Where the hell did Forte go?
I guess we kinda needed a summer vacation. But it hasn't been all play and no work. We've been writing. I've been researching and writing my thesis. Matt and the Available Light gang have been writing...
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Getting Blasted
Photo by Simon Kane from the NY TImes. Thanks to everyone (Sheila, Isaac, Ruben, Rob, and Jason) who encouraged me to show-up for Blasted. I showed-up early, looked forlorn, waited and waited, and got...
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Will Eno in The Believer
The best magazine of all-time, The Believer, features an interview with playwright Will Eno in their October issue. Eno is interviewed by Patricia Mulgraw, who, as it turns out, does not exist. The...
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Welcome, American Theatre Readers
Thanks to American Theatre magazine for some nice publicity, and "labdien" (that's Latvian) to those of you joining us for the first time. Since you're here wondering about Militant Language and the...
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SImon McBurney on Naturalism
The brilliant Simon McBurney (of Complicite) talks in the December 2008 issue of American Theatre about, well, a lot of brilliant things. This quotation about naturalism really jumped out at me (and my...
View ArticleRENT: The Next High School Musical
In case you missed it on NPR today... All Things Considered, December 4, 2008 · More than 50 student groups across the country are performing Jonathan Larson's edgy rock opera Rent this school year....
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Boo-ya for Long Term Planning!
Hello my friends. It's time for another installment of "where the hell have you been?" The past year has been an enormous one for the growth of our company, Available Light Theatre. Really, it's...
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Harvey Pekar jazz-opera at Oberlin
On Jan. 31, Harvey's opera, "Leave Me Alone" makes its world debut at Oberlin College, just a 45-minute drive from Cleveland, Ohio. And as Pekar might say, if you can't make it, don't sweat it. The...
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3 Shows, 3 Cities, 3 Weeks: Part the First
Foolin' Around With Infinity by Steven Dietz - Granville, Ohio - December 20 Infinity opened at Denison University on December 20th and ran for 2 fantastic performances. This show was a really great...
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3 Shows, 4 Cities, 4 Weeks: Part the Second
The Internationalist by Anne Washburn (This was written before The Internationalist closed, which was January 17, 2009.) Man, I love this play. I'm so glad we got it up. This one almost didn't happen....
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The Harrowing Demise of Jeune Lune
Quoth Dominique Serrand of Theatre de la Jeune Lune: "We could not get an endowment. That was made very clear to us - that we were not an institution that people wanted to invest in.." WHAT?!?! If...
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Featured Post: Obama's NEA
Many of us in the theatre community are excited about the new Obama administration and what it could mean for future support and funding of the arts. Playgoer has a really great post on the subject:...
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