Boston theatre staple Whistler in the Dark closes its doors after nine seasons of shows. Artistic Director Meg Taintor wrote a letter to those who’ve supported the theatre company since 2005. Here is her letter:
Category Archives: In The Intersection
Boston Globe: Op-Ed Letter
This op-ed in the Boston Globe calls for expanded buildings for Boston Arts Academy under the leadership of a superintendent who supports arts education in schools. Read the op-ed here. Full text is below:
THE NEW Walsh administration and the School Committee desperately need to hire a school superintendent who is a strong advocate for the arts as essential to the educational success of young people. One very visible way for the city to show its commitment to the arts would be to fully endorse an expanded new facility for the Boston Arts Academy, the city’s high-performing public school for the arts that has excelled in spite of its dilapidated facilities.
For over a decade, advocates for arts education, including parents, teachers, administrators, and the presidents of the six major arts colleges in Boston, have worked hard to fulfill a vision of a school for the arts that rivals those in major cities across the nation and is worthy of Boston as a cultural and educational center. Now is the time to make it happen.
Kay Sloan
President emerita
Boston
American Theatre Magazine: The Technical Answer
An American Theatre Magazine article, The Technical Answer, talks about the advances in technology in theatre and how (or if) we are training the next generation of theatre makers in this new technology. Jared Mezzocchi (Astro Boy and the God of Comics) is interviewed in the article and talks about the multimedia class he teaches at the University of Maryland. Read the article here.
IBTimes: Unpaid Internships Offering Few Benefits
In this International Business Times article, the successful NYC production of Sleep No More comes under fire for its lack of compensation both monetarily and educationally for its unpaid interns. Read the article here.
Drama Lit Blog: Paying Actors for Promotion
In this posting from the Drama Lit Blog associated with BU’s dramatic literature courses, one student describes a theatre model that would entice actors to promote their shows in exchange for a percentage of the profits. Read the posting here.
HowlRound: Talkbacks and an Artist’s Safety
On HowlRound, playwright Lauren Gunderson discusses the violent nature of a recent comment at an audience talkback after one of her play’s performances and how we need to protect our artists. Read the article here.
Broadwayworld.com: Keen Company Announces First Playwrights Lab
Company One alum playwright Qui Nguyen (She Kills Monsters) has been announced as one of the inaugural members of Keen Company’s Keen Playwrights Lab for the 2013-2014 season. All playwrights will conceive one full-length play that falls in line with Keen Company’s mission. Read the article here.
HowlRound: The Unsustainable State of Art
In this essay on HowlRound by A. Nora Long, associate artistic director of Lyric Stage Company, she talks about how the world thrives when art and culture are given importance and the consequences of treating art as a “hobby” instead of a job with “prestige” and financial benefits. Read her essay here.
Southern California’s Theatres Convene
On December 16, artistic directors from theatre companies in Southern California met to discuss the director’s role in diversity in the theatre and what can be done to make SoCal’s theatres more inclusive. Here’s the announcement.
You can watch the panel here: Livestream.
Finally, this blogger, The Fairy Princess, gives her opinions on what the artistic directors said at the panel about the struggle for diversity including a call for action and less talking. You can read her thoughts here.
PBS Documentary Video
This PBS documentary features playwrights Tarell McCraney (The Brother/Sister Plays) and Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) amidst their process to create the next “great American play.” This video can be streamed until Jan. 14. Watch the documentary here.