Recently added articles from Stage Directions:
Theatres Launch Institution-Saving Pledge Drives
Feb 01, 2009; ... The past few months have been hard on everyone, and the theatre world is no different. Several prominent organizations across the country have had to shut their doors, including the Carousel Dinner Theatre in Akron, Ohio and the Baltimore Opera Company, while others - like Shakespeare Santa ...
Dallas Theater Center Announces Resident Acting Company for 2009-10 Season
Feb 01, 2009; ... Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty is returning DTC to a repertory model. The rep company will be the first of his tenure, but not the first at the theatre, which featured a rep company when it was founded in the '60s and then again in the '80s. The nine actors for the ...
ESTA, USITT Offer Control Protocols Workshop
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Joint Training Initiative of the ESTA Foundation and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) has announced a Control Protocols Workshop to be held two days prior to the annual USITT National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. The registration deadline is March 9, ...
Carnegie Mellon Names Peter Cooke Head of School of Drama
Feb 01, 2009; ... Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts has named Peter Cooke, a noted theatre designer and educator, as the new head of its School of Drama. Cooke, who has a Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales in Australia, began his appointment Jan. 1 , 2009. He succeeds Dick Block, ...
Virginia Beach School Leads in LEDs
Feb 01, 2009; ... Green Run High pushes to expand light use beyond the stage In a somewhat unlikely place, an unlikely metamorphosis is happening. A theatre has switched out conventional lights for LEDs, which alone might not raise an eyebrow. But the team behind the switch is so enthralled with the ...
Information, Education and Now Opportunity
Feb 01, 2009; ... It's not often I grace these pages with commentary, but every once in a while I have a few thoughts I need to impart. Now is one of those times - especially as we march into the new year with the raging fires of mass hysteria clouding the economic climate. If this offering has a theme, it is ...
Navigating Internships
Feb 01, 2009; ... What schools and companies need to know to work best with each other. An internship between a student and a theatre company can actually be a lot like marriage. When both parties are well-matched, everything is sublime, but if mutual needs aren't lining up, a bust-up is inevitable. With ...
Immersive Art
Feb 01, 2009; ... Surrounded by Science, Art Flourishes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, W is the country's oldest technological university with one of L the first undergraduate programs in electronic media and arts in the United States, so it isn't surprising that their recently opened ...
A Soundman's Dilemma
Feb 01, 2009; ... Keeping it simple for a special opera Veteran sound designer David Meschter has fashioned a career in the avant-garde, working with such legendary figures as Meredith Monk, John Cage and Laurie Anderson. He recently handled a gala for the New York City Opera and also works at the Lincoln ...
Brief Encounters
Feb 01, 2009; ... One-act plays from 10 to 75 minutes Adopt a Sailor, by Charles Evered, began as a 10-minute play for the Brave New World showcase to commemorate the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It is the story of an upscale couple from New York City's Upper West Side who volunteer to "adopt" a ...
Buckets Of Blood
Feb 01, 2009; ... Signature Theatre's production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore demanded a gargatuan cleanup nightly. Watching a gory movie is one thing, but a bloodsoaked play is another. Many in the Virginian authences who saw the Signature Theatre production of the terrorist black comedy The Lieutenant ...
Tools of the Trade
Feb 01, 2009; ... EAW SMS Series Wall Mount Speakers EAW has rounded out its SMS Series of Wall Mount Speakers with the release of six models including the SMS1990, SMS2124, SMS2990, SMS41 24, SMS4940 and SMS4990. EAWs SMS Series loud- speakers are designed for a wide range of foreground, background and ...
Letters
Feb 01, 2009; ... Seeking Out the Instantaneous Thanks for your recent article on Charna Halpern! I recently became a convert to improv after taking a class and realizing how much better I was connecting with my fellow actors in normal scenework afterwards (and the fun aspect of it certainly doesn't ...
Lender Beware
Feb 01, 2009; ... Loan at thine own risk, dear friends ... We've all been there, I'm sure. The phone rings on one of those rare days of post-show euphoria, and a stranger's voice pours out of the receiver telling you how someone you know told them that they "might be able to borrow a thing or two from you ...
B'Way League Announces 2008 Stats
Feb 01, 2009; ... Against all the doom and gloom of regional theatres suffering, the Broadway League, a trade association comprised of Broadway theatre owners, producers, as well as producers, presenters and other parties dedicated to producing and promoting Broadwaystyle plays, announced that Broadway grossed ...
Pushing Faders, Pushing Yourself
Feb 01, 2009; ... You've got the gig - now how do you prepare? You've finally caught your big break: you're mixing the big Spring musical. Congratulations are in order - you've just landed one of the most rewarding but difficult positions in live theatre. Once that "wow" feeling, the thrill of winning the ...