tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69464149283328182972012-01-30T20:27:09.947-05:00Full of ITInsights from the The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation and the OOB community.Morgan Lindsey Tachcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862361928962463094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-15594518737511981692012-01-29T10:30:00.000-05:002012-01-29T10:30:00.809-05:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Hillary Cohen
We would like to thank Sean Williams for his awesome blogs last week.
We are excited to announce that this week's guest blogger is our very own Hillary Cohen.
Hillary Cohen shuffles corporate partnerships paperwork for Baruch College/CUNY during the day and assigns judges for the New York Innovative Theatre Awards at night. She lives in unwedded bliss in leafy Park Slope with her tireless and IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-47418758974038679662012-01-20T10:54:00.001-05:002012-01-20T10:55:32.339-05:00You don't deserve anything.
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Sean Williams.
It's the end of my week here and I feel like I've given you the sweet nutty uncle of the indy theater world, but I haven't really given you the full grouchy old man, so let me do my part to end with the advice that every old person wants to give to every young person.
You don't deserve anything.
See, this is the toughest pill to swallow,IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-58063246907758399492012-01-19T11:40:00.000-05:002012-01-19T11:40:33.700-05:00The Tale of Augie & Marlena
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Sean Williams.
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Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Sean Williams.
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Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Sean Williams.
Oh, we never take the advice of our long-toothed wizened elders, do we? When I decided to stop pursuing a career as an actor, I joked to my friend Mac, "If only someone had told me it would be so *difficult*…" We are told many of the same things, over and over again, but we just don't want to listen. And yet, it's the curse of the elders IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-72351661544551972082012-01-15T11:41:00.000-05:002012-01-15T11:41:48.873-05:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Sean Williams<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-47708072955239437102012-01-05T16:36:00.002-05:002012-01-06T11:31:34.697-05:00The Next Innovation
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Trav S. D.
My philosophy, political, ethical and aesthetic, can be summed up by this recent quote by Ken Burns: “Right now we have too much pluribus going on and not enough unum.”
It’s not an argument for conformism. It’s a search for commonality and a bridging of barriers while still retaining the special qualities that make us all unique. From many IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-7982986293720170582012-01-03T09:45:00.000-05:002012-01-03T09:45:24.313-05:00Revisiting Indie Theatre Now!
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Trav S. D.
The exerpt below is from the pilot episode of the short-lived Indie Theatre Now! television show, which premiered on Manhattan Neighborhood Network in 2009. I thought it would be fun to share since it has been little-seen and provides a nice historical background into some of the roots of the Indie Theatre movement. My guests are Ellie IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-89492422929893674972012-01-02T10:18:00.004-05:002012-01-02T10:20:30.011-05:00Happy New Year!
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Trav S. D.
This is the time for resolutions, and I thought I’d begin by discussing one I make and break every year: “honor the sacrifice.”
I’m not talking about our soldiers (all honor to them at another time, in another forum). But the dramatic language is just as valid in this more quotidian case. Artists may not risk their own necks (with IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-87733122960675783082012-01-01T10:30:00.015-05:002012-01-01T10:30:02.477-05:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Trav S.D.
We are very happy that our first blogger of 2012 will be the prolific and intrepid Trav S. D.
Performer, writer and producer Trav S.D. is best known for his 2005 book No Applause, Just Throw Money, The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous. A frequent radio guest and public speaker, his voice has been heard on the Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC), The Sound of Young America (NPR), The Joey Reynolds Show IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-72703129108295209992011-12-31T13:29:00.004-05:002011-12-31T13:29:00.256-05:00Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
Kiss someone you want to spend the night with!
IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-8030768872429808312011-12-30T10:30:00.017-05:002011-12-30T10:30:01.999-05:00What I've Learned
Contributed by Shay Gines
I am rarely, if ever, the smartest person in the room, but I am pretty good at watching and learning from people who are much smarter than me. Here are a few things that I’ve picked up:
What I learned from Doric Wilson; Giving praise is always more needed and more appreciated than you think.
What I learned from Jason Bowcutt; Asking questions is sometimes more IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-91027449285058896182011-12-27T15:45:00.000-05:002011-12-27T15:45:44.216-05:00Looking forward to 2012
We hope you all had a fantastic holiday.
We would like to thank Duncan Pflaster for his enlightening posts last week. It was a great way to close out an active and impassioned 2011.
We expect that 2012 will be a joyful and invigorating year and so we have asked these joyful and invigorating OOB artists to kick it off for us:
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false falseIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-66503295675398722892011-12-22T14:51:00.000-05:002011-12-22T17:55:02.496-05:00Part II: Being Reviewed
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week Duncan Pflaster.
I don’t have a problem with bad reviews. The wonder that is the Internet has more than proved “You can’t please everybody”; just think of your favorite movie or book (or a notorious bestseller), then go on Amazon or Rotten Tomatoes. There will always, ALWAYS be some bad reviews of whatever it is. This has helped me to come to IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-77553306248521082242011-12-19T10:51:00.000-05:002011-12-19T10:51:04.149-05:00What's in a Review?
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week Duncan Pflaster.
Hello there NYIT Readers! Very honored to be asked to be the final guest blogger of 2011! I thought it would be interesting to write about both being reviewed and reviewing, since I’m both a playwright and theatre reviewer. First up, reviewing.
