You are not wood, you are not stones.
One of the evergreen topics on the rotating menu that theatre blogs cycle through is the "fight" between professional theatremakers and community theatre makers. This is of course a radical narrative distillation of a more nuanced relationship.
10 Things I Wish I'd Known On Leaving for College
Being in a show recently with some folks who are headed off into the world of undergrad theatre in the next few weeks, I got to thinking about what advice I would give to those starting out if asked. They did not ask. Here we are anyway.
You Are Not Atlas
Dr. Jen Phillips shared an anecdote on Twitter about her Mom. Dr. Phillips is struggling with the surprisingly common idea that a life like her Mom’s doesn’t have enough value to merit receiving the vaccine.
Herein Will I Imitate the Sun
My extended cardiac pause at the end of last year was cause for reflection, which I think most folks would find pretty common. That period of reflection combined with a political environment running so hard against what I believe to be my and my broader community's best interests left me reeling a bit. Is this political moment a call to more explicit political action? How can I improve the community in a more direct way? And how do I define that community in this new place?