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 [...]
There’s an idea that the central element of theatre and the only thing that truly matters is story. That we can dispense with spectacle and still have riveting theatre. Which is true but honestly it’s rare. I went to see The Lily’s Revenge and was so delighted by it–the huge undertaking, the simply lovely story, [...]
A year ago, I was sitting right where I am now—at my table, laptop in front of me, and I was working on my master’s thesis. It was a semester later than I’d thought I would be, but fall term seemed right for it, ultimately. A harvesting, right? A reaping of what I had sown. [...]
A few weeks ago I was in New York City for the first time–a whirlwind tour, just a few days. I was on a mission: to see NY Fringe shows and to connect with fellow theatre artists. I didn’t have a lot of time to “do” New York. I made sure to go to just [...]
This is writer Elizabeth Gilbert at TED, talking about genius, and the toll creativity can take, and what it means to nurture it. Art is often a painful process, but Ms. Gilbert suggests that placing the idea of genius, or daemon, outside ourselves, may be a path to salvation.
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