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directors
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#2amt, actors, audiences, directors, dramaturgy
Stoopid Shakespeare
01.20.12 | Permalink | 4 CommentsAn exuberant conversation, hosted by Peter Marks and Howard Sherman, broke out on Twitter yesterday about Shakespeare; many good ideas were debated and discussed. I am writing this post to delve more deeply into one of the fundamental questions about Shakespeare in performance, which is, after all, his native habitat. Shakespeare in performance should be, [...]
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advocacy, alternatives, conversation starter, directors, playwrights, theatrical ecosystem
Can I come out already?
11.09.11 | Permalink | 11 CommentsA conversation broke out on Twitter earlier this week, in response to a blog post (is that a squirrel chasing its own tail I see before me?), which led me here, to a small beer of a rant about an excrescence of language. I speak of the dreaded appellation ‘emerging’ as it gets affixed to [...]
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directors, dramaturgy, history, new play development, playwrights, the process
Divining “The Diviners”
When Jim Leonard was an English major at Hanover College in the late seventies, where I was running a one man theatre department, he responded to a request I issued for “extras” to swell a scene in a play I was staging. He had one line and seemed to be well prepared to say that [...]
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actors, directors, playwrights, the process
I know what it’s like to have failed, baby
09.30.11 | Permalink | 15 Comments“There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments, but you have to prepare for that, you have to expect it and be resolute and follow your own path.” ― Anton Chekhov Over nearly twenty years of striving, struggling and occasionally [...]
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audiences, collaboration, corporate sponsors, designers, development, devised work, directors, dramaturgy, funding and support, ideas, new plays, non-profit theatre, playwrights, presenting, producers, the process
Devised Theatre: Transitioning to Production
Previously in this column: The members of Bright Alchemy Theatre, a very young devised theatre company based in Washington, DC, have spent the last nine months working on its new project which began with the question: Why do we as a species feel the need to tell stories about our own destruction? This weekend, for [...]
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conversation starter, directors, q & a, spotlight
Spotlight: Darren Furniss, Director
09.01.11 | Permalink | 3 CommentsHere’s the first of several spotlights on British stage directors. Have a great remainder of the week! Meet Darren A. Furniss Current Town: East Midlands, UK Theatre Affiliation: Artistic Director of 4FRONT Performance Company 1. What does a director eat for breakfast? I usually don’t eat breakfast so I function on a strong coffee [...]
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development, devised work, directors, dramaturgy, marketing, p.r., presenting, producers, Uncategorized
Play on the beach…
Here in Vancouver, as a theatre producer, one of your greatest challenges is simply finding space. We have two major theatre companies, The Vancouver Playhouse and the Arts Club, that own their own theatres, but other than that, the 100-or-so independent theatre companies in the city all are fighting for a piece of the half-dozen [...]
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conversation starter, directors, q & a, spotlight
Spotlight: Meet Justine Lambert, Director
08.24.11 | Permalink | 5 CommentsHere’s this week’s installment of the 2amt director-to-director interview series. Meet Justine Lambert Hometown: Manhattan. Raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Current town: Back to my roots in Park Slope. Theatre Affiliation: Artistic Director at The Looking Glass Theatre lookingglasstheatrenyc.com 1. What attracted you to directing? Like so many of my peers, I came to directing [...]
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conversation starter, directors, q & a, spotlight
Spotlight: Sabrina Evertt, Director
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview seres. Meet Sabrina Evertt Hometown: Grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia Current town: 17 km (11 miles) west in Vancouver, British Columbia Company: I currently do most of my directing for Twenty Something Theatre, a company I founded in 2006. 1. What does a director eat [...]
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conversation starter, directors, q & a, spotlight
Spotlight: Jason King Jones, Director
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview series. And in the coming weeks, the British are coming, the British are coming! I’ve rallied some fine UK directors to share their stories. Stay tuned. Meet Jason King Jones Hometown: Nixa, Missouri Current Town: Boston, Massachusetts Theatre/Co: Boston University (currently completing my MFA) Prior to BU: Freelance [...]
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conversation starter, directors, q & a, spotlight
Spotlight: Kristina Lloyd, Director
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview series. Thanks for reading! Are there other questions that you would like to see included in future interviews? If so, add them in the comment section below or email me at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.com … Meet Kristina Lloyd Hometown: Los Angeles Freelance Director. Not currently affiliated with a theatre company, but [...]
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conversation starter, directors, q & a, spotlight
Spotlight: Jessica Hutchinson, Director
Here’s this week’s installment of the director-to-director interview series. Enjoy! Meet Jessica Hutchinson Hometown: I was an Air Force Brat, but I claim Omaha, Nebraska Current City: Chicago Theatre affiliation: Artistic Director of New Leaf Theatre 1. What attracted you to directing? I started as an actor, but midway through college and then again shortly [...]
