Coming in the next couple of weeks.

This week

Dan and I discuss the nature of performance art with an eye towards a specific incident that happened in New York City. We will be using the incident as a jumping off point rather than the complete focus of the discussion. We want you to be a part of this conversation, so here are some links to news stories that we are looking at and many of them are NSFW:

http://gothamist.com/2010/03/01/ps1_censors_performance_art.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/arts/dance/06cinderella.html

http://idiommag.com/2010/03/this-better-be-decent-interview-with-ann-liv-young/

http://artforum.com/video/mode=large&id=21614

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/dance/2108/pure-as-the-driven-snow

 

This is not an exhaustive list, but something to get the old juices flowing...

[joke]

Rather than the usual Thursday release, this post will be available on Friday.

 

Next week

We talk with Larry Herold, award winning Dallas area playwright, about his play THE SPORTS PAGE and his experiences as a playwright in the area as well as the usual Stage Directions banter. Should be an interesting interview. 

Little change

Because of a change in the schedule of the Coleman piece that we are working on (a longer form covering the production), we will be bringing you an interview with Kathleen Culebro and Rebecca Allard of Amphibian Stage Productions a week early. Lucky you. We were hosted by Kathleen at her home near the cultural district in Ft. Worth last week and had a delightful conversation about a company that has made great inroads into the theatre community through their dedication to high quality scripts and high production values. I know you will enjoy the conversation and put Amphibian Stage Productions on your theatre viewing schedule (if you haven't already).

I attended their staged reading of "Three Hotels" by Jon Robin Baitz last night and enjoyed the reading very much. I have to admit, I was surprised by how well attended the reading was (nearly a full house in the auditorium) and it was a pleasure to see how the audience reacted to such a challenging piece of theatre. Hosted by The Modern in Ft. Worth, the reading series is a way for the Phibs to have a continued presence in the community outside of their regular mainstage series. What a setting for a staged reading! Surrounded by the the concrete and glass before the reading and then swaddled in the beautiful auditorium for the reading itself, the audience was prepared for the work that it was about to see and put into a mindframe that allowed for openness to the work being presented. If you get a chance to check out a reading there, by all means do it.

Look for the interview and podcast on Thursday.

 

CDT

Podcast with Brad McEntire of Audacity Theatre Lab

Podcast with Brad McEntire

24 August interview with Brad McEntire of Audacity Theatre Lab

 

Video interview with Brad McEntire

Night of rain and tornado...

Dan and I had a great interview tonight with Kathleen Culebro and Rebecca Allard of Amphibian Stage Productions. Look for it in the coming weeks!

Also look for the interview with Brad McEntire tomorrow.

All this new content, we spoil you.

Hope all stayed safe during the tornado and the downpour, Dan was chased out of Dallas this evening with the sound of sirens on his tail.