A few days ago, I had two conversations almost back-to-back. One was with an experienced and talented actor who believed they were getting the message that their career was over just becau…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 03:17PMMaybe this will become a series: “Directing is Storytelling,” “Acting is Storytelling.” Since I’m right in the thick of season planning and reading a ton of pla…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 07:06PMI posted the other day on facebook and twitter that white privilege and thin privilege are the toughest scrappers in the game– they’ll throw any kind of punch they can think of t…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 11:39AMThis is a piece about the Wooster Group’s production of Cry, Trojans!, Lantern Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar, the Lean In/Getty stock photography collaboration, and my he…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 07:57PMOnce upon a time I worked at a theatre that received two cease-and-desist orders in two seasons– one for copying dialogue from a Disney film word-for-word and performing it without per…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 03:57PMBecause what says “HAPPY NEW YEAR” better than a judgmental listicle? One thing I want to say right at the start is that this is a list borne out of my own personal experience. T…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 05:30PMWhile I could write plenty about nonsense like Asian actors being asked to do “the accent” in their audition for “Prostitute #3″ and “Kung Fu Master Criminal,&#…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 12:12PMSomeone I know recently posted some pictures of her son’s high school performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Of course I’m stoked that the kids are doing Shakespeare in…
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