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education
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education
Theatrical Mindset
09.06.11 | Permalink | 13 CommentsA couple of weeks back I stumbled upon Beloit College’s annual “Mindset List.” Every year since 1998, a faculty member and a (now former) administrator at Beloit have collaborated to assemble a list of cultural and historical touchstones that the incoming freshman class would take for granted, having never known life without them, or be [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, development, directors, education, ideas, new plays, producers, sponsorship, technical work, the future, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Do whatever a spider can.
07.07.11 | Permalink | 3 CommentsIn case you’ve been in a coma for the last year, there’s this Broadway musical, it’s called Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and it’s made some headlines. There were accidents and script problems and fights with critics and the official opening kept being pushed further back and back and back and…etc. Basically, it redefined the [...]
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2amt events, advocacy, collaboration, community, conversation starter, education, ideas, international, partnerships, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
The Power of Ideas
I may be using Jim McCarthy’s name as an expletive for the next several days, but those that followed that first conversation that led to me applying and being granted a TED license to organize an independently organized TED event on the future of the arts industry will tell you that really I have only [...]
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actors, collaboration, community, directors, education, rabble rousing, the process
We are Arthur
04.25.11 | Permalink | 8 CommentsEven though I am in prison three times a week, I am only just beginning to understand what it feels like to be incarcerated. What I do know is that the men with whom I work with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) at Sing Sing Correctional Facility feel like they have been thrown away. They [...]
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conversation starter, education, ideas, playwrights, rabble rousing, theatrical ecosystem
Do the work.
03.22.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’ve been inspired by one of the emerging voices of the American theatre to take a good hard look at my generation. Over on HowlRound, Mat Smart has some biting and indicting words for his fellow emerging playwrights, as well as for artistic directors and literary managers the world over about why so many of [...]
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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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education, new plays, producers, theatre festivals
Making Lifelong Arts Supporters in Oregon
I was a fan of children’s theatre starting as a little kid in a music/drama toddler class (seriously). The Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood scared me silly at age 4; I took part in many a play at school and in special drama programs (Camellot Academy in Kansas City) — and as an adult [...]
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advocacy, conversation starter, education, facts + figures, funding and support, ideas, rabble rousing, social media, supply / demand, theatrical ecosystem
#NEA365: Go.
As Laurie Baskin says at the TCG site, “It is vitally important that you actively participate in advocacy this week regarding the NEA.” Click through to her post where you will find several links for action and advocacy. Do check them out, sign onto the lists, send messages to your congressmen. Also check out Americans [...]
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actors, dramaturgy, education, ideas, Uncategorized
Like an old tale still
10.11.10 | Permalink | 3 CommentsLast week, I coached an actor who had a big audition this past weekend. It was of the ‘bring two contrasting pieces’ variety. She came to me a little later in her process than I would have liked: I didn’t get a chance to consult with her about what pieces would show her off to [...]
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advocacy, conversation starter, education, ideas, Uncategorized
Monkey Business
09.19.10 | Permalink | 10 CommentsIn the world of arts advocacy and audience development, one of the common, repeatable concepts is that if you bring kids to the theatre young, you’ll have them for life. I’ve been contemplating how our small theatre centric, internet savvy community could help make children aware of the process. We talk a lot about how [...]
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actors, audiences, directors, dramaturgy, education, ideas, the process
The Strip of (Textual) Terror
08.24.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsCollation line. Apparatus. Strip of terror. Whatever you call it, it’s that somewhat inscrutable line or two of apparently Enigma code between the text and the annotations, particularly in a modern edition of, say, Shakespeare. It might seem irrelevant or irretrievably geeky, but there are all kinds of important, dramatically compelling questions lurking amid the [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, education, ideas, marketing, social media, the process
How to be sociable.
At the American Shakespeare Center, we are getting ready to expand our social media footprint. Internally, this plan has met with a rich combination of excitement and concern. What happens when we let our ASC family loose on Twitter, YouTube, and blogs? How can we make sure that we are all representing the ASC in [...]
