April 11, 2012 at 3:53 pm
I didn’t know what to expect going into “Hookman”- the only thing I knew to expect in great abundance was the blood. What I didn’t realize was that there were so many similarities between Hookman and my upcoming thesis, “The Cracking Hour” written by Jahna Ferron-Smith. Both plays are written by young women playwrights and […]
“Whoever tells the story writes history. Whoever narrates the story gets to frame it,” writes Michele Weldon in the article “Are Boy Bylines Better than Girl Bylines” on huffingtonpost.com. In this article, she discusses the gender disparity between male and female print journalists. The National Organization for Women (NOW) reports that “In various studies…the ratio […]
After having read A Critics’ Conversation: Modern Dance Madness and researched all the artists mentioned in the conversation, I have been incredibly inspired by the works of Trajal Harrell. Trajal Harrell is an American choreographer who graduated from Yale and has been working globally ever since. What fascinates me most about this artist is the […]
Recently, I read an article titled A Critic’s Conversation: Modern Dance Madness on the artsbeat blog. Alastair Macaulay, a NYTimes critic, introduced a critical dialogue with his peers about the state of Modern Dance today. In his introduction, he writes: “The recent season has prompted me to propose that Taylor stands at the center of […]
This past Wednesday I went to see my friend compete in a poetry slam at the Cantab Lounge in Central Square, Cambridge. The Cantab has a rich history of poetry and music and is nationally recognized as a great slam venue. I felt lucky to be able to go and I plan on going again […]
As part of ArtsBeat’s weekly Theatre Talkback column, David Fox wrote an article about booing in theatre performances. For the most part Fox seems to be against booing actors onstage during a performance. He suggests alternative methods of showing your lack of enthusiasm for the production, like not clapping at curtain call. Personally I think […]
I just finished reading ‘The Natural”, an article about Nina Arianda, written for the New Yorker’s ‘Backstage Chronicles’ section by John Lahr. Arianda is currently playing Vanda, the lead, in David Ives’ new play “Venus in Fur” on Broadway. The article describes her, at the time she was cast, as a hopeful young actress, just […]
As I mentioned in class this morning, this past week I had to read Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro for my gender and literature class. I remembered reading it two years ago in DR202, feeling overwhelmed and lost in what seemed to be a progression of imagery and repetitive, metaphorical dialogue. Upon a second […]
April 6, 2012 at 11:36 am
The other day I was struck by a point Lydia Diamond brought up in our conversation with Charles Hugland and Bevin O’gara around Luck of the Irish. She pointed out that most female playwright’s work travel the regional theatre route before they make it to broadway, excluding Suzan Lori-Parks, who has had work go directly […]
My Humana Festival panel… And here’s some context from my blog for Playwrights’ Commons. . Watch live streaming video from newplay at livestream.com
I found this article about how Ensemble based theatre is changing America’s (specifically LA’s) Theatre Scene. The article talks about the movement towards work that is created through a collaboration of actors, directors, and playwrights. It is a really great article, and people considering going to LA next year should check out the theatre companies […]
The Andersen Project was certainly a unique theatrical experience. It was so epic with so many different components that I came away with mixed feelings, but ultimately very glad I had a chance to see it. First I want to talk about the performer himself, Yves Jacques. In the first scene, where he shows up […]
March 31, 2012 at 7:31 pm
This afternoon, I attended a performance of Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation. It was a student-run production in the Law Auditorium, but despite the lack of a perfect set, great tech or flawless performances, the script made it a compelling show. Baker writes with a simple truthfulness that resonated with me personally because I’ve been […]
March 30, 2012 at 2:53 pm
This weekend we had our annual Boston University 24 Hour Play Project. The theme was ‘Ages of Humanity’ inspired by Jaques’ ‘Ages of Man’ speech from As You Like It, but made more inclusive for this day and age. What an amazing experience! I Organized the project and co-facilitated the day with Amber. It was […]
March 27, 2012 at 3:56 pm
This Spring Break, I fortunately purchased the last ticket to a Wednesday night performance of An Illiad produced by the New York Theatre Workshop. The production was created by Denis O’Hare, an actor you may recognize from HBO’s TrueBlood and director Lisa Peterson. It is a one man show, performed on alternate nights by O’Hare […]
March 27, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Sunday night I had the pleasure of watching the 24 hour play project, which was really quite fantastic and inspiring. That being said, I did find it very interesting that within the first three ten minute plays, a vast majority of the characters were female (as picked out of a hat), and contained nearly every […]
March 26, 2012 at 4:11 pm
After Ilana mentioned in class that Mixed Blood Theatre Company (located in Minneapolis) doesn’t charge for their tickets I was very intrigued. That’s amazing!!! Free theatre!! That’s what I feel is necessary, that will make theatre no longer elite, but a tool of the people once again! Huzzah! So I did some more research to […]
March 26, 2012 at 10:31 am
I really never re-post wholesale blog entries from other sites, but this is important. You should read what Mike has had to say yesterday after a week which, I can only imagine, was fairly hellish. I post it here because I think what it shows is that earnestness, honesty, and heartfelt apology are such powerful […]
March 24, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Today I participated in The Box Project. It was a project that is part of a University wide initiative to have students from other schools get to know each other and collaborate. Last night we were split up into teams, given a box with a ton of stuff in it, a theme, and told to […]
March 24, 2012 at 2:10 pm
This past week, a few individuals in the School of Theatre and the Opera Institute were invited to participate in a musical theatre workshop with Betty Buckley. Many musical theatre enthusiasts will recognize that Betty Buckley originated the role of Grisabella in the Broadway production of Cats and is famous for singing “Memory.” For more […]
