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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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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 [...]
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community, major regional theatre, new technology, social media
It’s You
09.21.11 | Permalink | 6 CommentsDear @Resident Theatre Company or @Individual Show: You know I love you and so I’m sorry to do this impersonally. But we have to talk. I know it’s hard to hear those words, because they always lead to the same thing. And to be perfectly honest, this time, it’s not me, it is you. When [...]
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community, major regional theatre, new plays, non-profit theatre, theatrical ecosystem
The Loss of Florida Stage
06.06.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThis afternoon, Florida Stage announced that it was filling for chapter 7 bankruptcy and closing its doors forever. Florida Stage was the largest theatre company producing only new work in the United States. They were also the largest theatre company in the South Florida Theatre Region. Unfortunately, they had 1.5 million dollars in debt and [...]
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advocacy, audiences, collaboration, community, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, facts + figures, follow friday, ideas, major regional theatre, partnerships, playwrights, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
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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2amt events, audiences, collaboration, community, conversation starter, festivals, ideas, major regional theatre, new plays, partnerships, rabble rousing, social media, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
HF35: The 2amt Challenge
So you’re at the Humana Festival of New American Plays and you’ve got a few minutes. You’ve seen the art, you’ve looked at the gifts, you’ve had a beer. Maybe you’re in the mood to play a game. Maybe you’re looking for something to engage audiences at your own theatre company. Take the 2amt challenge. [...]
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collaboration, development, festivals, major regional theatre, new plays, playwrights, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
HF35: Families, Tied
Last weekend, I saw approximately half of the shows at the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. I’m heading back this weekend for the rest, but I wanted to write about the themes and connections between those first three shows. I saw this combination by chance, but all three have [...]
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advocacy, funding and support, major regional theatre, non-profit theatre, supply / demand
The Legitimacy Paradox, or: What to do about Intiman
02.17.11 | Permalink | 11 CommentsUp here in the Northwest, the crisis du jour has been all about Intiman Theatre’s recent public cry for help… they need about $1 mil by summertime or they are going to need to close their doors. Suddenly, Rocco Landesman’s provocative statements about the American theater being oversupplied had a poster child/test case. Was Intiman, [...]
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advocacy, audiences, conversation starter, development, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, new plays, non-profit theatre, playwrights, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, the process, theatrical ecosystem
#Newplay: The Undelivered Rant
02.03.11 | Permalink | 3 CommentsIndulge me in a little rhetorical drama, I have, on occasion, so indulged many of you. The USA needs theatre. We are a potentially free and democratic people, but when the citizens become disenchanted and politically disengaged, we disenfranchise ourselves and cede leadership to those who can tolerate swimming in a political cesspool. Theatre makes [...]
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actors, audiences, conversation starter, directors, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, non-profit theatre, playwrights, presenting, theatrical ecosystem
The Jewel Box
10.20.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsWe all have regrets. We have the shows we almost saw, the times when we didn’t quite make it out the door, didn’t cross town, and then the show we wanted to see existed on Earth no more. It happened without us. We so wanted to go. We were tired, or we were distracted, or the cost was too [...]
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awards, major regional theatre, non-profit theatre, storefront theatre, theatrical ecosystem
Why We Need Award Shows Like the Jessies
Monday night, here in Vancouver, we celebrated The 28th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Vancouver cultural landscape, The Jessies are our answer to Toronto’s Doras or Broadway’s Tony Awards. They honour theatre excellence over the past year. You can say what you like about awards shows: [...]