First a little background: I’ve been writing theatre reviews for BroadwayWorld.com since IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-13102247269267048952011-12-18T10:53:00.001-05:002011-12-18T10:55:05.374-05:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Duncan Pflaster
We want to thank Edward Elefterion for this inspirational post last week.
We are excited that this week's guest blogger is Duncan Pflaster.
Duncan Pflaster is the author of several plays, including the award-winning fantasies The Starship Astrov, The Thyme of the Season, Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants (all available to read on Indie Theatre Now), The Empress of Sex, Sweeter Dreams, IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-29114191455970099262011-12-12T10:21:00.000-05:002011-12-12T11:25:06.738-05:00Root Hog or Die
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Edward Elefterion.
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IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-71672530056055056712011-12-11T14:53:00.001-05:002011-12-11T17:57:37.374-05:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Edward Elefterion
We are very excited that next week's guest blogger will be Edward Elefterion.
Edward Elefterion is the Artistic Director of Rabbit Hole Ensemble, which he founded in 2005. Awards: Outstanding Director, New York Innovative Theatre Award 2008; Outstanding Direction, Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007. Nominated for Outstanding Choreography/Movement by the IT Awards in 2009. Recent IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-84617889008306711342011-12-02T09:00:00.003-05:002011-12-02T09:06:51.709-05:00Oh boy, did it get spicy up in here!
We expected nothing less and you did not disappoint.
Thank you OOB for your candor, insight, thoughtful responses, passion and willingness to share it all with us.
You gave us a lot to think about. You helped clear up some complicated issues, gave us greater insight into others and provided some invaluable feedback.
We are humbled that you took the time to help us improve and become a IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-3601887716063185332011-12-01T09:30:00.004-05:002011-12-01T09:30:00.854-05:00Grab Bag: Other Ideas and Suggestions
We want to thank everyone who has contributed to the conversation so far this week.
Today is our Grab Bag Day. The last three days of our virtual town hall were dedicated to specific topics that we've had a great deal of feedback about. Today we open it up to hear about other ideas and suggestions that you might have.
Please keep in mind the ground rules.
And be gentle... : )IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-67382656371481249032011-11-30T09:16:00.000-05:002011-11-30T09:16:25.303-05:00Revisiting Award Categories
Today's topic is about our award categories. We have 19 production awards.
They are:
Outstanding Ensemble
Outstanding Solo Performance
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Outstanding Actress in a Lead RoleOutstanding DirectorOutstanding Choreography/MovementOutstanding Lighting DesignOutstanding Costume DesignOutstandingIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-27676472918653926862011-11-29T09:42:00.000-05:002011-11-29T09:42:35.068-05:00Eligibility Requirement: Budget Cap
Thank you everyone for the enlightening conversation yesterday. That post will remain active so, if you have additional thoughts or questions about ticket prices please continue to add them to the comments for that post.
Today's topic is about the production budget cap eligibility requirement. Our current qualifications state that the "Total production budget must be less than $40,000 (between IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-78600824004621183322011-11-28T09:36:00.003-05:002011-11-28T12:28:59.854-05:00Eligibility Requirement: Price of Tickets
The first question that we would like to hear from you about is an eligibility requirement. Currently our qualifications state "Ticket price must be $30 or less (between "Free" and $30)."
The average OOB ticket price is $18 to $22.50. Of course if you are working under the Equity Showcase Code, tickets are restricted to $18 or less and Seasonal Code tickets are set at $20 or less. We always IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-58491555236344258742011-11-27T13:30:00.035-05:002011-11-27T13:30:00.519-05:00Virtual Town Hall Starts Tomorrow
We hope you all had abundant Thanksgiving Days with plenty to be thankful for.
We are so excited to be holding this virtual town hall starting tomorrow. As we have mentioned, we have received quite a bit of feedback and a number of requests over the last season. We are now seeking your insight and opinions on these important questions.Monday - Eligibility: Price of tickets
Tuesday - IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-62489008637380481732011-11-24T11:00:00.000-05:002011-11-24T11:00:03.770-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!x
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." ~John F. Kennedy
"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action." ~W.J. Cameron
IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-42212660746180802212011-11-23T10:30:00.013-05:002011-11-23T10:30:02.567-05:00A Few Ground Rules
Just to make sure we stay focused and are able to address the issues that are most important to our organization in a constructive manner, we would like to submit the following ground rules for this discussion.
We have a comments policy on our blog which will remain in effect throughout this conversation.
We reserve the right to delete comments if they are:spam
hate-filled or abusive
off IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-664485712045122672011-11-22T14:21:00.004-05:002011-11-24T11:59:41.030-05:00IT Foundation BackgroundContributed by Nick MicozziPop quiz: When did the IT Awards start?2005? No, that was the year of our first ceremony. 2004? Nope, that was when the first productions were registered (by companies like Emerging Artists, International WOW, and Boomerang), and we started the first adjudications. 2003? No, that was when we started the paperwork for our incorporation and 501(c)3 status. Our IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-23556201469058252232011-11-21T07:36:00.003-05:002011-11-21T10:44:08.848-05:00Your Feedback Requested
Contributed by Shay Gines
Every year we hear feedback about the awards, the process, the experience and the other work that we do. We take community response seriously because that feedback helps improve the services that we offer and helps us more effectively reach our goals of creating a greater sense of community and promoting the Off-Off-Broadway/Indie theatre community in New York City.
IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-44484398543611846772011-11-04T00:41:00.000-04:002011-11-04T00:41:01.160-04:00There Will Be Blood…Now, How Do We Do It?
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Stephanie Cox-Williams.
I love my job when emails, text messages or phone calls go back and forth with the words “stabbing”, “disemboweling”, “massing blood flow”, “gun wounds”.
Over the years I have had my fair share of – “Help” communications. I have been fortunate to help solve these sort of problems with a great amount of people – IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-9608848055807043512011-11-02T11:35:00.000-04:002011-11-02T11:35:00.194-04:00What the Heck is a Squib?? And Other Fun Items in Theater Gore…
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Stephanie Cox-Williams.
First off, a squib is a receptacle of fluid to be disbursed at a given moment by hand or electronics in an explosive manner….or as I like to think of it….splashy, splashy gory fun blast!
Eh, hum. Moving on.
Now, two things, one I loved that when working with a particular group someone said how much they loved the wordIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-53291978261190487422011-10-31T07:57:00.000-04:002011-11-01T08:04:02.571-04:00The Zombies are Coming
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Stephanie Cox-Williams.
First off, thank you all of the Innovative Theater Foundation for asking me to come over to their sandbox and contribute. It’s a real honor!
Second, I have not really written or blogged since about April of this year. I have had a lot of great projects overt the summer Blood Brother’s Presents… and remounting one of my IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-9097423514478526782011-10-30T10:00:00.000-04:002011-10-30T10:00:11.756-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Stephanie Cox-Williams
We would like to thank Christine O’Grady for blogging for us, especially right in the middle of rehearsals for her production of Iron Curtain.
And we have a real treat for you this week as our guest blogger is Stephanie Cox-Williams.
Stephanie Cox-Williams is currently Company Manager of Nosedive Productions. She is an Actress, Special/Gore FX Designer, Director and Fight Choreographer IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-40048884902665822011-10-26T17:18:00.000-04:002011-10-26T17:18:44.640-04:00I Heart Week Three
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Christine O’Grady.
I'm about to enter my favorite part of the rehearsal process: Week Three. I LOVE Week Three. 95% of my choreography is up on its feet, and now it's time to finesse, make funny with the actors, and clarify the storytelling. I always feel a huge sense of relief when I get to this point. For me, the rough draft is always the IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-82037588284856056322011-10-25T10:19:00.001-04:002011-10-26T10:40:35.955-04:00Cossak Choreography a Click Away
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Christine O’Grady.
Cossak dancing? Check. Russian soldiers' marching technique? Check. Busby Berkley? Cyd Charisse? Fred Astaire? Check. Check. Check. What did we do before YouTube? I've been thinking about this a lot lately as I circle back to a project that I first worked on back in 2006, before countless videos were a click away.
I'm IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-71842266226319679342011-10-23T10:19:00.001-04:002011-10-26T10:27:42.154-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Christine O’Grady
Thank you Jeff Lewonczyk for your super awesome posts last week.
We are very excited to welcome this week's Guest Blogger, Christine O’Grady.
Christine O’Grady is an NYC-based Director/Choreographer. She was the Associate Choreographer for the Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR and its First National Tour and was the SSDC Observer on Legally Blonde. Off-Broadway, she contributed IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-57805576635406544402011-10-21T16:29:00.000-04:002011-10-21T16:29:39.692-04:00An Open Letter to My Six-Month-Old Son
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Jeff Lewonczyk.
Dear Dash,
By the time you are old enough to read and understand this, it will embarrass you terribly. I console myself with the fact that I’ll have embarrassed you many times by that point, and that there will still be much more embarrassment in store before this thing is over.
So I wanted to talk to you about the fact that youIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-19420439643116298652011-10-20T20:31:00.002-04:002011-10-21T10:06:00.715-04:00If You Meet Shakespeare on the Road, Kill Him Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Jeff Lewonczyk.
No, this is not a Shakespeare truther post – I’m pretty sure the guy wrote his own plays, whatever the director of Independence Day and the Godzilla remake might think about it. And either way they’re brilliant plays, duh. No, my issue here is that we see too damn much of him – that he is, in fact, a crutch that needs to be kicked IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-5838861618929650722011-10-18T18:10:00.000-04:002011-10-18T18:10:59.771-04:00Theater Is Not a Gadget
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Jeff Lewonczyk. Back in the 20th Century, when I was a freshman in college, young and bright-eyed and smarter than I’ll ever be again, I determined that the art of theater was facing one of two possible fates.
On the one hand, it could become the art of the decadent upper class, for whom the physical presence of actors and costumes and sets wouldIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-47058141268241562672011-10-17T14:47:00.000-04:002011-10-17T14:47:45.038-04:00The Unfashionable Middle
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Jeff Lewonczyk.
Today I’m going to start with a few bold, indefensible statements on the nature of American life that I feel relate to the theater, in order to indulge my prejudices, provide a moment or two of entertainment in the midst of your hectic day, and maybe – just maybe – learn a little something along the way.
