Theatre

Kickstarter’s Budget is Bigger than the NEA’s!

03.06.2012

“Kickstarter is expecting to raise more than $150 million for its users’ projects in 2012. That’s $4 million more than the ‘entire fiscal year 2012 budget for the National Endowment of the Arts.’” Share The Millions : Kickstarter Trumps the NEA 2 days ago … Kickstarter is expecting to raise more than $150 million for its [...]

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RIP: Vaclav Havel (10.5.1936 – 12.18.2011)

12.18.2011
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It was a Vaclav Havel play that set me on my path. I was working on Temptation at the College of Wooster in 1995. Nothing else was going well in my life at that time, but that play was the most exciting art I’d ever been involved in. The theatre turned into my sanctuary and [...]

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The Fuck Y’all Doin?

01.24.2010

We capped a week of extremely busy and occasionally frustrating work by driving around the city for an hour, with a video camera pointing out of the passenger-side window. Does that sound un-safe? Well, we wanted a varied and unvarnished look at the city (which we would later edit into a montage for the climax [...]

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Getting to Know Philly a lil Bit

01.20.2010

But just a little bit. The first time I visited Philadelphia, I couldn’t make heads or tails of it. (Actually, it was the second time I’d been here, but I was only 12 years old for the first trip, and all I remember is the homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk as people walked over [...]

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A Great Time in My Life

01.14.2010

This is a great time in my life. Isn’t it? Let’s count the ways. 1. I’m in Philadelphia, actually getting paid decent money to direct a show I really, deeply care about (Killadelphia). And while I’m here, Sean Lewis and I are sharing a 3-story house in downtown Philly. (Right by the Italian Market.)

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New Yorker 2009 Best Lists

12.19.2009

The New Yorker is more than flush with great critical writing. Well, this is a list of lists (some are decade-spanning, too) from those wonderful writers. I’m trying to tell you it’s a dream come true. Get over there. Click around. Get lost for a few hours. In fact, to encourage you, here’s my list [...]

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This Is What It Looks Like When We Load-In

12.06.2009

We’re loading-in today, getting ready for out first Xmas show. We’re hanging lights, throwing chairs, hoisting speakers, and eating poorly. This is what it looks like when Jason adjusts a light.

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Proud Proud Proud of my NYC review

05.06.2009

I don’t mind telling you, this makes me incredibly proud. (It’s from here.) Killadelphia…or the City of Numbers is an epic piece of theatre, with dozens of characters, multiple locations, and dramatic material to rival the excoriating journey of any country’s fortunes linked to a Greek king or Danish prince. With unflinching honesty, Sean Christopher [...]

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August 1 2008 5:38pm

08.01.2008

100 Hughes Hall Auditions.

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Humana 07 Pt. 2

03.18.2007

Long day. I got up at 8:30am. It’s 1:40am now. We’re getting up in the morning at meeting at 9am at Cracker Barrel. Awesome. So … let’s see I’ll talk about what I liked first. I just re-read Sovereignty by Rolin Jones, his ten-minute from last year. It’s 6.5 pages and he accomplishes more in [...]

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