Peter J. Kuo: Schooling the Field
ACT’s new director of the conservatory talks about teaching self-analysis, working within structures to dismantle them, and the possibilities of digital platforms.
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ACT’s new director of the conservatory talks about teaching self-analysis, working within structures to dismantle them, and the possibilities of digital platforms.
Concerts, a ‘Carol’ or 3, and a surfeit of readings, benefits, and other virtual theatre kick off December in abundant style.
Peter J. Kuo and Danyon Davis will step in for Smith, who has led the conservatory for 25 years.
This week: a Nick Cordero memorial tribute, festivals of Latinx writers and young playwrights, Harriet Harris as Eleanor Roosevelt, and a Madhuri Shekar encore.
The conservatory will present virtual productions this fall, plus four possible in-person shows for 2021.
The San Francisco company will produce a radio version of ‘A Christmas Carol,’ a film of a Heather Christian musical, plus five in-person productions.
Playwright Lydia R. Diamond and Magic Theatre’s outgoing artistic director Loretta Greco will receive degrees at a virtual graduation ceremony.
How do you rehearse via Zoom and other online platforms? Training programs are figuring it out, scene by scene.
A spate of canceled shows from Louisville to Milwaukee were caught on video before the pandemic shutdown, and now you can watch them at home.
If we can’t have theatre until we can gather again safely, what are U.S. theatres and artists going to do in the meantime, and after?