Crosstalk host Rachel Christopherson peaks behind the curtain at the shows taking center stage across Memphis.
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Researchers Sumru Erkut and Ineke Ceder discuss their study and offer suggestions for including more women and people of color in leadership positions in US regional theatres.
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When we say, “okay, let’s run that scene one more time”, we really mean “let’s maybe run this one more time, probably more like two or three”.
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Theatre Is Good at World-Building, How About World-Saving?
Working for a more sustainable, integral life onstage and off may be its own reward.
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Behind the Scenes, Theatre Students Learn the Ropes
Theatre arts students gain valuable experience behind the scenes through paid internships on faculty-supervised productions. That can lead to professional internships – and then jobs.
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Ah, money. It’s the last thing we want to think about in terms of our programs, but it is a necessary consideration. Whether you are fully funded by your district or on your own, running a program requires careful thought and management to be successful.
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18 Funny Theater Major Tweets For People Who Know It Should Be Spelled "Theatre"
It's OK, I can make fun of them because I was one.
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13 Things All Theatre Kids Can Relate To
From tech crew to leads, from directors to choreographers, if you’re involved in theatre you will immediately know what I’m talking about. We’ve been teased for our “over-dramatic ways” and our “cult-like behavior” and all the other nonsense non-thespians make up about us, we all know they’re just j
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Theatre or Theater? In stage circles, that’s a fighting word
How companies spell that one volatile word says much about their histories and theatrical sensibilities
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How ‘Slave Play’ Got 800 Black People to the Theatre
It’s not just about filling seats but about increasing access and generating an authentic conversation.
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This Is What We Do Now
Theatre is the practice of putting dreams into action, so why don’t we use this time to dream, not about some uncertain future, but about what we can start doing now?
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If a Theatre Company Does It, Is It Theatre?
Beyond Zoom readings, companies are finding new forms and collaborators, and reaching audiences far beyond any they could serve in person.
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How to be a guerrilla theatre activist
“Guerrilla theatre is a form of intervention where acts of spontaneous, surprise performance in unlikely public spaces rupture the boring-as-shit, day-to-day reality for an unsuspecting audie…
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Why this is the worst time for touring theatre in generations
Touring theatre is in an even worse state than the rest of the industry. It’s up to stars and audiences to save it
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How Musical Theatre Exposes the Truth on Mental Illness
Recent shows prove that music may be key to achieving emotional truth, progress in tough conversations and de-stigmatization of mental illness.
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Can Theatre Help Resolve Conflict?
There is very little attention paid to preventing violent conflicts before they start and making sure conflicts that have ended do not start again. One power...
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How to make your theatre production trans inclusive
Whether in a big production or on the small stage, every actor, director, and company should know how to make their show and its processes trans inclusive.
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Great outdoors: how performance broke out of the theatre come rain or shine
In getting to parts that other arts don’t reach, outdoor shows attract audiences that genuinely represent the wider population, as a new study finds
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Big audio dynamite: how theatre is moving at the speed of sound
Long treated as a final flourish, sound design is now sitting at the heart of theatre productions – and new technology means it can make drama more tense and terrifying than ever before
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Civic Theatre makes you wonder … Why drive to the Cities?
I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was involved in the Civic Theatre's latest production of "Annie."