So, America hates the IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-75870983945617702312011-10-16T10:30:00.007-04:002011-10-16T10:30:00.378-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Jeff Lewonczyk
Thanks so much to Clay McLeod Chapman for his great posts last week.
We are so very happy that this week's guest blogger is Jeff Lewonczyk.
Jeff Lewonczyk (writer) is Co-Artistic Director of Piper McKenzie and Associate Director of The Brick. Recent creations for The Brick include The Bubble of Solace (for the Comic Book Theater Festival, which he also executive-produced); the collaborative IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-27225155640062725872011-10-13T10:30:00.004-04:002011-10-14T16:49:47.723-04:00Trapped in a Closet: Living within the Fringe
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Clay McLeod Chapman
There’s a 3 ½ floor in the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. It’s buried at the back of the building, large enough to hold only one room. It was a janitor’s closet back when the CSV used to be Public School 160—but during the sweltering summer of 1997, in the thick of the 1st Annual New York International Fringe Festival, I IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-75329850874442938422011-10-11T09:42:00.003-04:002011-10-11T11:22:56.105-04:00Horny Goat Weed
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Clay McLeod Chapman
So the horny goat weed was probably a bad idea.
Lord only knows how many times I’d passed up the opportunity to purchase the herbal supplement from the corner deli. I’d never paid them much mind before, their tin-foil packets dangling off the rack just next to the cash register, right alongside the “rough riders” and French IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-77965129074467163092011-10-09T10:41:00.001-04:002011-10-11T09:31:59.979-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Clay McLeod Chapman
We are excited to announce that this week's guest blogger is Clay McLeod Chapman.
Clay McLeod Chapman is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. He is the author of Rest Area, a collection of short stories, and Miss corpus, a novel. Currently, he is writing a trilogy of children's novels titled The Tribe—book one, Homeroom Headhunters, is slated to hit the IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-48453007897494432762011-10-06T10:48:00.001-04:002011-10-06T10:48:00.366-04:00What is your comment policy?
We implemented a comment policy for our blog and wanted to hear from others in the community about your comment policies.
Here's ours:
We reserve the right to delete comments if they are:
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Basically if you come to our house and shit on our floor, we IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-24602063422390689452011-10-05T16:12:00.006-04:002011-10-19T10:55:49.062-04:00The Staff's Faves
Every year our staff sees lots of OOB shows. We were excited to share some of our favorites from the 2010-2011 season.
Christopher Borg:One of my favorites shows of the year was Radio Purgatory by the TheatreTHE at Dixon Place. It is so refreshing to see an indie theatre company that is doing TRULY INNOVATIVE and experimental work. Their use of the space, lighting, sound (live and recorded) IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-24097951453868418212011-10-03T09:58:00.000-04:002011-10-04T11:07:32.165-04:00Back to your regularly scheduled program
Next week we will return to hosting weekly guest bloggers from the OOB community.
We have some amazing bloggers lined up. Here is what is in store:
10/9 Clay McLeod Chapman10/16 Jeff Lewonczyk10/23 Chrstine O'Grady10/30 Stephanie Cox-Williams
Please drop-by and check out what your fellow artists are up to, thinking about and working on. Share your thoughts and join the conversationIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-58180172235489776572011-09-17T15:32:00.000-04:002011-09-21T15:46:04.711-04:00A Few ExtrasWe have a very eclectic and dynamic and somewhat opinionated group of nominees this year and we wanted to get to know them a little better so we asked them to answer a few questions about their work.
A couple of our nominees were busy working on shows (imagine that) and sent their answers a little late. But we loved what they had to say and wanted to share their thoughts with you. SoIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-56753675206658957932011-09-16T10:40:00.001-04:002011-09-16T10:40:00.444-04:00If you could work with any OOB artist, who would it be and why? We have a very eclectic and dynamic and somewhat opinionated group of nominees this year and we wanted to get to know them a little better so we asked them to answer a few questions about their work.
Here are their answers to question #5:<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte msoIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-33241021075947328472011-09-15T12:30:00.000-04:002011-09-15T12:30:03.072-04:00What was your favorite part of the show you were nominated for?
We have a very eclectic and dynamic and somewhat opinionated group of nominees this year and we wanted to get to know them a little better so we asked them to answer a few questions about their work.
Here are their answers to question #4:<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-3340411817913268322011-09-14T10:05:00.000-04:002011-09-15T10:13:15.020-04:00What was the most challenging part of the show you were nominated for? We have a very eclectic and dynamic and somewhat opinionated group of nominees this year and we wanted to get to know them a little better so we asked them to answer a few questions about their work.
Here are their answers to question #3:What was the most challenging part of the show you were nominated for?
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false falseIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-6866239392334668082011-09-12T12:25:00.001-04:002011-09-15T10:13:33.691-04:00What was your favorite OOB production that you saw this season?
We have a very eclectic and dynamic and somewhat opinionated group of nominees this year and we wanted to get to know them a little better so we asked them to answer a few questions about their work.
Here are their answers to question #2:What was your favorite OOB production that you saw this season?
