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Friday, November 8, 2024

Don’t Say ‘Macbeth’ and Other Strange Rituals of the Theater World by Juan A. Ramírez and Daniel Terna

Pulling back the curtain on the peculiar customs and enduring superstitions that help define life backstage.

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Friday, January 12, 2024

Three Festival Shows Explore Toxic Society by Laura Collins-Hughes, Naveen Kumar and Juan A. Ramírez

“Queens of Sheba” and “Volcano” at Under the Radar, and “Bacon,” at International Fringe Encore Series, expound on identity, captivity and violence.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Hearing the Sound of Spanish . . . by Juan

  The Language my parents speak… This paraphrased line from Cloud Tectonics really got stuck in my head, and then when the Alcyone Festival came around the phrase eventually lea…

SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 01:45PM
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Tension Makes Good Art: Notes from the Director by Juan

  “Tension makes good art.” It’s hard to say when I originally heard this quote, or who said it to me, but it’s a phrase I constantly hear when having conversations about theatr…

SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 01:32PM