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#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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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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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: [...]
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Watch This: Michael Kaiser
Or more precisely, just listen, as this is just the audio from Michael Kaiser’s appearance at Portland Center Stage last week. Whether you agree or disagree with his advice and observations, it’s worth a listen. Some of his advice applies more towards the large, institutional theatres and, in many ways, echoes some of the idea [...]
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Delete Twitter Theater Profiles
04.18.10 | Permalink | 21 CommentsIf Rocco Landesman claims that artists are entrepreneurs, I think it is important to look at other entrepreneurial models, outside the theater world, to see what they are saying about the work they do, and how their work connects to customers and community. On person I follow pretty closely is Gary Vanyerchuck. His is very [...]
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actors, audiences, conversation starter, development, devised work, directors, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, playwrights, presenting, producers, the process, theatrical ecosystem
A Theater Should Be Like A Bookstore
04.11.10 | Permalink | 7 CommentsNot just any bookstore, but specifically this bookstore: Montague Bookmill in Montague, Massachusetts. Seth Godin sums it up well when he stated: This is the bookstore of the future, because it’s not a business trying to maximize growth and ROI. No, it’s a place, an attitude, an approach to an afternoon. They don’t sell every [...]
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I have talked time and again over at the Cambiare Productions blog about relationships and trust metrics and “street cred” and…. yes I’m as surprised as you are that anyone reads… but I’m going to restate it here because it needs restating. Ask a theatre artist what they don’t have, wind them up, and go [...]
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Arms Against a Sea of Troubles
03.16.10 | Permalink | 14 CommentsFull disclosure. I am by trade a playwright. I may be an artist-in-residence, producer, sound designer, graphic designer, voiceover artist and marketing department for my own theatre company, which, yes, I co-founded. Those are things I do and can do. But I identify myself as a writer. With that in mind, you’ll understand why I [...]
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actors, conversation starter, directors, ideas, major regional theatre, non-profit theatre, playwrights, producers, social media, storefront theatre
Let’s Get this Started
This week is all about the Devised Work convening hosted by the Arena Stage doing their level best to truly be a center for new American play development. They scooped up a raftload of folks not frightened off by DC’s recent uncharacteristic winter weather event and we will be discussing the ins and outs of [...]
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Follow Friday: 05 Feb 10
One nice tradition on Twitter is the “follow Friday” hashtag, where you pick out a few of the people you follow and suggest them to the rest of your followers. It’s an easy way to meet new people and make new connections. So we’re going to pay homage to our roots with our own version. [...]
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