Thesis: Celebrity is one of the strongest social forces in America. Increasingly, though, people are responding to apparently oxymoronic “Narrow fame;” that is, being highly salient for some quality among a modest sized niche of people. Theatre ...
Pete Miller
Invest in unknowns to make them stars (reinvent marketing idea)
Adam Thurman
Workshop: The Gift Sessions
You may know Adam Thurman from his TEDx talks at TEDxMichiganAvenue and TEDxBroadway. I hope you know him from his website, Mission Paradox. And I hope you'll get to know him at the first workshop series presented by ...
Pete Miller
Read and Contribute to 2 AM Theatre (Toolkit Idea/Hobby Idea)
A shade more than two years ago, David Loehr and I met during a gathering at Arena Stage. He encouraged me to do some writing for this web site. Since that time, this is the 20th post I’ve ...
Laura Esti Miller
Spotlight: Walter Byongsok Chon, Dramaturg
Introducing the dedicated and creative dramaturg Walter Byongsok Chon! Hometown: I was born in Bonn, Germany, lived there until I was eight, and then moved to Korea. I came to America to enter graduate school in 2005. Current town: New Haven, CT How ...
Pete Miller
Best stunt marketing I ever saw (Reinvent Marketing idea)
Thesis: Skills in event creation and performance can be applied to marketing appropriately and effectively. If stunt marketing is selling out, it is selling out in a very classy way. I was in London for a few days in the late ...
Travis Bedard
Ordering off the menu
I grew up in a household that was… healthy. Healthy healthy. Lima (bean) burgers, grinding grain blends for homemade bread, fresh milk from family friends who ran a small farm… my folks idea of retirement ...
Pete Miller
Reexamine Artistic Exceptionalism (Hobby Idea)
Thesis: Holding the idea that artists are different in kind from non-artists may create a barrier that discourages non-artists from attending or engaging with your work. Choosing to believe that audience members have a key role in theatrical ...
Pete Miller
Experiment when you experiment (Toolkit idea)
Thesis: You can learn more when you innovate if you adopt a few concepts from the scientific method. In my experience, plenty of people in the American Theatre innovate frequently. Whether the subject is artistic style, theater technology, seating ...
Pete Miller
Advertise less, invite more (Reinvent Marketing idea)
Thesis: People with whom you have some relationship are far more likely to attend your work than are total strangers. I am aware of two major movements within marketing over the last century, and I’m increasingly convinced that ...
Laura Esti Miller
Spotlight: Maren Robinson, Dramaturg
Today we continue our second week of dramaturgical conversations with an interview with the accomplished Maren Robinson of Chicago. I think it is safe to say that Maren is eventually going to work with every member of the Chicago arts community! Maren ...
Laura Esti Miller
Spotlight: Hannah Hessel: Dramaturg
Today I am happy to present an interview with my colleague and friend Hannah Hessel. Since dramaturgs typically collaborate with artists in other disciplines, we do not always have a chance to work together, but I am blessed to work ...
Laura Esti Miller
Spotlight: Jules Odendahl-James, Dramaturg
What IS a dramaturg? As a professional dramaturg and literary manager, this is the question I'm asked most often. Today, my answer is far different from what it was when I first started practicing, and I assume that it will ...
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