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So apparently the following is too “abusive” or “off topic” for the NY TIMES to post on its Arts Beat page. One thing you can’t do in posts, I guess, is criticize the critics. But because this conversation means a lot to me, and because I’ve been in it for...
- February 7, 2011
Indulge me in a little rhetorical drama, I have, on occasion, so indulged many of you. The USA needs theatre. We are a potentially free and democratic people, but when the citizens become disenchanted and politically disengaged, we disenfranchise ourselves and cede leadership to those who can tolerate swimming in...
- February 3, 2011
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FROM SOUTHERN REP, New Orleans, LA A CONVERSATION IN RESPONSE TO NEW PLAY PANEL When you talk about diversity – what does that really mean? If your audience doesn’t reflect that – what is diverse? If you want a diverse audience, are you doing work that would reflect that? Only...
- January 29, 2011
In Portland, or so they say, you can put a bird on it, and call it art. The Fertile Ground new works festival isn’t exactly as the creators of Portlandia posit — I saw no clowns or artistic birds last weekend — but the 11-day explosion of playwriting, acting, dancing and...
- January 26, 2011
This week marks the third year of the city-wide new works festival I founded in Portland: The Fertile Ground Festival. It’s happening as I type this: 70 world premiere works of theater, dance, comedy and multimedia all over the Portland area for the next 10 days. And I will not...
- January 25, 2011
Passed around Twitter feeds, posted on Facebook walls: last week’s Onion joke article. Funny, but with a twinge of ouch—not because I have ever wanted to tell the story of my life onstage, but because at different times I have written, directed, and produced non-confessional one-actor plays. Doing so, if anyone is...
- January 24, 2011
Tomorrow night, two different things are going to be done to one of my plays that have never been done before, and I’m really excited about both of them. Thing one is this: my play is going to be bootlegged. No, that doesn’t mean it’s going to be secretly recorded...
- January 17, 2011
A short film for the holidays, written by Adam Szymkowicz… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QMJ2JJZ_NY[/youtube] The Moment Featuring Susan Louise O’Connor & Jeff Biehl Written by Adam Szymkowicz Directed by Scott Ebersold “When Jane goes in to talk to her boss, in an instant of clarity, she notices something different in him that she...
- December 24, 2010
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I attended an inspiring and provoking event last night, the New York Theatre Experiment’s second “Generations” event, where Michael Mayer, Denis O’Hare, and Annie Baker talked about the future of theater. A lot of juicy topics came up, many of which I think would be fodder for their own panel...
- November 30, 2010
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