Archiving Technical Theater History

Production Manager, Technical Director, Graduate Student, Ana Aguilera joins me in a brief conversation about some of the current topics happening in today's theater world.   The Theatre Art Life Podcast -  Ana Aguilera - LinkedIn Profile

Thoughts on mental well being and being in the arts.   Simone Biles withdraws from Olympics - Espn.com

"Why We Should Avoid Becoming “the Voice of the Voiceless” https://inclusivus.org/inpowered-perspectives/2017/3/8/why-we-should-avoid-becoming-the-voice-of-the-voiceless YOU DON’T! HAVE TO ENDURE IT -  NE!MUSÍŠ TO VYDRŽET - in Czech Performance European Theatre Convention Article - Click to read Article

https://stage-directions.com/all/news/theatre-buzz/yales-drama-school-goes-tuition-free-and-is-renamed-david-geffen-school-of-drama-at-yale-university/ - Yale’s Drama School Goes Tuition-Free and is renamed David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University

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After over a year on the sideline, I'm back.  It's been a challenging 13 months.  These first few podcasts are going to be rough and I look forward to working the kinks out.  Hang in there.  I've got a lot of good stuff coming your way.  

This Podcast is brought to you by The Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group. Questions, Comments, Suggestions -  - Show Email: archivett24@yahoo.com “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."   - Muhammad Ali News and Notes: TheGuardian.com - 'What even is theatre now?': the fringe artists left out in the cold ExeuntMagazine.com - Theatre’s Left Behind Freelancers Rescripted.com - Mass Resignation: A Letter from the Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble USITT - Website / Facebook USITT Education Commission - Facebook

This podcast is brought to you by the Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group. Questions, Comments, Suggestions -  - Show email: Archivett24@yahoo.com " Greatness Lies within you.  Under adversity some break records, while others simply break.  But the truth is we all have it in us to be great, and our destiny shouldn't be left up to fate.  So rather than wait I say forge ahead and create a future you dictate, and then stick two fingers up to fate"    -  Georges St. Pierre  (MMA Champion) Variety.com - UK Cultural Recovery WhatsOnStage.Com - National Theatre WhatsOnStage.Com - Open Letter TheGuardian.Com - British Theatre BBCNews.Com - Sir Alan Ayckbourn PlayBill.Com - Pride Plays StageDirections.Com - The New Group USITT - Facebook / Website

This Podcast is brought to you by The Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group. In Memoriam - David Thayer DT’s remarks - from the Celebration honoring his career, held on February 13, 2019 in Thayer Theatre in the Theatre Building News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - “#GESTEZCHEZVOUS” PARTICIPATIVE PROJECT BY COMPAGNIE HIPPOCAMPE AND THÉÂTRE VICTOR HUGO Playbill.com - Here's How to Support Freelance Immigrant Theatre Artists Impacted by COVID-19 WhatsOnStage.com - Curve Leicester to remain closed until November TwinCities.com - Guthrie Theater announces layoffs that take its staff from 262 down to 55 USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - Archivett24@yahoo.com Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.  -  Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) News and Notes: StageDirections.com - IATSE Endorses Joe Biden for President of the United States WhatsOnStage.com - Derby Theatre: 'Theatres can be a key ally in regenerating communities' TheStage.com - Supply companies: ‘We’re planning for the worst and hoping for the best’ The Guardian.com - 'Glimmer of hope': leading performers return to London's Wigmore Hall Variety.com - ‘The Expendables’ Studios Nu Boyana in Bulgaria Re-Opens USITT - Facebook 

This show is brought you to by Archiving Technical Theatre History on Facebook Questions, Comments Suggestions -  - Show Email: archivett24@yahoo.com President Obama - Commencement Speech 2020 News and Notes: Variety.com - Shakespeare’s Globe Could Close Permanently Due to Coronavirus, U.K. Legislators Warn StageDirections.Com - IATSE Hires Epidemiologists to Consult on Reopening Procedures TheTheatreTimes.com - THE INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL IS EXTENDED UNTIL MAY 31, ADDING ELEVEN NEW PRODUCTIONS StageDirections.Com - National Theatre at Home Streams Barber Shop Chronicles for Free via YouTube May 14 – 21 Playbill.com - The Daily Distraction: Tina Fey and Jonathan Groff Are 2 Lovers in the Amish Night USITT - Website / Facebook OISTAT - Website

This podcast has been sponsored by Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook Questions, Comments, Suggestions -  - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie - Physicist News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2020. A GLIMPSE INTO THE PHYSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCES. WhatsonStage.com - Sheffield Theatres to present outdoor performances of Shakespeare shows in 2020 StageDirections.com - in 1: the podcast – #98 Quarantine Happy Hour #6 Variety.com - Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Ends Broadway Run Due to Coronavirus Playbill.com - Disney Theatrical Productions Reveals Next Steps for Hercules and The Jungle Book Musicals, Aida Revival, More Playbill.com - Answering Your Questions About Convalescent Plasma Donation, COVID-19 Treatment Research, Antibody Testing and More USITT - Facebook / Website

This show is sponsored by Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook.  Bringing together the world to exchange, knowledge, experiences and the need for greater appreciation for the history of the people, places and items that have made the technical production arts.  Questions, Comments, Suggestions - -Show Archive: archivett24@yahoo.com “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” “Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”  - Coach John Wooden News and Notes: TheGuardian.com - An industry in freefall: dance sector calls for urgent help TheGuardian.com - 'We put on theatre no matter what': what will Australian stages look like post-pandemic? The Guardian.com - Zoom with a view: how lockdown art classes are booming online StageDirections.com - The Actors Fund Has Distributed over $10 Million of Financial Assistance TheatreTimes.com - WIT AND WISDOM: “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” AT THE DELACORTE THEATER Playbill.com - Playbill Teams Up With Pride Plays for Multiple Live Stream Productions Throughout June Playbill.com - Remembering Tony-Winning 'Golden Girl' Bea Arthur on Her 98th Birthday USITT - website / facebook USITT  / OISTAT Education Commission    - website / facebook

