After a few weeks away, let’s get back to the world of lighting. This week I take a look at the way the stage is lit. This is not about fixture types or what is normally placed on what truss. This week is about the different areas on stage you can place lights and how … More The Way We Light
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
“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
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
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
When something bad happens: True is it that we have seen better days. When something REALLY bad happens: O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! Most lamentable day. Most woeful day That ever, ever I did yet behold! O day, O day, O day! O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as … More A dramatic Shakespearean response to every situation
“At a recent performance of “Next to Normal,” the Broadway musical at the Booth Theater on West 45th Street, Alice Ripley, who won a Tony for her portrayal of Diana, a suburban mother with bipolar disorder, was reaching to answer a cordless telephone when she knocked it off the stage. Fourth wall broken, Ms. Ripley … More The joy of Live Theatre
There’s something so addicting about theatre. Walking into a space specifically designed to show audiences beautiful works of art night after night. Hearing the chatter of the audience about their excitement to see whatever show it is. Sitting in the house (that’s always freezing) and waiting for the curtain to go up. And then diving … More Theatre is Magic
For the second Trimester of the year I taught 3 Acting 1 classes… yes, I know, that is an excessive amount of Acting 1 classes, but luckily they were all fun. Each class had a different personality, filled with interesting and slightly annoying students. 3rd hour was dominated by sophomore boys, and we all know … More 2nd Tri Acting 1 Final films
What People Think the Relationship Between Actors and Techs is: What the Relationship Between Actors and Techs Actually is:
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