What does a performing artist need to know about the casting process for commercial work? What has changed or not changed in the last 21 years?
Over the course of eleven days of performance, I lose all critical perspective. The object of my idealistic love is a big, messy, erratic, many-headed monster.
It's never going to work as long as landlords get more grant money than artists.
Creative people will be creative. Give people time for the unfamiliar to become familiar. Musicals subsidize, and other lessons from the road in Minnesota.
On a road trip around Greater Minnesota, Alan Berks visits 9 representative organizations, from community theater to university theater to barn-based theater.
Get a video introduction to some of the theater makers who make Greater Minnesota safe for the performing arts. Part 1 of 3.
What possible reason can an otherwise rational person have for devoting themselves to writing new plays? Hint: It’s not the abundance of money and respect.
A completely biased, utterly subjective, unapologetically redundant, totally unsolicited list of demands about your next season.
How should a critic pick what shows to review? The Star Tribune's Graydon Royce sends us an honest question. How would you respond?
Some journalists will tell you that they haven't got time to answer their phones. Call them anyway.
Don't give reporters reason to curse you. Make sure your press release spreads word of your show, easy and smooth.
Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding is fine—I saw it once, and it was fine.
We called around the state to find out where people are going, where they come from, and what they look like. An overview here.
Specialization bad. Company good. An argument for a return to a kind of ensemble theater, regardless of the type of work you like to do.
If everyone's input is equally valuable, how many alternative theater artists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
After thousands of years of performance, most rehearsals share a surprising amount of consistency. Why? Is this good or bad? (Part 1 of 3.)
Why Hamlet is the perfect Baby Boomer.
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