“The audience should feel like they’re watching something pretty naturalistic — and it is — it really is…isn’t it?”Foreword, Rancho Viejo
On November 18 at 9:15 p.m., the curtain came down on our high school’s 2017 fall play, O Beautiful, by Theresa Rebeck. The curtain marked the end of a six-month odyssey containing many high points and a few struggles. Overall, the feeling this production elicited was pride. Pride…
“It is for the older folk to see the symbolism and philosophy that lies behind [Peter Pan], the pathos of Peter, the utter sadness of the Never, Never Land.”Patrick Braybrook, J.M. Barrie; A Study in Fairies and Mortals
Originally published on their website, the Old Globe’s Literary Manager and Dramaturg, Danielle Mages Amato, chats with playwright Ken Ludwig about the 2017 world premiere…
Tomorrow in the Battle beautifully highlights society’s struggle to find harmony between how isolated we seem to feel and society becoming increasingly interconnected. The characters of Anna, Simon, and Jennifer delve into this story in seeming vacuums of their own…
As Communications Director at Intrepid Theatre Company, I’ve organized a lot of surrounding events for our mainstage productions. Because our mission statement is…
There is no single paramount challenge to leading a one-person collegiate theatre department. Certainly resources — like personnel and finances — come immediately to mind. However, questions of “currency and relevancy” are even more immediate. How can we…
In July of 2014, on a whim, I saw the original stage production of Shakespeare in Love at the Noël Coward Theatre in London’s West End. I was studying at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, and a few friends and I took the bus into the…
As I walk onto the Drew University campus with my friend/licensing colleague/resident badass, Kate Karczewski, to see Heathers the Musical, I almost immediately grab her hand. The memories of this place have already started…
