I'm working on a creative project about somebody who gets his brain removed and put in a vat. What should I read?
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posted by HeroZero
on Mar 15, 2013 -
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My friend is trying to stage his own play at a fringe festival. But when he held auditions, hardly anyone came. What should he do?
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posted by steinsaltz
on May 11, 2012 -
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Help me find this anti-nuclear protest play I saw online at some point in the last two years.
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posted by jrb223
on Mar 25, 2012 -
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If you were doing an outdoor guerrilla community Shakespeare play, where each scene was performed in a different public place, which one would you choose?
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posted by jeffmshaw
on May 11, 2011 -
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I'm directing a high school play and need to make a bluebird fly away on stage, but using a real bird is out of the question. How can I create this effect?
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posted by MShades
on Dec 9, 2010 -
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I'm planning a theatrical event in the DC area that will require specialized boxing props, along with maybe some trophies/plaques, all by Tuesday or so. Help?
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posted by (The Rt Hon.) MP
on Sep 10, 2010 -
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Need some advice on dealing with a mentally ill person over whom I have no control.
Several months ago, I along with other people that I know, agreed to help someone put on a show. We run our own community theater company, and we have a lot of contacts – volunteers of all stripes, a couple of professional people, etc. Without detailing everything to the point of giving myself away, there were points along the way where we really thought we should quit, but this person was a friend, and we thought it would work itself out. Long story short, it has not.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 18, 2010 -
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Is there an archive somewhere that has films of specific productions of plays?
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posted by prior
on May 19, 2009 -
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HighSchoolDramaTeacherFilter: Any tips for doing documentary theater with students?
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posted by HeroZero
on Jan 23, 2009 -
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Help me find free age appropriate plays/skits/acting exercises for my 6 year old.
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posted by dejah420
on Jan 19, 2009 -
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What well-known (or lesser-known) plays are written intentionally so as to be unperformable -- only readable as scripts? I'm thinking stage directions along the lines of
pulls out a handgun and fires at random into the audience, or that instruct the actors to walk on the ceiling, or specification in the dramatis personae that goats are to be cast in speaking parts. Who's employed this device to the greatest artistic effect?
posted by electric water kettle
on Dec 25, 2007 -
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I'm thinking of a rotating platform in the floor of the stage. The platform has many partitions to make rooms, with a different set in each room. When the setting of the play changes, the platform is rotated to reveal a different set. While the actors are using one setting during the play, the partitions facing backstage are re-arranged and prepared before they are used. Is there a term for this, or is it just referred to generically?
posted by Niomi
on Dec 30, 2006 -
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