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World Theater Day
OISTAT / WSD 2025 News
Posts of the week from Facebook
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Clifton Taylor @ Showlight 2025
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Roosevelt University - CCPA
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After a long time away, a new beginning is here. Welcome to Take 2. A look in and around the the world of technical theater, research, writing, travel and the community of the arts.
I know you have list of questions and I look forward to addressing them.
Let's go.
It has been a long time since we last engaged with one another and start fresh. Welcome to Take 2 - Episode 1.
It has been over two years since our last podcast and a lot has happened since. While we don't dive completely into it right now, this is just a warm-up for what is coming up next.
We really thank you for being so patient.
We have a lot of kinks to work out before we get going in full. We'll be talking soon! We look forward to you listening.
Production Manager, Technical Director, Graduate Student, Ana Aguilera joins me in a brief conversation about some of the current topics happening in today's theater world.
The Theatre Art Life Podcast -
Ana Aguilera - LinkedIn Profile
Thoughts on mental well being and being in the arts.
Simone Biles withdraws from Olympics - Espn.com
"Why We Should Avoid Becoming “the Voice of the Voiceless”
https://inclusivus.org/inpowered-perspectives/2017/3/8/why-we-should-avoid-becoming-the-voice-of-the-voiceless
YOU DON’T! HAVE TO ENDURE IT -
NE!MUSÍŠ TO VYDRŽET - in Czech Performance
European Theatre Convention Article - Click to read Article
https://stage-directions.com/all/news/theatre-buzz/yales-drama-school-goes-tuition-free-and-is-renamed-david-geffen-school-of-drama-at-yale-university/ - Yale’s Drama School Goes Tuition-Free and is renamed David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University
www.pq.cz - PQ 2023 information
https://lifeunseen.lifewtr.com/en-us/home - Life Unseen / Lifewtr
https://wsd2021.ca/ - World Stage Design
After over a year on the sideline, I'm back. It's been a challenging 13 months. These first few podcasts are going to be rough and I look forward to working the kinks out. Hang in there. I've got a lot of good stuff coming your way.
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“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing." - Muhammad Ali
News and Notes:
TheGuardian.com - 'What even is theatre now?': the fringe artists left out in the cold
ExeuntMagazine.com - Theatre’s Left Behind Freelancers
Rescripted.com - Mass Resignation: A Letter from the Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble
USITT Education Commission - Facebook
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" Greatness Lies within you. Under adversity some break records, while others simply break. But the truth is we all have it in us to be great, and our destiny shouldn't be left up to fate. So rather than wait I say forge ahead and create a future you dictate, and then stick two fingers up to fate" - Georges St. Pierre (MMA Champion)
Variety.com - UK Cultural Recovery
WhatsOnStage.Com - National Theatre
WhatsOnStage.Com - Open Letter
TheGuardian.Com - British Theatre
BBCNews.Com - Sir Alan Ayckbourn
PlayBill.Com - Pride Plays
StageDirections.Com - The New Group
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News and Notes:
TheatreTimes.com - “#GESTEZCHEZVOUS” PARTICIPATIVE PROJECT BY COMPAGNIE HIPPOCAMPE AND THÉÂTRE VICTOR HUGO
Playbill.com - Here's How to Support Freelance Immigrant Theatre Artists Impacted by COVID-19
WhatsOnStage.com - Curve Leicester to remain closed until November
TwinCities.com - Guthrie Theater announces layoffs that take its staff from 262 down to 55
Questions, Comments, Suggestions -
Show Email - Archivett24@yahoo.com
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
- Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
News and Notes:
StageDirections.com - IATSE Endorses Joe Biden for President of the United States
WhatsOnStage.com - Derby Theatre: 'Theatres can be a key ally in regenerating communities'
TheStage.com - Supply companies: ‘We’re planning for the worst and hoping for the best’
The Guardian.com - 'Glimmer of hope': leading performers return to London's Wigmore Hall
Variety.com - ‘The Expendables’ Studios Nu Boyana in Bulgaria Re-Opens
USITT - Facebook
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President Obama - Commencement Speech 2020
News and Notes:
Variety.com - Shakespeare’s Globe Could Close Permanently Due to Coronavirus, U.K. Legislators Warn
StageDirections.Com - IATSE Hires Epidemiologists to Consult on Reopening Procedures
TheTheatreTimes.com - THE INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL IS EXTENDED UNTIL MAY 31, ADDING ELEVEN NEW PRODUCTIONS
StageDirections.Com - National Theatre at Home Streams Barber Shop Chronicles for Free via YouTube May 14 – 21
Playbill.com - The Daily Distraction: Tina Fey and Jonathan Groff Are 2 Lovers in the Amish Night
OISTAT - Website
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"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
- Marie Curie - Physicist
News and Notes:
TheatreTimes.com - INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2020. A GLIMPSE INTO THE PHYSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCES.
WhatsonStage.com - Sheffield Theatres to present outdoor performances of Shakespeare shows in 2020
StageDirections.com - in 1: the podcast – #98 Quarantine Happy Hour #6
Variety.com - Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Ends Broadway Run Due to Coronavirus
Playbill.com - Disney Theatrical Productions Reveals Next Steps for Hercules and The Jungle Book Musicals, Aida Revival, More
Playbill.com - Answering Your Questions About Convalescent Plasma Donation, COVID-19 Treatment Research, Antibody Testing and More
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“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” “Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.” - Coach John Wooden
News and Notes:
TheGuardian.com - An industry in freefall: dance sector calls for urgent help
TheGuardian.com - 'We put on theatre no matter what': what will Australian stages look like post-pandemic?
The Guardian.com - Zoom with a view: how lockdown art classes are booming online
StageDirections.com - The Actors Fund Has Distributed over $10 Million of Financial Assistance
TheatreTimes.com - WIT AND WISDOM: “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” AT THE DELACORTE THEATER
Playbill.com - Playbill Teams Up With Pride Plays for Multiple Live Stream Productions Throughout June
Playbill.com - Remembering Tony-Winning 'Golden Girl' Bea Arthur on Her 98th Birthday
Sponsored by Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook
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"Somedays its just better to take the penalty than to argue with the referee." - RB
News and Notes:
TheatreTimes.Com -SHAKESPEARE ON ZOOM: HOW A THEATRE GROUP IN ISOLATION CONJURED UP A “TEMPEST”
WhatsOnStage.com - People likelier to spend more money on cultural events after lockdown than less, YouGov poll finds
WhatsOnStage.com - WhatsOnStage announces the Lockdown Playwriting Prize
StageDirections.com - Metropolitan Opera Stage Manager Co-Authors Petition to Support Entertainment Industry Workers in the Worker Relief and Security Act
StageDirections.com - Next up on the Tech Table Webinar: KC Wilkerson Speaks with Projection Designer Aaron Rhyne
