In the vast landscape of leadership narratives, Lorna Davis’s TED Talk, “Embracing Radical Interdependence,” stands out as a beacon of insightful wisdom and transformative thinking. With her engaging storytelling and profound insights, Davis, a seasoned leader and ambassador of the B Corp community, takes us on a journey through the pitfalls of traditional heroic leadership…
Tag: Performing Arts
Fighting for Gender, Race, and Motherhood in Theatre
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…
We’re getting closer!!!!
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…
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…
Oh, how I miss you so!
Western Costume. I suppose that there are spaces that people imagine hold all of the answers to a multitude of questions… alien landings, where the Holy Grail is stored, the street address that Elvis currently lives on… But for me, the space where my historical imagination made manifest is Western Costume.
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…
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…
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