, why we want them not to exist and what can or should we do about them. Outrageous Fortune is a story of gates and gate keepers. Getting a play [...]

• conversation starter, ideas, rabble rousing

  There goes the bell

  09.02.10 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  Perhaps I am a mis-creation No one knows the truth there is no future here And you’re the DJ speaks to my insomnia And laughs at all I have to fear Laughs at all I have to fear You always play the madmen poets Vinyl vision grungy bands You never know who’s still awake You [...]

• audiences, conversation starter, marketing, social media

  You’ve Got a Friend

  08.19.10 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  So in the last blink of the internet a poor AD in Edmonton dropped his guard for a moment, blew off some steam, and didn’t get away with anything. At all. Ever. Mr. Jeff Haslam still thinks people are unhappy with him because he commented publically not because of what he said. If you are [...]

• audiences, charity, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, designers, development, directors, funding and support, ideas, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, sponsorship, storefront theatre, technical work, the process, theatrical ecosystem

  Dream a dream

  06.24.10 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  After the first sustained pause in the conversation between (sober) theatremakers the party question of choice is “what is your dream project?” It’s a fun topic and generally it means you don’t have to talk for a minute which limits your probability of saying something stupid. It works best for actors and directors and pretty [...]

• actors, conversation starter, ideas, playwrights, producers, storefront theatre

  Be an Advocate

  06.16.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  After the gusher of cynicism and bitterness surrounding this years Tony Award telecast I suggested on Twitter that instead of whining about movie stars and dime store trinkets representing our business that A.) They were in a different business and B.) Whining that They are getting it wrong doesn’t help, you need to show how [...]

• conversation starter, ideas, producers, rabble rousing, social media, storefront theatre

  Revolution

  05.14.10 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  I am a ranter. No surprise I guess that a blogger likes ranting, it would seem to be a blogger’s stock in trade, and I have a reputation as something of a John the Baptist of the CAPS LOCK… but I more specifically mean in real life. I tend to caffeinate and hold forth on [...]

• conversation starter, development, funding and support, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, non-profit theatre, presenting, rabble rousing, theatrical ecosystem

  You Might Also like…

  03.17.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I have talked time and again over at the Cambiare Productions blog about relationships and trust metrics and “street cred” and…. yes I’m as surprised as you are that anyone reads… but I’m going to restate it here because it needs restating. Ask a theatre artist what they don’t have, wind them up, and go [...]

• actors, conversation starter, directors, ideas, major regional theatre, non-profit theatre, playwrights, producers, social media, storefront theatre

  Let’s Get this Started

  02.15.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  This week is all about the Devised Work convening hosted by the Arena Stage doing their level best to truly be a center for new American play development. They scooped up a raftload of folks not frightened off by DC’s recent uncharacteristic winter weather event and we will be discussing the ins and outs of [...]

• conversation starter, development

  Define your terms

  02.08.10 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Isaac Butler at Parabasis asks how we should define “new play”. In the face of how the phrase has been treated in recent years, and rung like a gong again and again in Outrageous Fortune, and with it being the focus of the Arena Stage convenings it seems fair to ask how we define it. [...]

• Uncategorized

  Who Died and Made you King!?

  02.04.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Ah third grade, the standard by which all rational discourse should be measured. As blogging, and its shorter form (and attention span) social media siblings have become a primary form of communication in the 21st century, asynchronous adoption has given rise to odd little flare ups of attitude. People make discoveries in wave after wave [...]