Theater
Stories from folks of the thespian persuasion. After all, players will play. We promise, nothing here is overtly histrionic.

Thanks, Self, for Taking Me to SUNY Purchase
How heavy I felt when one of my professors noted that I hadn’t applied anywhere else. Why had I only applied to SUNY Purchase? Didn’t I aspire to be an actor? And the truth is, no. I aspired to keep existing.
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Support Arts Hub’s Artist Relief Fund
Hey arts-loving friends! Albuquerque’s Arts Hub is raising funds for artists impacted by the pandemic. Donate at their Facebook page or at their website at http://www.abqartshub.com/relief
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Artists on Lockdown: Call for Interviews
Many of us are stuck in isolation, unable to share or promote our work in the ways originally planned like tours, festivals, conferences, etc., so I was thinking it might be of help to offer a way to spread the word digitally about what’s happening with your work.
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Clean Water is Our Right: Dancing for Water in New Mexico
Guest Blogger Lara Segura of Keshet shares: “I find that dance, as a nonverbal art form, can make subjects that may be difficult to discuss less abrasive and more accessible. My aim with National Water Dance is to invite the community to share their thoughts, words, and movements about the universal right to clean water.”
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Pyragraph LIVE: John Fugelsang
John Fugelsang is in Albuquerque to perform “Unpresidented: The true story of a comedian trying to raise a toddler while his country was electing one” and we were lucky enough to get him into the Pyragraph LIVE studio (a.k.a. my office) to talk about comedy, politics, religion, and how he’s pulled all those elements and more into his unique creative career.
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How Theater Education Can Change the World Or, how it changed mine
Guest Blogger Jeff Andersen: “We work with students in local classrooms for an entire year teaching them how to write and perform their own plays. I see the students make the same connections I did. They realize that they can not only participate in the world around them but also, even better, help to shape it.”
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How the Travel Ban Impacts Our International Theater Festival, Artists and Humanity
Guest Blogger Juli Hendren: “Artists are not insignificant trinkets that people can take or leave. Artists reflect the world. They tell our stories. They bring us together. They show us what we have done and what we can do. They empower us. They teach us.”
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Dear Rich: Can I Quote Hemingway or Dickens in a Stage Play?
Borrowing just a few passages, combined with a transformative purpose (a fictional character’s quoting of Hemingway) makes your stage play a good candidate for fair use. The trouble with our analysis is that only a court can substantiate a fair use claim.
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Curtain Calls in Budapest
At show’s end, the audience begins applause as they would in any western theatre production. The actors appear and bow and retreat. The audience then falls into a rhythmic clapping that accelerates as the company, looking rather sullen, returns again for individual and company bows.
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Tom Hanks and the Giant Penis
Tom Hanks’ laughter slowly built into a howling wail that filled the auditorium. The louder he laughed, the lower the audience shrank in their seats.
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Audience of One: My Weird Journey to the Montreal Fringe Festival
I was a young, bright-eyed 19-year-old ready to take my comedy out of the country for the first time to the Montreal Fringe Festival.
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Burning Questions for Barney Lopez Musician and theater director holds fundraiser for student literacy program
Barney Lopez shares: “I think one of the greatest aspects of theater for the kids to learn is how to complete a large project. There are many moving parts. It’s not gonna be finished in one lesson.”
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Revolutions International Theatre Festival in Photos and Observations Tricklock Company weighs in on the rewards and difficulties
Now, let’s hear it from them. From the members of Tricklock Company, the masterminds and puppeteers behind Revolutions International Theatre Festival.
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Behind the Scenes at Revolutions International Theatre Festival
You might think that this would be best coming from a member of Tricklock Company, the hosts, curators, organizers, promoters, arbiters and chain-smokers behind Revolutions.
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My Calendar Is Sexy: Organizing the Back End of a Cultural Event
Time, around the Revolutions International Theatre Festival, is dicey.
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Dear Little Bobby: Harassed Actor, and Curious About Dave Matthews
I’ve been acting for almost twenty years, and I’ve grown more and more discontented with the industry. Where do I go from here?
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