Actors Equity Association Releases Detailed List of New COVID Safety Protocols The protocols presume that all Equity members and everyone that interacts with the actors and stage managers has been fully vaccinated. by BWW News Desk Apr. 2, 2021 Today, Actors Equity Association is taking major steps to get performers working again. “Today, I’m pleased to announce…
Skin Tone Formulas
Looking to match to a skin tone? Rit and Ben Nye have developed a library of color formulas for cotton and nylon to match most skin tones. In the guide there are tips for dying, powder to liquid conversion, scaling for dying, and both cotton and nylon formulas. All formulas were developed in partnership with…
Identity-Conscious Casting Moving Beyond Color-Blind and Color-Conscious Casting
02 February 2021 ESSAY BY LAVINA JADHWANI VICTOR VAZQUEZ In 2014, Lavina Jadhwani, a text-based director and adaptor in Chicago, wrote a piece for HowlRound about color-conscious casting after directing a production of Duchess of Malfi. In the years since, Lavina has shifted to using the term “identity-conscious casting,” because she believes identity contains multitudes…
This might be the most important article you will read this year.
The Unraveling of a Dream My life in the cast of Hamilton: An American Musical [TW: racism, mental illness, heterosexism, sexual assault, self-harm] I was an original cast member in the 1st National Tour of Hamilton: An American Musical (aka the Angelica Company). I have never been certain that I would share my experience, my realexperience, with the…
Shadow Doodle
Create a unique shadow doodle using an object from around your home or dorm…then share!
Get Outside!
Take a picture of some of the prettiest views you see during your day and post it with the time you saw it.
6 Entertaining Hotlines to Soothe Your Dystopian Lockdown Nightmares
To break up the imminent monotony, might I suggest a gorgeously Gen X habit to indulge in? Hotlines, baby. Hotlines. In the ’80s, everyone from Paula Abdul and the Fresh Prince to Hulk Hogan had them. And guess what? We totally need ’em again. Here are some hotlines to bling as the lockdown kicks in….
Accessories can say everything when that someone cannot.
The woman at the witness table did not weaponize fashion. She deputized it to speak freely and with diplomatic aplomb. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/11/15/marie-yovanovitchs-eagles-sabers-glittering-flag-spoke-before-her-testimony-began/
Headdress or warbonnet; non-Natives… why it’s not for you.
In an excellent thread, Mariah Gladstone gives us the all the reasons why non-Native people shouldn’t wear regalia. Take the time to educate yourself. For the source or to follow Mariah on Twitter…. https://twitter.com/mariahgladstone/status/1191559284582232064?s=20 #NationalNativeAmericanHeritageMonth