Monday, August 7, 2017
Hi, The Farm Theater spent the last three days workshopping Jan Rosenberg’s play Never Have I Ever for the College Collaboration Project. Around the table was Jan, eight very talented …
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 05:24PMTuesday, July 25, 2017
Hi, The moment that the first draft of a commissioned play arrives is as thrilling as it is nervous making. Especially a play that it is going to be produced multiple times by our partner sc…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 04:54PMSaturday, July 22, 2017
Hi, If you work in Indie Theater you have two days remaining to see Martin Denton, Martin Denton. It is a must for those of us who work in Indie Theater. It is as much a tribute to two vital…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 06:54PMFriday, May 5, 2017
Hi, We are entering into our fourth commission of the College Collaboration Project. I have made a commitment to commission female writers for the first five years. I was inspired to do thi…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 05:42PMThursday, May 4, 2017
Hey, Last week Morgan and I went to see In The Cotton at Prince George Community College in Maryland. The script was tight. The production had a response from John Gresh of Kennedy Center Am…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 11:18AMWednesday, March 22, 2017
I’m Rachel Kent and I’m currently a Junior at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. This year, for the second time in my college career, I’ve had the opp ortunity to work on a brand ne…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 09:32PMTuesday, February 28, 2017
Hi, “The only thing I care about in the first production is that the stage is covered with cotton balls.” – Morgan McGuire, Playwright – Tanner and the cotton. The ev…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 11:24AMSunday, February 26, 2017
Hi, Last night I saw Morgan’s play Tanner and the Cotton at Carroll Community College. Because this play was started later than the others it did not have the benefit of a three day wo…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 10:48PMThursday, February 16, 2017
Hi, I am grateful for the trust of the schools in the upcoming College Collaboration Project with MACPACC (Carroll, Prince George, and Howard Community Colleges). Next week I’m going d…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 07:18PMTuesday, February 14, 2017
Hi, The play at Centre College opened on Friday and closed on Saturday. Both performances were fantastic. Both post show discussions were thoughtful and rich. As I’ve written about man…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 12:06PMSaturday, February 11, 2017
Hi, At Centre College seeing the third production of Micheline’s play #Love95times. (She just added the hashtag…and changed the title completely between production two and three.…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 11:02PMThursday, December 1, 2016
Hi, We are beginning the Barnstorming Project in earnest. There’s been a design meeting. There have been rewrites. Auditions are next week. I’m excited for the conversation to be…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 07:42AMMonday, November 21, 2016
Hi, There is a great story, from Peter Brook in his book The Shifting Point, about how theater was started: “God took a piece of paper, scribbled on it, put it into a box and gave it t…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 10:02PMTuesday, November 15, 2016
Hi, I am growing to appreciate the College Collaboration Project more and more every day. There are so many pieces to it that are wonderful. The play develops The dialogue on the theme The p…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 08:12PMSunday, November 13, 2016
Hi, Went to SUNY Brockport this weekend and saw the first production of Your Wings Have Eyes. The production was fantastic. The narrative of the play seems simple. There is a party and then …
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 01:18PMThursday, November 10, 2016
Hi, I’m depressed by the results of the election. It made me think that we went backwards and shrunk as a nation. The candidate that won, and will be our President, was not inclusive …
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 12:06AMMonday, November 7, 2016
Hi, Day two was great. Christopher was inspired by the discussion and brought in 21 rewritten pages for the script. One move was to put the narrative of the ghost story right at the top. It …
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 05:12PMHi, The Farm Theater in partnership with Maryland Association of Community Colleges Performing Arts Collective (MACCPAC) made up of Carroll, Howard, Prince George Community Colleges. The Far…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 05:12PMWednesday, October 26, 2016
Hi, Over a four week period Micheline will have seen a reading at a major regional theater, two days of rehearsals at UWF, at SUNY Brockport, and then she will see the performances of both …
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 05:42AMSaturday, October 22, 2016
Hi, When I first started the Farm Theater, the name inspired by the ‘farm’ system of baseball whose mission is to cultivate early career artists, someone asked me who was my R…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 04:39PMFriday, October 14, 2016
First Steps Day one. We get to class, UWF’s black box theatre, and sit down – circled up, of course. This isn’t just any class: This is the Farm Project, and the end goal can’t be ac…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 02:40AMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Hi, Micheline’s play, Your Wings Have Eyes, in rehearsal at both SUNY Brockport and University of West Florida. Brockport is rehearsing the play for production in early November and UW…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 02:01PMMonday, August 15, 2016
As someone who is very interested in directing, acting and writing, the chance to be a part of the early stages of development for Micheline Auger’s new play (currently entitled The Descen…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 08:37AMTuesday, March 8, 2016
Welcome to the Farm Report. We will be documenting the Farm Theater’s two play development programs that are happening in 2016/17 academic year. The College Collaboration Project commi…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 04:58AM 
