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actors, conversation starter, development, devised work, dramaturgy, education, ideas, new plays, playwrights, producers, the process
Devised Theatre: There’s a 10:30 in the morning?
Wherein I blog Bright Alchemy’s devising process for its newest project. My living room is full of artists eating baked goods and mainlining coffee. The latter is not surprising, since it’s 10:30 A.M. on a Sunday. What is surprising is that a dozen theatre-makers chose to subject themselves to this sun-drenched world while there was [...]
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conversation starter, devised work, ideas, non-profit theatre, playwrights, producers, rabble rousing, storefront theatre, technical work, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Devised Theatre: WTF?
What the F@#k is Devised Theatre (Or How I Accidently Helped Start a Theatre Company) One of the great conversations that has arisen from Arena Stage’s New Play Convening is this discussion about devised theatre: what is it; who does it; why do they bother? As people started trying to answer these questions, there were [...]
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advocacy, audiences, development, devised work, dramaturgy, marketing, social media, the process
Your Real Theater Job
01.10.11 | Permalink | 5 CommentsYour real job is relationships. No new surprise there. You build relationships through shared meaning and narrative. Still, no great revelation. Meaning is through shared language. What are you creating to bring new language to the collective discussion? Dr. Seuss (a master in the use of language) put it best when he wrote the book [...]
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conversation starter, devised work, rabble rousing, the process
The Title Project
09.16.10 | Permalink | 9 CommentsQuick: how many theatre pieces have you seen with the word Project in the title? Quite a few, right? Maybe you’ve been involved in one. I have. And almost everyone knows about The Laramie Project. The word Project is often an indicator of devised work–pieces created by an ensemble rather than via a traditional script [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, devised work, ideas, marketing, playwrights, producers, rabble rousing, social media, the process
Build It and They Will Come
In the fairly recent past, an active subject of conversation that kept resurfacing was the content of current shows in the commercial sector. Namely, the fact that a majority of new productions on Broadway are based on pre-extant Intellectual Property. Of course many artists aren’t too thrilled about this when there’s so much great ORIGINAL [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, devised work, ideas, playwrights, pull quotes, rabble rousing, social media
Pull Quotes: 2Twt or Not 2Twt
07.14.10 | Permalink | 10 CommentsIt should be clear that we at 2amt like Twitter just fine. But where do you draw the line? After this story about how some theatres in Australia are using Twitter during performances, an idea that some theatres are trying in the U.S., the question started flying around the #2amt hashtag. Here are a couple [...]
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actors, audiences, conversation starter, development, devised work, directors, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, playwrights, presenting, producers, the process, theatrical ecosystem
A Theater Should Be Like A Bookstore
04.11.10 | Permalink | 7 CommentsNot just any bookstore, but specifically this bookstore: Montague Bookmill in Montague, Massachusetts. Seth Godin sums it up well when he stated: This is the bookstore of the future, because it’s not a business trying to maximize growth and ROI. No, it’s a place, an attitude, an approach to an afternoon. They don’t sell every [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, development, devised work, ideas, rabble rousing, social media, the process
The 411 on the 360.
03.09.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsOdds are the first four words ever spoken were “tell me a story.” And the next four? “Once upon a time…” It’s why we have cave paintings, sculpture, theatre, film, television both scripted and “real.” Everything in our world is crafted to communicate something, whether memory or information, association or emotion. Everything–and everyone–has a story. [...]
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conversation starter, development, devised work, funding and support, presenting, rabble rousing, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Sitting in the third circle.
How do we devise work? And how best can we support that work, these artists? Rather, how can we provide a sustainable model for these companies for funding, presenting, travelling? We’re talking about groups like Universes, the Rude Mechanicals, SITI Company, the Civilians, Taffety Punk and more. Their process is different from that of a [...]
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