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Follow Friday: 18 Nov 2011
What can we learn from the birth of the regional theatre movement? Which arts administrator has reached a mass-critical critical mass? Where did Verdi and Shakespeare work to support their writing habits? How many theatres are we going to have to occupy? Why do we call it play? These are the stories we’ve been following [...]
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Follow Friday: 03 June 2011
The Follow Friday posts are back! We look at communities remembering their own stories and pulling together to give to the arts, philanthropy from donors and from theatre companies themselves, playwrights living in towns small and large. We also look at theatre companies working together and, well, working at all. And we check into the [...]
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actors, audiences, conversation starter, follow friday, ideas, playwrights, rabble rousing, social media, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 22 October 2010
10.22.10 | Permalink | 3 CommentsLooks like everyone’s wrestling this week, whether it’s playwrights & critics, casts & audiences, critics & artistic directors, journalists & editors… We’ve also been thinking, arguing and questioning what we do and why we do it. We even get a little political, but only a little. And there’s no intermission. (Unless you want one.) This [...]
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conversation starter, follow friday, ideas, rabble rousing, social media, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 03 September 2010
What are we looking at this week at 2amt? The Chicago Fringe Festival is on, kidz. Philanthropy may be for the old, but surprisingly, so is social media. Rocco Landesman visited the Twin Cities. Anne Bogart connects science and performance. And somebody sprang the Mousetrap… We might be a little light on descriptions this week [...]
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conversation starter, follow friday, ideas, rabble rousing, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 27 August 2010
08.27.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsWhat are we looking at this week at 2amt? The upcoming Chicago Fringe Festival, the question of how to survive in theatre, a great new way to give and receive feedback online, the $600 question, letting it all hang out at the amusement park, hunting down the secret to SCVNGR, some delightful drunken cupcakes and [...]
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conversation starter, follow friday, funding and support, ideas, marketing, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 25 June 2010
06.25.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThese are the stories we’ve been following at 2amt this week: Chicago vs New York, development vs marketing, pricing too low vs too fair, theatre vs rock, patrons vs fans, competition vs opportunity, funding vs accessibility, -er vs -re. We even use some naughty words, mainly because they’re funny. Also, coffee is for closers. Tanya [...]
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conversation starter, follow friday, ideas, non-profit theatre, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 28 May 2010
Here’s an extra-large helping of stories to get you through the Memorial Day weekend. What have we been following at 2amt this week? Storefronts and stories, history and hopes. Recipes and blueprints, restaurants and royalties. Responsibility and sustainability, creativity and reality. Also, if you’ve ever said, “Bring me the head of Travis Bedard,” now you [...]
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conversation starter, follow friday, ideas, marketing, rabble rousing, social media, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 07 May 2010
Thank God it’s on Friday again. Here are some of the stories we’ve been following at 2amt. This week’s batch includes one word, two words, dirty words, not-so-dirty words, digital analogs, a submission statement and even a touch of Dr. Seuss… Brittney Filek-Gibson on partying down Spinning off of Trisha Mead’s 2amt post from last [...]
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Follow Tuesday: 04 May 2010
In other words, May the fourth be with you. Here are just some of the stories we’ve been following of late at 2amt. As always, there’s a loose theme or two weaving in and out. This time around, we looking at finding your market and how to talk to them, we see old buildings in [...]
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conversation starter, development, follow friday, funding and support, ideas, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 02 April 10
Last week, while a fallow Friday here, was filled with plays opening and closing, plus the big final weekend of the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville. You can hear more about the Festival from this story on NPR’s All Things Considered. (I was lucky enough to get into the last performance of The [...]
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conversation starter, follow friday, ideas, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 19 March 2010
03.19.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIt’s Friday. These are stories we’ve been following this week. We’re taking the pulse of the #2amt folk–and in some cases, raising those pulses… And here’s a thought. There’s been a lot of talk about transparency and process, we need to introduce audiences to our process, let them see. A window is transparent, but a [...]
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conversation starter, development, follow friday, ideas, marketing, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Follow Friday: 12 March 2010
Friday. You know what that means. Stories, trends, ideas that we’ve been following. And a follow Friday recommendation. If you’re on Twitter, most of us are, too. Search the #2amt hashtag to find us, follow us and get in the conversation. (They’re not at 2am in the morning, trust me.) (Well, not often at 2am…) [...]
