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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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audiences, conversation starter, ideas, marketing, presenting, producers, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Warming Up
Before we get to the post, a joke. The joke. Man goes on vacation, leaves his cat with his parents. A week later, he comes home, goes to pick up the cat. And his dad says, “Sorry, son, the cat’s dead.” “Jesus, Dad, you couldn’t have broken it to me gently? When did this–” “The [...]
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presenting, producers, theatre festivals
Hollywood Fringe Festival: The View
While we’re putting together some audio treats from my adventure at the Hollywood Fringe, here are some visual tidbits–photos from the first couple of days of the first annual festival.
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audiences, charity, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, designers, development, directors, funding and support, ideas, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, sponsorship, storefront theatre, technical work, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Dream a dream
06.24.10 | Permalink | 9 CommentsAfter the first sustained pause in the conversation between (sober) theatremakers the party question of choice is “what is your dream project?” It’s a fun topic and generally it means you don’t have to talk for a minute which limits your probability of saying something stupid. It works best for actors and directors and pretty [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, development, funding and support, ideas, marketing, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, storefront theatre, theatrical ecosystem
Ushers and Entryways: Audience Expectations
06.10.10 | Permalink | 4 CommentsThe space and conventions around a live performance determine whether it is fundamentally inclusive or exclusive. When an arts organization or producer decides to charge $100 for a ticket, and another decides to put on a show for free, either performance can be “legitimate” and draw a large crowd, if the conventions of the space [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, ideas, marketing, playwrights, presenting, producers, social media
Who Writes It, Who Reads It
06.08.10 | Permalink | 5 CommentsO the ill-lit, often lonely corners of the Internet where theater-company blogs reside! O the carefully eked-out production notes and interviews and dramaturgy, still photos and videos and audio conversations—sometimes engaging, sometimes profound, sometimes beautiful—that end for eternity with Comments (0)! Unless a relative, friend, or fellow company member sees it, in which case Comments (1)! O [...]
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conversation starter, development, funding and support, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, theatrical ecosystem, video, watch this
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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conversation starter, funding and support, ideas, playwrights, presenting, theatrical ecosystem
And theatre for all…
04.25.10 | Permalink | 6 CommentsIn today’s Washington Post, Peter Marks imagines a new hope for theatre with a touch of audacity. (Go ahead and read it. We’ll wait.) The short version is, he considers a world in which the White House could support more live theatre–dramatic work in particular–perhaps coordinated by Rocco Landesman and the NEA. After all, “[i]t’s [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, ideas, marketing, presenting, storefront theatre
What’s In Your Bathroom?
04.19.10 | Permalink | 6 CommentsI’m sure they’re clean. I’m sure you’re a good host. I’m sure they’re stocked with ample and appropriate paper products for your anticipated audience, and that the plumbing works. Is that it? A few weeks ago, I wrote how theater lobbies are often functional, neutral spaces—closer in design and function to a waiting room or [...]
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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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conversation starter, development, funding and support, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, non-profit theatre, presenting, rabble rousing, theatrical ecosystem
You Might Also like…
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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audiences, conversation starter, development, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, non-profit theatre, playwrights, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
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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