“It would have to be BrainExplode, as part of The Brick's third annual Game Play festival, IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-36681381479883880452011-09-10T14:15:00.000-04:002011-09-12T14:16:17.367-04:002011 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Ceremony
2011 New YorkInnovative Theatre Awards HOSTED BY HARRISON GREENBAUM Monday, September 19, 2011begins at 7:00 pm
Cooper Union's Great Hall, located at 51 Astor Place
Tickets are on sale now for $25
(cash and checks only at the door)
Don't miss all the excitement, the entertainment and the chance to celebrate OOB's 2010-2011 season with your fellow artists.
IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-28138312640848835872011-09-08T17:14:00.000-04:002011-09-08T17:14:10.068-04:00Getting to Know the Nominees
We have a very eclectic and dynamic and somewhat opinionated group of nominees this year and we wanted to get to know them a little better so we asked them to answer a few questions about their work.
Here are their answers to question #1:
Why do you work Off-Off-Broadway?
“It’s always nice to see the whites of our audience’s eyes. These off-off-off-off-off closet spaces necessitate a more IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-22480547366514373622011-08-26T12:13:00.002-04:002011-08-26T12:15:30.439-04:00Hurricane Preparedness for the average Indie Theatre Artist
Contributed by Shay Gines
I would like to give some tips for preparing for the Hurricane. I usually send out preparedness advice only to friends, but someone said that I should post it on our blog and so... I am.
"Shay, what qualifies you to give any tips for hurricane preparedness?" You may be asking yourself. And that my friend is a fair question.
The real answer is nothing. I am not an IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-63102512649154111102011-08-09T14:10:00.000-04:002011-08-13T15:11:56.519-04:00How do you feel about comps?
Contributed by Shay Gines
I wanted to talk about something that is a little bit controversial in the OOB community - Comp Tickets. My friend Jason Bowcutt and I have had an ongoing debate about comps to Indie shows.
There are a lot of indie shows that we want to see. We don't always have the time or the money to attend all of the amazing stuff that happening in this community.
JASON'S TAKE:It IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-63974833379386272312011-08-01T10:30:00.005-04:002011-08-01T10:30:01.727-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Pete Boisvert
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011), we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question, "Why Indie Theatre?"
Artistic AutonomyThe quality that drew me to self-producing and indie theatre in the first place is the level of freedom and control it provides for the artist. You don’t need to ask anyone’s permission in order to see your creation IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-41200652982965491852011-07-30T11:03:00.003-04:002011-07-30T12:31:54.327-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Diánna Martin
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011),
we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question,
"Why Indie Theatre?"
When posed the question “Why Indie Theatre?”, I had to take a second to remind myself that the theatrical experience that I consider to be the norm is really considered Indie Theatre. Independent Theatre is a lifeline to artists and IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-23880469272010089612011-07-29T10:30:00.000-04:002011-07-29T10:30:03.423-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Frank Kuzler
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011),
we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question,
"Why Indie Theatre?"
First, I want to say thank you for asking me to be part of this. The work that the Innovative Theatre Foundation is doing is fantastic.
This is a difficult question because, as already noted, so many other questions can be read into it. IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-14430485335840099902011-07-28T10:30:00.001-04:002011-07-28T10:30:00.357-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Hope Cartelli
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011),
we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question, "Why Indie Theatre?"
Alright, get ready for the cheez – my answer to the question “Why Indie Theater?” is quite simply “It’s my family.” The one I wasn’t born into nor married into. From my theater company, Piper McKenzie, which I run with my husband Jeff IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-45954181803478100242011-07-27T10:30:00.000-04:002011-07-27T10:30:02.397-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Daniel Talbott
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011),
we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question,
"Why Indie Theatre?"
I was really excited (and scared J) when I was asked to contribute to the Indie Theatre Week blog. I love the IT Foundation and what they’ve done for the theatre community, and especially Off-Off-Broadway and the Indie Theater, and IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-60102993342544140252011-07-26T10:30:00.008-04:002011-07-28T18:14:38.578-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Heather Curran
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011), we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question, "Why Indie Theatre?"
Freedom! The Gallery Players holds a unique position in the Indie theater world. Having a home where we audition, rehearse, build and perform allows us the freedom to program an ambitious season of revivials and new works. I love IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-66170131805018879922011-07-25T10:30:00.003-04:002011-07-25T16:36:26.803-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Hamilton Clancy
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011), we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question, "Why Indie Theatre?"
To be or not to be? It's actually not a bad model for the answer to this question. Fear of death propels us all to live. Fear of anonymity propels us to move forward in our creative ventures where others would fear to tread. Should weIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-39479456061647195612011-07-24T10:30:00.006-04:002011-07-25T15:48:54.197-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Erin Smiley
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011),
we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question, "Why Indie Theatre?"
For me, this question is actually a two-parter: Why do Indie Theatre? and Why see Indie Theater? First with the doing:
At first, I did Indie theater because it was what came easily – it was where the opportunities were, so I took them.IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-30357926560827118992011-07-23T10:30:00.003-04:002011-07-25T17:22:31.523-04:00Why Indie Theatre?: Edward Einhorn
In celebration of Indie Theatre Week (July 23 - August 1, 2011),
we asked members of the OOB community to answer this question, "Why Indie Theatre?"
I began my theater company nearly 20 years ago, almost on a whim. I knew someone who owned an art gallery. I had recently read a play about art, Tom Stoppard’s Artist Descending a Staircase, which I sort of wanted to direct. I was IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-13431432598703418802011-07-21T11:30:00.039-04:002011-07-25T15:49:42.128-04:00Indie Theatre WeekJuly 23rd - August 1st, 2011
How are you celebrating Indie Theatre Week? The Community Dish, United Stages and The Innovative Theatre Foundation have several events planned to celebrate this amazing community.
