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audiences, broadway, collaboration, conferences, conversation starter, ideas, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Just a Dream Away
There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of every day There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow And tomorrow’s just a dream away Walking into the darkened New World Stages for TEDxBroadway, I half expected to see a sign saying “Presented by General Electric,” or at least a robot welcoming me to the [...]
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advocacy, community, conferences, conversation starter, ideas, neverbedark, partnerships, rabble rousing, social profit, theatrical ecosystem
Side By Side By Side
01.23.12 | Permalink | 3 CommentsHappiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. — Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing Over at Arts Journal, they’re hosting a discussion & debate this week called Lead Or Follow? In their words, “Increasingly, audiences have more visibility for their opinions about the culture they consume. Cultural institutions know more and more about their audiences and their [...]
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#2amt, #stealthisidea, arts administration, audiences, conversation starter, crowdsourcing, ideas, locavore, marketing, steal this idea
Steal This Idea: The Only Winter Theater Pitch You’ll Ever Need
Sometimes its not the information you consume, it’s how you use it: Fertile Ground Festival Project Lear’s Follies did a clever thing recently. They snagged a link that was much shared around #2amt circles (the Marie Claire article about theatre being behind only sex and exercise for creating happiness)and turned it into an irrefutable, ingenious [...]
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#2amt, advocacy, cities, community, conversation starter, ideas, newplay, partnerships, talk about what's good, the future, theatrical ecosystem
#Newplay: A New Day in D.C.
01.19.12 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI have spent the past couple days trying to get back into the real world. There is always this time period when you have taken a vacation and now need to get back to work and the world you put off for a week or so. While on vacation I pushed hard to try and [...]
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advocacy, conversation starter, dramaturgy, ideas, mission, new play development, playwrights, social profit, talk about what's good
Beyond the Bechdel Test
01.18.12 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSoon after I wrote this Forum Theatre post on the Bechdel Test, the question arose: what might be a similar test for LGBT characters? Being both gay and up for the challenge, I gave it a try. Here it is: The Test – Does the movie have? 1. An identifiable LGBT character 2. Who has [...]
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advocacy, arts administration, board members, conversation starter, ideas, non-profit theatre, rabble rousing, social profit, theatrical ecosystem
On Board
12.13.11 | Permalink | 3 CommentsA few weeks ago, during the TCG Fall Forum, I saw an interesting Twitter conversation and felt compelled to wade in. Kristoffer Diaz had written: Disappointed at the lack of response to question about non-financial contributions of potential board members. #tcgff My response was that every board member should give, though the amount might vary. [...]
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conferences, critics, ideas, journalism, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Clear
Once upon a time, perhaps 15 or 20 years ago, I read a really fascinating article which posited that the arts would get more coverage in the media if they opened themselves up and provided greater access to the media. It suggested that the arts were working too hard to “control the story” at every [...]
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advocacy, collaboration, community, conferences, conversation starter, follow friday, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, meetup, neverbedark, newplaytv, non-profit theatre, partnerships, playwrights, producers, rabble rousing, social profit, talk about what's good, the future, theatrical ecosystem
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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alternatives, collaboration, community, conversation starter, ideas, locavore, mission, neverbedark, partnerships, talk about what's good, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
#neverbedark: cubed
a #neverbedark approach to making more art Three years ago, at Sycamore Rouge, we built six acting cubes, and it not only changed the way we rehearsed- it changed the way we opened the doors to artmaking. Like many theatres, we produce a five-show mainstage theatre season. We have a commitment to new works, but [...]
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2amt events, about 2amt, advocacy, arts administration, collaboration, community, conversation starter, ideas, livestreams, meetups, newplaytv, non-profit theatre, partnerships, rabble rousing, social media, talk about what's good, theatrical ecosystem
Invitation to the Dance
Thanks to Travis Bedard, I don’t need to say anything about Michael Kaiser’s latest post. And if that weren’t enough, you could read more from Jeremy Barker and Isaac Butler in reaction. I will say this. The irony of complaining about citizen bloggers in a post at the Huffington Post is a beautiful thing. This [...]
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collaboration, community, conversation starter, development, ideas, major regional theatre, new play development, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, the future, theatrical ecosystem
The Legend of Zelda
…and what it means for our future. I was a lucky audience member for the Oct 26th SDC Zelda Fichandler Award presentation at Arena Stage (which was given, this year, to Blanka Zizka of Wilma Theater). I wanted to attend, in part, because I had just joined the stage directors and choreographers union a few [...]
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advocacy, collaboration, community, conversation starter, designers, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, mission, new play development, newplaytv, non-profit theatre, p.r., partnerships, playwrights, rabble rousing, social media, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Everything But
11.09.11 | Permalink | 6 CommentsOver the weekend, @NewPlayTV streamed three interesting, presumably unrelated talks. The first was from Steppenwolf’s First Look Festival, titled How to engage 21st Century Audiences for New Plays, followed an hour later by one from the PlayFest at Orlando Shakespeare Theater on How to Make a Living as a Playwright? Monday night’s was from New [...]
