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A Breath of Fresh Air
This speech was presented at the opening session of the Audience Engagement track at this year’s TCG Conference in Dallas, June 6-8, 2013. The conference was designed on an academic theme, so each track was considered a “major.” Dear Majors in Audience Engagement, We all come to this conference with a basic understanding of what [...]
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advocacy, change the ratio, conversation starter, dispatches, ideas, international, playwrights, social profit, theatrical ecosystem
Other Voices, Other Rooms
05.20.13 | Permalink | 4 CommentsThere’s been a lot of talk online recently about the need for women playwrights to be better represented, have more opportunities, and be, if you’ll excuse the vagary, more equal. That’s lovely. As a woman playwright, I am all for that kind of talk, and the more there is of it, in any context, the [...]
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advocacy, community, conversation starter, ideas, presenting, rabble rousing, social profit, the future, theatrical ecosystem
Artisphere: What Could Be…
01.07.13 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe DC Theatre community took a hit recently when Artisphere announced that due to a policy change its resident theatre company WSC Avant Bard would be kicked out in the middle of its season. I feel deeply for the company; it is upsetting have your home taken from you and I wish them all the [...]
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#3xP, #stealthisidea, 3x Playgoing, ideas, neverbedark, producers, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Forget the wider net.
12.20.12 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIn the spring of this past year, my day job sent me to the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Vegas. We have been hearing for a while hat the way people consume entertainment is changing. Well, we all know that it has been changing for a long time and many people are just feeling [...]
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Four Gentlemen of Verona?
12.10.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments[Ed Note: This post originally ran on Tales of a Squishy Morph] We have two Equity theatre companies in the Boston area in devoted primarily to Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company does a splashy outdoor free production on Boston Common every summer, while Actors Shakespeare Project does full seasons of edgy productions in a variety of metro-Boston venues. I don’t [...]
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new play development, new plays, playwrights, producers, social profit, theatrical ecosystem, twenty podcast
Twenty: Gwydion Suilebhan
Podcast (twenty-by-2amt): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:56 — 43.9MB)
Podcast (twenty-by-2amt): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:56 — 43.9MB) Heroes. They’re not just for comic books anymore. With the rise of more serious, “realistic” portrayals of comic book heroes has come a trend of real people making themselves into superheroes. This is not a joke, and it’s not the movie Kick-Ass, based [...]
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community, conferences, festivals, fringe festival, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
Fringe: At the World Fringe Congress
As Outreach Director for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, my job takes me to a lot of interesting places and introduces me to a lot of interesting people – this year, I was given the opportunity to “outreach” the farthest I’d ever reached before: the first World Fringe Congress, a four-day meeting for festival directors from [...]
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Twenty: Chris Ashworth
Podcast (twenty-by-2amt): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:03 — 26.6MB)
Podcast (twenty-by-2amt): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:03 — 26.6MB) Do you know about QLab? It’s the software you want if you’re running sound. Doesn’t matter if it’s a storefront or a stadium, a church or a theatre, this is the program for you. QLab allows you to control audio, video, and MIDI [...]
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artistic home, community, devised work, festivals, fringe festival, new play development, talk about what's good, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
Fringe: Our Laboratory Playground
As a developing company creating and producing work off-center from standard theatrical fare in the Washington area, dog & pony dc (d&pdc) has found the Capital Fringe Festival a vital developmental partner. Producing shows through and in conjunction with Cap Fringe enabled our 4 ½ year old company to experiment with of new ideas and [...]
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festivals, fringe festival, locavore, new plays, playwrights, the process, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
Fringe: Local Playwrights
What Fringe Means for Local Playwrights The Kansas City Fringe recently held its 8th festival, and if there’s one thing the festival has become known for (besides burlesque) it’s as a breeding ground for new plays by local writers. There are several theatre companies in Kansas City that will occasionally produce works by local playwrights, [...]
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cities, festivals, fringe festival, ideas, presenting, producers, storefront theatre, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
Fringe: The Importance of Venues
In my role as executive director of the South Florida Theatre League, I regularly get asked why South Florida doesn’t have a fringe festival. If we can support one of the largest and most important art festivals in the country, why aren’t we able to support a fringe? It’s an interesting question. Multiple people have [...]
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#stealthisidea, alternatives, festivals, fringe festival, rabble rousing, steal this idea, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
Fringe: Shakes No More
08.29.12 | Permalink | 14 CommentsFringe Festivals are a time for experimentation in theater. I look forward to seeing the mix of sights and sounds at the Capital Fringe Festival every year. There’s one thing I don’t understand: Why do so many people decide to produce Shakespeare? I will never produce a Shakespeare play for a fringe festival. I don’t [...]
