This week's Theatre Talk features fight director Jared Kirby, based out of New York City. I met and was trained by Jared at the 2011 Art of Combat New York City Intensive workshop, and then came back for more punishment at the 2012 NYC workshop, where Jared introduced me to the joy of blood capsules. …
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Trapdoor is a really easy and fun theatre game that's really useful for teaching stage directions to new or young actors. You may have played a similar version of this game called Crow's Nest in gym class! It's also a great warm-up game to get everyone moving and the energy flowing! Here are the basic …
This week's Theatre Talk features Australian Fight Director Kyle Rowling. I first met “Capt” (as he's known to his students) at the 2011 Art of Combat New York City Intensive workshop. I was completely intimidated by him at first... he's super tall and imposing, but he's actually one of the kindest and most knowledgeable people you'll ever …
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That's right -- I'm so excited to be hosting my first giveaway here on the blog! And this is a great prize -- two tickets to see FUERZA BRUTA at the Daryl Roth Theatre in New York City! Celebrating 10 years worldwide, FUERZA BRUTA is an uninhibited and unforgettable show you have to see to …
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The Big Bad Musical turned out to be a pleasant surprise for me. For the spring season at Original Kids Theatre Company, I was initially assigned to only direct Nancy Drew: Girl Detective. But when the director of TBBM had to leave the show, I was asked to take it over. I admit that I …
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