Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Andrea Kovich is a Seattle-based freelance dramaturg and writer. She self-identifies as a disabled artist and is passionate about collaborating with historically marginalized voices to up…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 04:41PMThornton Wilder’s Our Town, a seemingly ubiquitous play since its 1938 debut, is the very worthy, and surprisingly long overdue, subject of Howard Sherman’s recently released book, Anoth…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 04:37PMTuesday, May 4, 2021
The first exhibition dedicated to Bibiena drawings in the United States in more than thirty years, the Morgan Library & Museum’s Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy: Bibiena Drawings fr…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:40PMMonday, May 3, 2021
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state-mandated capacity restrictions, which shutdown Broadway on March 12, 2020, will be lifted May 19 in New York City. Theaters, including…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:43PMWednesday, April 21, 2021
Mark Stanley, Clifton Taylor, and a diverse community of design professionals devise a new and innovative pathway to an education in design with the establishment of Studio School of Design.…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 12:40PMWednesday, March 3, 2021
Ana Kuzmanić is Yugoslav-born costume designer for theater and opera. Her theatrical career started while studying costume and fashion design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. Since …
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 04:54PMThe Great Work Begins: scenes from Angels In America was named one of the New York Times Best Theatre of 2020 picks, noting that the production ‘showed how classic plays speak not only to …
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 04:25PMPaul Tate dePoo III is a Cuban-American scenic, projection, and production designer. Growing up in Key West, FL, he watched Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic ceremonies, as well as saw D…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 04:22PMJoshua D. Reid, an award-winning theatrical sound designer based in New York City, designs for musicals, plays, concerts, and special events on and off-Broadway, regionally, and internati…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 04:00PMI never understood the phrase ‘time is money’ until I became a props master and saw how long it took to get final drawings from designers! There’s a trickle-down effect if the drawing…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 03:39PMTuesday, March 2, 2021
Standing By! Performing Arts Workers Cautiously Optimistic about 2021 What does 2021 hold for us? Return to the Stage conducted its second wave of research in the first two weeks of January;…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 10:52AMWednesday, February 24, 2021
For Episode #104, in 1: the podcast hosts, Cory Pattak and Jen Schriever hop over the Atlantic, this time to chat with some amazing designers based in the UK. Before that, however, Howell Bi…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:57PMWednesday, February 17, 2021
Mint Theater Company, renowned for finding and producing worthwhile plays from the past that have been lost or forgotten, has continued its mission through the pandemic and theater shutdown…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 02:54PMWednesday, February 3, 2021
This past fall designer Edward Pierce was elected president of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829, IATSE and was sworn into his three-year term. Pierce, an active member of USA 829 for 25 y…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:14PMWendall K. Harrington’s career has embraced diverse disciplines including theater, dance, opera, concert touring, film, and more. Affectionately known by her students as the ‘Queen of Pr…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:12PMSven Ortel is a projection designer with 20 years of experience who works internationally and nationally creating projections and imagery for theater, opera, dance, and more. Born and raised…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:09PMWelcome to the February 2021 issue of Stage Directions magazine. As editor I have tried to cover the work of all the talented people who make theater every day. And I do mean ALL the people,…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:08PMShawn Boyle works out of Boston, MA and is a projection and lighting designer. He has an MFA from the Yale School of Drama where he studied projection design with Wendall K Harrington. See m…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:07PMKate Ducey is a Projection and Lighting Designer based in Brooklyn, NY. She has an MFA in Integrated Media from the University of Texas at Austin where she studied with Sven Ortel. She is al…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:40PMExperiential and Media Designer, Jesse Easdon is based in Austin, TX and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with an MFA in Integrated Media after studying with Sven Ortel. See …
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:33PMBased in Chicago, Rasean Davonte Johnson is a video artist and projection designer. He has an MFA from the Yale School of Drama where he studied projection design with Wendall K Harrington. …
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:28PMMaker and Projection Designer, Kristen Ferguson is based in Toronto, Canada. Studying with Wendall K Harrington, she earned an MFA in projection design from the Yale School of Drama. See mor…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:25PMSunday, January 31, 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
In the spirit of Live Aid and Farm Aid, the Live Event Industry is prepared to offer their services, in the form of COV-AID, in order to assist with increasing the speed and efficiency of va…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 01:19PMLeading Japanese lighting designer Mr. Mitsumasa Hayashi created The Robe Lighting Show – a piece of light art at the Urayasu Mai Studio of the Nihon Stage Co., Ltd. – which featured ove…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 10:28AMWednesday, January 20, 2021
NAMM’s Believe in Music Week is here! Register today so you don’t miss the Pro Production Sessions presented by PLSN and FOH magazines as part of the Entertainment Technology Track on Ja…
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