18. Tennessee Williams – Tried to open eye drop bottle with teeth, choked on cap. 17. Joe Orton – Bludgeoned to death by partner during domestic dispute. 16. Jean-Paul Sartre – Infected papercut. 15. Arthur Miller – Frowned for too long, too deep. 14. Noël Coward – Appeared in public without an ascot. 13. Samuel Beckett … More The Great Playwrights Ranked By Cause of Death
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It’s 4 a.m. I’ve struggled for the last hour to go to sleep. But, I can’t. Yet again, I am tossing and turning, unable to shut down my brain. Why? Because I am stressed about my students. Really stressed. I’m so stressed that I can only think to write down…
“An ensemble knows more than a single choreographer can ever know.” -Norbert Servos As a teacher, director and choreographer I choose to use many different styles in creating my pieces. Sometimes I act as the dictator who tells my performer what to do, how to do and when to do it. Other times I sit … More The harder way to perform…
With our musical The Mikado starting in a few weeks, I wanted to address the elephant in the room…. that fact that we are doing an Anime/Cosplay version of this famous operetta. Here are a few reasons why you all stop being weirded out by being able to play anime characters…. Lifestyle by Kayla Matthews … More 10 Reasons Why Anime Nerds are Highly Satisfied in Life
This Friday, 17 Homestead Students set out for their first Competition of the year. It was a day of many firsts. First time they’ve competed on a Friday, first time they performed the play for an audience, first time they went to Oshkosh West, first time anyone in District 9 saw a set as large … More Around the World in 80 days… in 38 minutes and 23 seconds
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MCT Audition Notice—Young Playwrights Festival Showcase ? Milwaukee Chamber Theatre will be holding auditions for its 2014-2015 Young Playwrights Festival Showcase on Monday evening, December 1, 2014, from 6:00pm-10:00pm, by appointment only. A prepared, one-minute monologue is preferred, but other material will be provided if needed. Headshots/resumes welcome…
We’ve all put our foot in our mouth at least a few times but somehow, during auditions, actors do it more often than they or we would like. Nerves, insecurity, neediness, and self-doubt set in and there’s no stopping you. You say things you’re not aware of, do things you aren’t conscious of, looking for … More 8 Things never to do at an Audition
In a world of traditionally getting everything you want when you want it, there still are moments in life were that just isn’t so. Sadly one of those places is in Theatre. (The other is after you graduate college and can’t get a job in the field you want). In theatre we play characters… characters … More A note at the time of auditions
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