Indie Theatre Midsummer Classic and Picnic
Saturday, July 23rd · 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Central Park's 65th Street ballfields
with after party at Malachy's pub (72nd and Columbus)Who will getIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-38690089359648044912011-07-18T18:14:00.007-04:002011-07-21T15:54:44.614-04:00Illuminating a Luminary
Contributed by Shay Gines
I’m going to tell you a story.
Back when I was in college - which clearly, because I am so young and vivacious and beautiful could only have been a few years ago… I was in the Actors Training Program at the University of Utah, my friend and much older classmate, Christopher Borg came to me with a play.
Now, you have to understand that Christopher had just recently IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-30184809635024820942011-07-11T13:10:00.000-04:002011-07-11T13:10:17.695-04:00What? More changes to the Nom Party?
Yes and No.
We've changed the date. The 2011 Nominee Announcement will be held on Monday August 1st.
On June 20th, we announced some changes to the Nominee Announcement party. The most significant of which was that unlike the previous nominee events, the nominees would not be informed of their nomination in advance of the public announcement. The intent was to bring a different kind of IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-47967108027828233922011-07-01T08:25:00.001-04:002011-07-01T08:25:59.272-04:00Dishin' on the Fringe with Tanya O'Debra
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Andrea Alton.
Happy Fourth of July Weekend Everyone!
My name is Molly “Equality” Dykeman and I am a poet/security guard at PS 339. My good friend Ms. Andrea Alton (she’s actually kind of a douchebag) took off to the Catskills and left me with this blog. I gotta be honest, I know nothin’ about theater. The last play I went to I fell asleep at but that IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-60585404096992237212011-06-29T15:00:00.002-04:002011-06-29T15:04:22.975-04:00From the Trenches: Stories from the Fringe
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Andrea Alton.
Hello Again Everyone!
It’s Wednesday, and my hair is looking great, I’m feeling good and my meds are in full swing, so here’s my next post. Since I shared some of my Fringe experiences in my last post, I decided to reach out to some people to get their Fringe experiences.
But…before I get to that, just a quick update on the cockroach I IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-90895637594977405502011-06-27T09:30:00.000-04:002011-06-27T09:30:36.728-04:00Navigating the Fringe
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Andrea Alton.
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We are happy to announce that this week's guest blogger is Andrea Alton.
Andrea Alton is a New York based actor, comedian, producer and award winning playwright. Favorite theatre credits include; Big Girl, Little World (NY Fringe Festival), The Strangest Kind Of Romance (Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival), Labor Day Weekend & The Chiselers (Emerging Artists Theatre), Reckless (IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-16024452432531688632011-06-22T10:21:00.000-04:002011-06-22T10:21:16.181-04:00Big Changes to the Nominee Notification Process
The IT Awards Update went out yesterday and included news about some significant changes in the way that the 2011 nominees will be notified.
Doug Strassler interviewed Executive Director, Nick Micozzi (see the full interview here):
DS: There are going to be some significant changes to nominee announcement this year.
NM: It's pretty exciting - there are two big changes: 1) Nobody will know IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-90278738177199155652011-06-17T16:59:00.001-04:002011-06-18T17:02:47.787-04:00Problem Solvers
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Crystal Skillman.
Hello fellow problem solvers - here's another fantastic idea that goes with what we were just chatting about! From David Dower - read below! A must cup of joe read: http://www.tcgcircle.org/2011/05/what-if-theatres-took-deep-dives-with-playwrights/
To take what I was saying earlier about writing for specific ensembles - certain IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-6636818786351452202011-06-15T09:19:00.002-04:002011-06-16T09:23:22.979-04:00Good Morning!
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Crystal Skillman.
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We want to thank Jack Hilton Cunningham for blogging for us last week and wish him all the best in his exciting new endeavors.
We are very overjoyed to announce that next week's guest blogger is Crystal Skillman.
Crystal Skillman is the author of recently critically praised Cut (The Management/ Horse Trade Theater Group, directed by Meg Sturiano); and The Vigil or The Guided Cradle, directed IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-78460204633348672932011-06-06T09:49:00.000-04:002011-06-06T09:49:22.675-04:00Becoming a Playwright at 73: Getting Produced, Getting Published
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Jack Hilton Cunningham.
To quote Steven Sondheim, I career from career to career. At first I thought I might be an actor but in grad school I discovered, and all on my own, that I was not. Then I decided directing was where I should focus. I took my first course in set design and I put aside my foolish notion of becoming a director and became a IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-33073724347134184812011-06-06T09:17:00.002-04:002011-06-06T09:22:17.125-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Jack Cunningham
We would like to thank Joey Rizzolo for is thought provoking post last week.
We are excited to announce that this week's blogger is Jack Hilton Cunningham.
Jack Hilton Cunningham: Jack graduated from Brooklyn College in 1968, the first MFA in Theater Design. Over the years Jack has designed scenery and costumes for opera, summer stock, Off- Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theatre. IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-90623818948067770612011-05-30T16:26:00.000-04:002011-05-30T16:26:30.316-04:00Engaging the Audience
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Joey Rizzolo.
