That’s the thing about theater education: it relies on interpersonal connections. I can’t work on blocking with my classmates on Zoom, I can’t reach out and touch the hand of my scene partner through a computer screen. My classmates can’t dance in the living rooms of their small apartments, and my friends can’t direct their projects from a video conference with all of their cast and crew.
Read MoreTheater is an inherently collaborative art form. It is people gathering together in a room and trying things. It is an audience communing and watching something happening live right in front of them. But who knows how long it will be until we can come together in person?
Read More4. Moose Murders: The Worst Show Ever...
On February 22nd, 1983, Arthur Bicknell’s mystery farce Moose Murders opened at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. It ran for one night and went down in history as the worst Broadway play ever made.
Read MoreFor the performing arts, an industry built on the gathering of bodies and the ephemerality of the moment, this has been a difficult, if not career-questioning process. I spoke to several New York City-based performing artists, from comedy & drag to theatre & dance, who have made the leap to virtual live events.
Read MoreHow can we rectify this urge to tie everything in a neat little bow with the complex and grim realities of being human, especially now, in a time of tremendous uncertainty and grief and loss? Megan Sandberg a theater director who has written a series of ten essays all about our collective need for happy endings, and how we can reconcile that need with a not so perfect and happy world.
Read MoreInterns are not meant to be indispensable to operating the theatre or running the show. If you’re solely responsible for lighting Scene 4, laundering costumes, checking props for Act I, keeping the actor playing Hamlet from missing his entrance, and acting as the understudy for Gertrude, you’re indispensable and therefore not an intern.
Read MoreWhen I sat down to do all these projects, I stared blankly at my computer screen. I had very little motivation or inspiration to do any of these projects. The reality was, I was mourning.
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