Midnight Honesty at Noon
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| Blog Name: | Midnight Honesty at Noon |
| Url: | http://blog.cambiareproductions.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | theatre, Austin, Texas |
| Description: | Discussion around the production of independent small theatre, particularly in Austin, Texas. |
| Popularity: | 28 Followers |
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Words Matter (The Power of Naming)
Kate Foy of Groundling (and Toowoomba! I just like saying Toowoomba!) has been asking nicely all over the internet for about a year what exactly people mean when they call themselves an “indie” theatre company. I’ve talked with her in roughly 492 different venues about it, but discovered that I never had answered it here where I might be held accountable for it. I did talk about labeling in a post a year ago but didn’t really get into why I choose that label that I do. I
Kate Foy of Groundling (and Toowoomba! I just like saying Toowoomba!) has been asking nicely all over the internet for about a year what exactly people mean when they call themselves an “indie” theatre company. I’ve talked with her in roughly 492 different venues about it, but discovered that I never had answered it here where I might be held accountable for it. I did talk about labeling in a post a year ago but didn’t really get into why I choose that label that I do. I
10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)
Everyone loves lists. Well. I love lists, and while there’s been a lot of talk over my three years actively blogging about theatre about the failings of the Theatre Education Industrial Complex, we’ve not really attempted to create a curriculum we approve of. Largely because, well, creating a new theatre education paradigm is hard. And I’m not going to do that here, because I’m not sure how to even begin. Instead? Herein lies a list of things I wish someone had told me over a beer the night of graduation. “Well… you made it, and now you’re ‘In the Club’ so here’s all the things you weren’t taught.” This does include stuff we’ve tal
Everyone loves lists. Well. I love lists, and while there’s been a lot of talk over my three years actively blogging about theatre about the failings of the Theatre Education Industrial Complex, we’ve not really attempted to create a curriculum we approve of. Largely because, well, creating a new theatre education paradigm is hard. And I’m not going to do that here, because I’m not sure how to even begin. Instead? Herein lies a list of things I wish someone had told me over a beer the night of graduation. “Well… you made it, and now you’re ‘In the Club’ so here’s all the things you weren’t taught.” This does include stuff we’ve tal
Socialism, Party of One?
So the Chicago Small Theatre Summit happened. My thoughts of course turned to my own desire to have a small theatre alliance in Austin. A group of indie theatremakers in town to help avoid burnout due to isolation, to get off the hamster wheel of scene reinvention, to share resources and ideas, and to spark competitive innovation. And I know it won’t happen. There will be friendships and acquaintance-hood and we’ll go to each other’s shows. But no meaningful regular exchange of ideas will happen. Why not? We’re busy – Ask 10 groups when the best time to meet is – get 12 different answers. Different needs on
So the Chicago Small Theatre Summit happened. My thoughts of course turned to my own desire to have a small theatre alliance in Austin. A group of indie theatremakers in town to help avoid burnout due to isolation, to get off the hamster wheel of scene reinvention, to share resources and ideas, and to spark competitive innovation. And I know it won’t happen. There will be friendships and acquaintance-hood and we’ll go to each other’s shows. But no meaningful regular exchange of ideas will happen. Why not? We’re busy – Ask 10 groups when the best time to meet is – get 12 different answers. Different needs on
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DATELINE: 9/15/2009 This is the post I was supposed to write Monday night… and didn’t. So Tuesday during work… Tuesday night… Wednesday during work… It’s already mostly in my head so I couldn’t figure out why I was holding up. It’s not like typing is all that taxing. And it took Will texting me out of nowhere to put the universes’ point to it. Today City of Austin funding award letters arrived. Despite the flawed grant application the City granted us 77% of our request which should, with better f
DATELINE: 9/15/2009 This is the post I was supposed to write Monday night… and didn’t. So Tuesday during work… Tuesday night… Wednesday during work… It’s already mostly in my head so I couldn’t figure out why I was holding up. It’s not like typing is all that taxing. And it took Will texting me out of nowhere to put the universes’ point to it. Today City of Austin funding award letters arrived. Despite the flawed grant application the City granted us 77% of our request which should, with better f
I read the news today – oh boy…
I talked about Will following up all of my “what didn’t work” analysis about Orestes with a discussion about the parts of the show that were successful. His soft boycott of blogging means he never got to what I’ve been calling the Little Mary Sunshine post, so I’m going to let the nominating committee for Austin Circle of Theatres B. Iden Payne Award committee say it for him: We were nominated for: OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA ORESTES
I talked about Will following up all of my “what didn’t work” analysis about Orestes with a discussion about the parts of the show that were successful. His soft boycott of blogging means he never got to what I’ve been calling the Little Mary Sunshine post, so I’m going to let the nominating committee for Austin Circle of Theatres B. Iden Payne Award committee say it for him: We were nominated for: OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA ORESTES
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