Hello Friends, My colleague and dear friend, Derek Straat, spent 5 years in Asia teaching English. We spent three years at the Actors Studio Drama School, he on the acting track and me on the directing track. Our thesis was John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, a heady piece with gorgeous language and meaty characters. So…
Happy Fall, Friends! This month we travel east of Edinburgh to Moscow. My friend, Nicole Kontolefa, is performing her one woman show, I Am Me, in two languages – English and Russian. It’s a site unspecific one woman show that she developed in Russia. Nicole Kontolefa was born and raised in NYC and is a graduate…
Hello Friends, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is situated in the capital city of Edinburgh in Scotland. For us theatre folk, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the theatre festival version of Broadway. It’s the mother of all festivals. It’s like Oz – a real life fairy land. Most artists want it to be a part of their…
Hi Friends, Every year I give myself a few very tough challenges. That’s code for New Year’s Resolution. Each year, I manage to achieve them. Mostly because I push myself very hard to achieve them but because I truly to enjoy hitting the goal. For the 2013-2014 theatre season, I decided that I was going…
Hello from Beyond Broadway! My name is Malini Singh McDonald, and I’ll be joining Amy King Ruggaber in the Beyond Broadway Column here at The Write Teacher(s). I am a native New Yorker who has been involved in the arts for my entire life. A passionate and experienced artist and producer, I have twenty years of practical experience in…
Hello again from Beyond Broadway! This month, we’re speaking with Carolyn D. Miller, a Producer who has worked both on Broadway with Memphis: the Musical and in the Regional Theatre scene. Her most recent project is her own production company in NYC called Buck60 Productions and an outreach and service program called Broadway South. AKR: …
Happy Holidays from Beyond Broadway! This month, we’re speaking with Bonnie Monte, Artistic Director of Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) in Madison, NJ. Under her leadership over more than two decades, STNJ has evolved into one of the largest and most respected classical theatres in the nation. Ms. Monte has garnered national recognition for…
Hello from Beyond Broadway! This month, we’re speaking with Ben Moore, Managing Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre in Seattle, WA. Mr. Moore has over 40 years of experience in Regional Theatre, and was part of the team that lead SRT to win the 1990 Tony Regional Theatre Award. AKR: You’ve chosen to spend your career…
Hello from Beyond Broadway! The American Regional Theatre Movement is one of the great artistic experiments of our country, and we’re reaching out to learn what makes these artists and this aspect of theatre unique – from the specific challenges these theatres and artists face to their ever-changing audiences. This month, we’re talking to Michael…
Hello from Beyond Broadway! The American Regional Theatre Movement is one of the great artistic experiments of our country, and we’re reaching out to learn just what makes these artists and this aspect of theatre unique – from the specific challenges these theatres and artists face to their ever-changing audiences. Each month, we’ll meet someone…