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…
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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…
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…
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…
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