Over the last thirty years or so, a growing body of experimentation by neuroscientists has begun to suggest that human beings might not actually have free will. The conclusions to date are still tentative, and the entire area warrants (and is attracting) extensive additional research, but the early indications are clear enough to suggest that […]
Theater and Free Will Read More »
I’ve been thinking about the following quote from Peter Brook’s The Empty Space for a while now — can’t seem to shake it: Once, the theatre could begin as magic: magic at the sacred festival, or magic as the footlights came up. Today, it is the other way round. The theatre is hardly wanted and
Theater of Empiricism Read More »
Let it be known now and for all time that in the debate about whether to spell the word “theater” or “theatre,” I side with the former, for what are largely emotional and esoteric reasons. Let it be known that while I respect those who prefer “theatre,” and that I understand how they prefer to
Theater vs. Theatre Read More »
Yesterday’s post about theater-as-service inspired quite a lively discussion on the 2AM Theatre Twitter stream. Some folks heard what I was saying about audience-centric theater and seemed to connect with the same impulse. In time, most of us settled into a comfortable middle ground, which I tried to summarize in 140 or fewer characters thusly:
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For whom do you make theater? It has begun to seem to me as if there are four primary ways in which theaters orient themselves. There are theaters that are mission-centric… or perhaps the correct term would be issue-centric. These theaters have a set of core beliefs or ideals or a mission statement that inspires
Serve Yourself? No. Read More »
