Our Lighting Board
April 7, 2014
Older Lighting Boards: Helping to Keep the Floppy Disc Alive [For the Time Being] Yup, we still use a floppy disk int he booth to save all out light cues for each show!
Versions of Romeo & Juliet Throughout History
April 6, 2014
When you think of Romeo and Juliet, what first comes to mind: Shakespeare’s play, the 1968 film adaptation or one of the many beautiful paintings featuring the lovers? Or, perhaps, you recall sitting in high school English, Drama or Literature trying to decipher the archaic language while pretending to find the hidden meaning of it … More Versions of Romeo & Juliet Throughout History
Mark Twain’s “Is Shakespeare Dead?” with Keir Cutler, Ph.D.
April 5, 2014
Mark Twain’s hilarious (1909) debunking of the myth that William Shakespeare wrote the works of Shakespeare. Adapted and performed by Keir Cutler, Ph.D. at the 2003 Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Listing the handful of established facts of Shakespeare’s life, Twain ridicules the fantasy that an uneducated youth could have wandered into London and, with virtually none … More Mark Twain’s “Is Shakespeare Dead?” with Keir Cutler, Ph.D.
The Colors, Children. The Colors.
April 3, 2014
From the very beginning, people in the world of stage lighting have been manipulating color to affect the mood of the show. But what is color? Color: Noun: The aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer, or of the … More The Colors, Children. The Colors.
Meet the Alum: Andy McCain
March 29, 2014
1. What do you do now? I am currently an AEA Membership Candidate. I work for Artspot Education Theatre. We tour to different countries performing original musicals in English for students learning it as a secondary language. So far I have toured to 14 countries, including: United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, China, Argentina, Mexico, Costa … More Meet the Alum: Andy McCain
Live theatre
March 28, 2014
“That’s the scary thing about theater: it doesn’t live on. But that’s actually the most beautiful thing about it, too. That’s why it’s more beautiful than film and certainly more beautiful than television, because it’s like life. Real life. Any picture that you take or any video that you make of yourself is not really … More Live theatre
Message of World Theatre Day 2014
March 27, 2014
Come celebrate World Theatre Day in the Black Box after school! Brett Bailey’s Message Wherever there is human society, the irrepressible Spirit of Performance manifests. Under trees in tiny villages, and on high tech stages in global metropolis; in school halls and in fields and in temples; in slums, in urban plazas, community centres and … More Message of World Theatre Day 2014
History of World Theatre Day
March 27, 2014
World Theatre Day was created by the International Theatre Institute ITI, the world’ s largest organization for the Performing Arts, and was celebrated for the first time on 27 March 1962. Ever since, each year on the 27th March (date of the opening of the 1962 “Theatre of Nations” season in Paris), the day is … More History of World Theatre Day
Observations of an Assistant Stage Manager: The Many Ways to Call “Line”
March 25, 2014
Stage-managing any job means three things (plus one): 1) There will be sweat. 2) There will be tears. 3) There may be blood. +1) The wealth of information you will gain while on the job will surpass anything you could ever be taught in the classroom. Heading into Hofstra University’s production of The Learned Ladies, … More Observations of an Assistant Stage Manager: The Many Ways to Call “Line”
Theatrical Logic
March 23, 2014
Act Out 