Category: general musings
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Zodiaque
Final Dress tonight for Zodiaque Dance Company’s spring concert. Mentoring my design/tech students through the process. Save
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Digital transformation, coming soon.
So much for more regular updates. I started another blog via Tumblr (here) in order to connect online with students via one of my seminar courses. It has been more of a focus the last couple months once the semester began. I’m also in process of reorganizing my online portfolio,…
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Decadence and disrepair
Alternative Spring Break: site check for RLTP’s new home for the 2015-16 season. The decadent and in disrepair Forbes Theatre. In use as the Buffalo Christian Center for the last fifty years, this hidden gem is about to be revived with new life. Looking forward to her transformation.
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Nut cracking, 6.0
Caught up in one last show, for the sixth time around, kicking off the holiday season and kicking the door closed on another semester. Cracking nuts and cracking the whip. Final projects graded. Final grades projected. Nutcracker. Friends and Family. December’s ending. Winter’s beginning. Winter solstice weekend. Sun, Snow, and…
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Storehouse: beautifully grotesque
Last weekend, in between paint calls and prepping for a new semester of teaching, I was able to tour Storehouse, presented by Torn Space. Billed as a site-specific spectacle, it did not disappoint as an immersive theatrical experience. Guided through what felt like post-apocalyptic vignettes in an abandoned factory, and…
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Research and Reading
I’m currently in process for Mary Poppins, as props coordinator/designer, and for Deathtrap, as scenic designer. In the research phase for both productions, I’m reading and scouring. I’m reading a book about research. And I’m reading for the joy of reading. Semester obligations complete, it’s a summer ahead of books…
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Horses and Hazers
Post USITT wrap up::: Insightful sessions on sustainability practices, greener theatre, opera management, upcoming Prague Quadrennial, electricity in a new age of LEDs, 3D printing safety and how lighting can effect your health. Inspirational words from Boris Kudlicka, Ann Roth, Eugene Lee and the always witty Richard Pilbrow. Tex-Mex and…
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365 plays in 365 days, and other far out ideas
As I hide from the blustery outdoors, I’m remembering the words of a woman I went to see speak last night who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning script in 3 days and 365 plays in 365 days on a whim, that she has since performed all over the world: “Entertain…
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Duality inspires
Continuously encountering a duality. Or perhaps I’m forever on the lookout for a duality. Artistic endeavors fueled by skewed mirror images. Power and Poetry. Architectural and Organic. Industry and Nature.
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There are times
There are times that you remember the past and miss the days gone by. There are times that throw you into the present. There are times that are full of emotion and mourning. There are times that you celebrate what the future has to hold. There are times that you…
Dyan Burlingame 