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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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…
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…
Red and Circle Mirror Transformation
After a series of terrific preliminary design meetings for two senior project plays directed by Donovan Olsen and Anthony Reale, we send out into the ether our excitement to support the vision that these designers and directors are working so hard to craft!
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 