I saw How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying this week. I didn’t buy the tickets, they were given to me. I abhor the Great White Way, but I sometimes like to peek in on enemy lines. I watched the bulk of the show with only one hand free as the other was being used to pinch my nose. And all the other provisos you would expectIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-9069555515893402012011-05-29T14:59:00.004-04:002011-05-30T15:03:06.835-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Joey Rizzolo
We want to thank Heidi G. Grumelot for her great posts last week.
We are so happy to announce that next week's blogger is Joey Rizzolo.
Joey Rizzolo is a father, carpenter, teacher, and performance artist with the New York Neo-Futurists, with whom he produces the weekly East Village staple Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind and recently Locker 4173b with Christopher Borg.IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-4906838439275823902011-05-27T13:01:00.000-04:002011-05-27T13:01:00.721-04:00The role of collaboration in artist development and community, sustainabilityContributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Heidi G. Grumelot.
To wrap up the week I wanted to talk a bit about the role of collaboration in artist development and community building. While our fundraising efforts for USM present an immediate sustainability issue (go to www.horsetrade.info and donate $50 and we will love you forever), our community and the collaborations within it are our long termIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-90531011463664049472011-05-25T11:16:00.002-04:002011-05-27T13:13:15.972-04:00Some thoughts about audience building
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Heidi G. Grumelot.
I recently got this piece of advice from a marketing professional, ‘Know your audience.’ It is more cost effective to market shows to individuals who are likely to go to theater. To that end, we have been working on our branding and website organization lately to more coherently package our eclectic mix of offerings and to help our IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-78205891462749632392011-05-23T12:27:00.003-04:002011-05-27T13:13:26.118-04:00Save UNDER St. Marks
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Heidi G. Grumelot.
Hey there I hope you’re having a lovely Monday. I thought I would write a bit about the indie theater scene from the Horse Trade perspective this week. Many of the things we are thinking about right now, beyond the May explosion of activity in our spaces, are the issues of sustainability, audience building, artist development and IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-70413236294751655762011-05-22T10:30:00.003-04:002011-05-22T16:54:49.216-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Heidi Grumelot
We want to thank Joe Mathers for his posts last week. We all had so much fun reading them.
We are happy to announce that next week's guest blogger is Heidi Grumelot.
Heidi G Grumelot is Artistic Director of Horse Trade Theater Group. She is co-creator and producer of the monthly storytelling show TOLD. She is the founding artistic director of The Drafts, an acting ensemble responsible for IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-23701191195102308462011-05-18T22:12:00.000-04:002011-05-19T10:13:15.190-04:00The Boy Who Cried "Awesome!"
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Joe Mathers.
I’d like to hear from the OOB world about something – and it’s a touchy, nasty, unpleasant subject that I think most of us stay away from.
We are our own community most of the time. Very often, when there are multiple projects all happening at the same time, we are torn between which ones to go see, which ones to spend our money onIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-80683860094416189972011-05-17T14:40:00.000-04:002011-05-17T19:57:48.766-04:00Does someone smell sawdust?
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Joe Mathers.
Hey folks, Joe Mathers again. Thanks for reading the last post I wrote, and if you didn’t, well, you’ve no one to blame but yourself. Or the internet. There’s a lot of funny stuff out there. You’ve seen the one with the kitten, right?
Ever notice that when you’re in rehearsal for an OOB show, and you show up in the rented theater IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-40121781921209796982011-05-16T10:37:00.001-04:002011-05-17T10:59:09.383-04:00Why "Do" OOB Anyway?
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Joe Mathers.
I get to follow up Gus Schulenberg?! Great. Well folks, you’d best get ready for some dumbing down. Gus is a rather prolific writer, and has a way of explaining the world in a way that makes you feel like you’ve just been raw dogged by Aristotle. In a good way.
I’ve been in NYC for the last 12 years with a variety of companies, doing IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-55200151218600561582011-05-15T10:30:00.001-04:002011-05-17T11:12:53.840-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Joe Mathers
We would like to thank August Schulenburg for his - ahem AWESOME posts last week.
We are very excited to announce that this week's guest blogger is Joe Mathers.
Joe Mathers has been in NYC since the late 90's after graduating from Syracuse University, and relocating from his home in New Jersey to Queens. As a performer, producer, electrician, carpenter, or fight choreographer (sometimes manyIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-49871360636779427842011-05-14T10:30:00.010-04:002011-05-18T17:24:18.642-04:00Document your 2010-2011 productions
Contributed by Shay Gines.
I hope you had a fantastic and very productive 2010-2011 season. I want to document and archive your theatrical activities from this last year.For the last 67 years, Theatre World has been documenting Broadway and Off-Broadway productions and has become the leading archivist of information for American theatre. In 2009 they began to include Off-Off-Broadway The IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-18238625564058464502011-05-13T14:22:00.002-04:002011-05-13T16:25:47.659-04:00We Are Such Stuff
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, August Schulenburg.
“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”
The infamous first lines of Peter Brook’s The Empty Space have set a tingle racing up the necks of undergrads ever since it was published inIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-58688747184436352222011-05-09T11:20:00.001-04:002011-05-09T13:06:47.013-04:00All Theatre is Cosmology
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, August Schulenburg.
