Positation in Action: Director Erin Ortman's Multi-Year Journey with the Arabian Nights
By Martha Steketee. Director Erin Ortman loves musical theatre, new plays, theatre families, and William Ball's idea of "positation" that celebrates the "yes" in artistic collaborations. The development process for One Thousand Nights and One Day produced by Prospect Theater Company in New York City provides a view of Ball's philosophy in action.