Category Archives: Theater History

Ted Talk on Building a Theater that Shape Shifts

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Joshua Prince-Ramus did a ted talk early last year on his new arictectural design for the Wyly Theater in Dallas. The new building allows for the theater to be reconfigured into several different stage types as well as opening up … Continue reading →

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Scenofest 2011 at the Prague Quadrennial

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Another Prague Quadrennial notice dropped into my inbox this morning. It was a reminder that the deadline for workshop registration at Scenofest is coming up. Scenofest is a subset of the PQ festivities that focuses on the students of performance … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 2, 2011 by

In honor of the Spring Exhibition Transformation and Revelation: UK Design for Performance 2007-2011 hosted by Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and The Society of British Theater Designers, Tom Piper (Associate Designer at the Royal Shakespeare Company) recently did a … Continue reading →

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Theater Theory Books That Changed My Practice

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Over the past 14 years I have studied theater in as many variations as I can possibly find. I took classes on design (obviously), historical dance, Shakespeare, modern dance, indian dance, theater history, playwriting, theatrical rendering, drafting, well you get … Continue reading →

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Motley Design/International Women’s Day

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Yesterday was International Woman’s Day. I spent Tuesday knee-deep in drops at Julliard, but while I was there I was thinking about the leaps and bounds that women have made in the theater industry in the past 100 years. This … Continue reading →

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