Stage manager Carmelita Becnel reflects on the need to support mothers, women of color, and stage managers as creative collaborators in the rehearsal room. “I have to fight for creative, collaborative recognition as a woman. I have to fight for it as a mother. And I also have to fight for it as a person…
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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…
Life Is a Dream concept collage
I’ve always been an active dreamer. I don’t mean visions for my future, but actual dreams at night. My dreams have always been in a strange narrative style, with the depth and complexity of a movie. I see details, textures, composed shots and wish I had the time to record them in the same detail…
Redux with The Favourite and Sandy Powell
Museum reproduction or service to the script? Pardon????? I’m confused… I thought this post was about the costumes in this movie. This is neither bait and switch, nor loquacious speech that you have to wade through before you get to the damn recipe. (We’ve been there too often, right?) Bear with me, because I do…
How could we possibly look away, Cynthia? The costume design for A Series of Unfortunate Events.
First…I have to get this out of the way. Deep breaths, the blowing of the nose, the wiping of the eyes and the splash of cold water on the face. (Season 3 is the final season of A Series of Unfortunate Events.) Ok. I’ve composed myself. (Sob!) Now back to work. Three D’s. De-lightful De-licious…
Inside The Lives Of Entertainment Riggers: Tora La Rosa
TheatreArtLife has connected with a number of Entertainment Riggers across the globe to bring you their stories, experience and advice on the very crucial roles and responsibilities Riggers hold in today’s industry. Tora La Rosa is currently based in Montreal but this woman is truly a global rigger, having taken projects in some of the…
A Tale of Donations
So often the tale of donations in a costume shop is the tale of sadness. Throughout the years I’ve gotten so many donations from friends and family of clothing and accessories belonging to a loved one recently passed. Universally, these friends and family donate to extend the life of these garments and for them to…
ANNALIESE M. BAKER 