When asking me to contribute to this blog, Shay passed on a series of thoughtful questions regarding the OOB/Indie theatre scene that I might tackle. Perhaps because I’ve recently been thinking about Big History, or because I was given Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations for my recent birthday (“he who does not know what the world is does IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-26615439342599568342011-05-08T14:03:00.001-04:002011-05-08T14:04:46.080-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: August Schulenburg
A huge thank you to Stacy Davidowitz for blogging for us last week.
This week our guest blogger will be August Schulenburg.
August Schulenburg is a playwright, actor, director, and Artistic Director of Flux Theatre Ensemble, where he is directing their upcoming production of Ellen McLaughlin's Ajax in Iraq. His produced plays include The Lesser Seductions of History, Jacob's House, Rue, IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-68871050532826339972011-05-06T08:24:00.000-04:002011-05-06T08:24:00.236-04:00“Those who can’t do, teach”????
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Stacy Davidowitz.
NYC Teaching Artists have taken the saying “Those who can’t do, teach” and flushed it down the toilet. For the sake of teachers and artists everywhere, I’m going to net-swoop that theoretical turd of a statement out of the bowl and do some exploration.
As OOB artists, we don’t all have the luxury of earning a full income with what we IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-13716097814146364792011-05-04T22:34:00.000-04:002011-05-04T22:34:00.656-04:00REJECTION: Act Two
Contributed by Guest Blogger of the Week, Stacy Davidowitz.
THE WORSTEST REJECTION LETTER EVER
(At least it made an impression, amiright?)
Last summer, I submitted a grant proposal to a children’s theatre foundation to bring a new musical to underprivileged kids in the outer boroughs of Manhattan. Nice, huh? I thought so.
Too bad for this: “Your proposal lacks weight, substance, and thought.IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-87445156357626858242011-05-02T09:43:00.005-04:002011-05-03T09:56:59.071-04:00REJECTION: Act One
The Celebration of Failure – an unproducably short play Based on a true story
By Guest Blogger of the Week, Stacy Davidowitz.
FRIEND: How was your day?
STACY: Great! I got the best rejection letter ever! (Beat) Wanna see it?(STACY crosses Kitchen Left to the fridge where we see
Hair and Catch Me magnets, a collection of postcards, photos and “thanks for letting me crash on your couch” IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-86531347204866622392011-05-01T10:06:00.001-04:002011-05-01T10:06:00.384-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: Stacy Davidowitz
We would like to thank Lil Jimmy "Smarty Pants" Comtois for blogging for us last week. You are an inspiration and a gentleman.
We are so excited that next week's blogger is Stacy Davidowitz.
Stacy Davidowitz is a playwright and actor who has had work developed and produced in New York City, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles. PINK!--soon to be published by Broadway Play Publishing--was a 2009 IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-75846973680694208842011-04-29T10:01:00.001-04:002011-04-29T10:11:27.903-04:00Auto-Pilot
Contributed by guest blogger of the week, James Comtois.
I realize I didn't completely answer the question I (or really RLewis) posed in the last entry. I guess I didn't because I didn't want to make the entry all about Yours Truly. But since this is my final blog post on this site, I guess I can make this entry a little more about myself as a means of attempting to answer: who do you make IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-34454724171552844232011-04-27T10:58:00.001-04:002011-04-29T10:11:45.648-04:00Who You Do That For?
Contributed by guest blogger of the week, James Comtois.
RLewis asks a question in the comments section in the previous entry that I'll use as a springboard for this one: when you do the theatre you do, who is it for? Let's see if we can answer that, or at the very least address it in the form of a vaguely amusing, quasi-didactic format.
The thing is, having written and produced theatre forIT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-35818217990564182602011-04-26T10:12:00.006-04:002011-04-29T10:12:13.246-04:00Upping Up the Ante
Contributed by guest blogger of the week, James Comtois.
Well lookit this. Little Jimmy Comtois going back to long-form blogging and referring to himself in the third person! But not at his usual blog. What gives?
For those of you who don't know who I am or why I'm nattering on this site, I'm a guy who writes and produces plays here in New York, mainly through my company, Nosedive IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-23814691280021342682011-04-24T10:23:00.009-04:002011-04-29T10:12:37.394-04:00Guest Blogger of the Week: James Comtois
We would like to thank Will Le Vasseur for his great blogs last week.
We are happy to announce that next week's guest blogger is James Comtois.
James Comtois is the co-founder of Nosedive Productions, which was named one of nytheatre.com's "People of the Year" in 2009. His play, The Adventures of Nervous-Boy, was nominated for a 2007 IT Award for Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role (Mac Rogers)IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-40229972776123752122011-04-20T22:50:00.001-04:002011-04-22T10:14:11.490-04:00Two Passions!?!? BLASPHEMER!
Contributed by guest blogger of the week, Will Le Vasseur.
A typical night out at a bar:
Person A: So, I’m a lawyer, what do you do?
Person B: I’m an actor/dancer/performing artist!
Person A: Ah, so which restaurant/bar do you work at?
How many times have we heard that one... People think it doesn’t get old. Oh silly silly misguided public. Not all actor/dancer/performing artist’s work in IT Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07726712726999375058noreply@blogger.com0