Sponsored by Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook Questions, Comments, Suggestions -  - Show Email: archivett24@yahoo.com "Somedays its just better to take the penalty than to argue with the referee." - RB   News and Notes: TheatreTimes.Com -SHAKESPEARE ON ZOOM: HOW A THEATRE GROUP IN ISOLATION CONJURED UP A “TEMPEST” WhatsOnStage.com - People likelier to spend more money on cultural events after lockdown than less, YouGov poll finds WhatsOnStage.com - WhatsOnStage announces the Lockdown Playwriting Prize StageDirections.com - Metropolitan Opera Stage Manager Co-Authors Petition to Support Entertainment Industry Workers in the Worker Relief and Security Act StageDirections.com - Next up on the Tech Table Webinar: KC Wilkerson Speaks with Projection Designer Aaron Rhyne Oistat - Facebook / Website USITT - Facebook / Website 

Show Sponsored by the Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show email:  archivett24@yahoo.com “My wife's the reason anything gets done, she nudges me towards promise by degrees. She is a perfect symphony of one our son is her most beautiful reprise. We chase the melodies that seem to find us until they're finished songs and start to play. When senseless acts of tragedy remind us that nothing here is promised--not one day. This show is proof that history remembers. We live in times when hate and fear seem stronger. We rise and fall and light from dying embers--remembrances that hope and love last longer. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. I sing Vanessa's symphony. Eliza tells her story. Now, fill the world with music, love, and pride.” ― Lin-Manuel Miranda News and Notes: WhatsOnStage.com - Hamilton Broadway recording to be released on 3 July 2020 on Disney WhatsOnStage.com - New week of performers giving live concerts from home announced The Guardian.com - Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online Playbill.com - Broadway League's Charlotte St. Martin, Roundabout and Lincoln Center Heads, More on Advisory Council to Reopen NYC's Culture Sector Playbill.com - Broadway Shutdown Extended Through the Summer Due to Ongoing Coronavirus Crisis CITT / ICTS - Facebook / Relaunching arts and culture in the aftermath of COVID-19 USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “You must strive to find your own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.” -  Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poet's Society News and Notes: Variety.com: U.K. Cinemas Won’t Reopen Sooner Than July 4, Government Confirms Variety.com: Rachel Khoo, Gok Wan Shows Among New Discovery Series to Be Filmed at Home Stage Directions.com: UNCSA’s Brett Sellitti Wins USITT’s Richard Hay Undergraduate Scene Design Award Stage Directions.com: The Event Safety Alliance Releases Guidance to Assist Event Professionals Reopening During the COVID-19 Pandemic Playbill.com: Regent’s Park Open Air Season Postponed to 2021 USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions show email - archivett24@yahoo.com Mother's Day Poem By Maya Angelou - “MOTHER, A CRADLE TO HOLD ME”  News and Notes: Variety.com - Unconventional Mom Movies to Watch on an Unconventional Mother’s Day Playbill.com - Theatre Community Comes Together May 10 for Broadway Does Mother's Day WhatsOnStage.com - 10 West End musicals to watch now on BroadwayHD USITT.com - Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “Today it may seem hard we can’t mark this special anniversary as we would wish. Instead we remember from our homes and doorsteps. But our streets are not empty. They are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other.” HRH - Queen Elizabeth News and Notes: Variety.Com - Queen Elizabeth Addresses U.K. in Rousing VE Day Speech TheatreTimes.com - POLISH SHAKESPEARE ONLINE: MAJA KLECZEWSKA’S “MACBETH” StageDirections.com - The Guthrie Theater Pushes Opening to March 2021 and a Truncated Three Show Season Reuters.com - Musicals out, one-man plays in: Broadway gets creative waiting for show to go on WhatsOnStage.com - Watch Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical By Jeeves right here for free all weekend Playbill.com - Upcoming Cast Recordings Playbill.com - Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: May 9 OISTAT Lighting Design Working Group - Facebook USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions  Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire. You're just going to have to make up your own mind one day about what's right and wrong.    - Homer Bannon ( HUD 1963) Variety.com - Will the Tonys Be Canceled? Broadway’s Biggest Night Might Not Happen in 2020 WhatsOnStage - Streaming has created the best free festival in history – but theatre needs donations to keep the show on the road Playbill.com - National Theatre to Release Streams of A Streetcar Named Desire Starring Gillian Anderson, Coriolanus, More Playbill.com - Lin-Manuel Miranda Launches Campaign Supporting Immigrant Communities Amid COVID-19 Pandemic USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions -  Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com "If you don't find the time, if you don't do the work, you don't get the results" - Arnold Schwarzenegger News and Notes: Variety.Com - Exhibitors Facing Challenges as Some German States Reopen Cinemas Variety.Com - Norway’s Cinemas Can Reopen, but for Many It’s Too Soon WhatsOnStage.com - Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Theatre Royal Sydney WhatsOnStage.com - Yard Theatre announces Animal Crossing performance as part of free digital festival Playbill.com - NYC's Shetler Studios Closes Its Doors After 30 Years Playbill.com - Broadway Dreams Launches Virtual Training Intensives USITT - Facebook