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The Mechanism

On 19 January 2012, in Blog, by Jax
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History as a mechanism.  It does what it wants; we are incidental to it.  Here is what it is: a staircase.  On the staircase are men.  At the top, a king.  Someone is advancing.  He climbs and he will push the king into the abyss, and he will stand atop the staircase.  At the beginning [...]

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To young artists

On 22 October 2011, in Blog, by Jax
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The lit manager at Impact Theatre sent out an email to his colleagues the other day, saying that he’d been asked to speak to some high school theatre students. He wanted our input: what do we have to say to young people about being professionals in theatre? Here’s what I gave him. My name is [...]

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Real things

On 20 October 2011, in Blog, by Jax
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I fantasize sometimes about a plastic-free house. Don’t get me wrong: I love my technology.  There are a lot of little machines in my house, machines that help me do my job, machines that store unfathomable amounts of information and music and give me the capability to connect with the world in ways unimaginable two [...]

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In short

On 10 August 2011, in Blog, by Jax
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The venue is built. The staff is amazing. The partners are happy. The city is beautiful if rainy. The shows are excellent. The festival is in full swing.

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Objects

On 26 July 2011, in Blog, by Jax
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I am a hands-on kind of girl.  A tactile learner–I have to actually touch a thing and manipulate it in order to truly understand how it works.  As such, I’m a believer in trial-by-fire.  You want to learn to do a thing?  Do it. Amazing feeling yesterday, opening the first box of printed season brochures [...]

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