69 stories by "Scott Walters"
Shakespeare: 3 plays, 1 year. Today: 1 play, 3 years...or more.
Contemporary theater should "cut through the numbness, to penetrate the self-deception."
Those who actively love theater may be the biggest barriers to necessary change.
How long can the theater keep the 21st century at bay? And do we want to?
Harold Clurman said, "You can't have good plays unless you have a lot of bad ones."
Scott Timberg says that the creative class is being killed. What are you going to do about it?
The theater must not become an island for asses.
How the Grinch stole theater...
We light our candles on the candles of our predecessors.
Todd London's new book seeks to reignite the American theatre.
Hey! Theatre teacher! Leave them kids alone!
Buyer beware! A university's reputation often is little more than "folklore."
How a good pair of boots connects Shakespeare to contemporary playwrights.
We need a radical new approach to the education of young theatre artists.
Thoughts on Tracy Letts' Tony Award acceptance speech.
In the 20th century, theatre innovation focused on "isms;" the 21st will focus on business models. Seriously.
Theatre Ideas has gone inactive. I am now blogging at Creative Insubordination (http://www.creativeinsubordination.org), a new blog focused on strategies for becoming an independent artist.
…
In an essay entitled "The Deep Voice" in his book Rebuilding the Front Porch of America (a book that I recommend everyone in the arts read), Patrick Overton talks about the "ascendant" and "…
I was recently struck by the juxtaposition of three news events: the Black Friday labor protests against Wal-Mart, Mac McCelland's horrific article about online shipping warehouses published…
Today, I will be discussing arts pioneer Robert E. Gard in my course on community arts development, which gives me an excuse to report this essay I wrote about two years ago on Robert Gard's…
The first article of a weeklong series at HowlRound.com about rural arts has appeared: Dudley Cocke's Rural Theatre in a Democracy.
As the week continues, you will find the following:…
So I just got the following press release. After all this time, I don't really need to spell this out, do I? I'll highlight the cities and link to their counties. Bottom line: rich get riche…
Leo Hwang-Carlos, who will be at Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield MA this weekend to participate in a rural arts work group discussion, does a great job explaining why the economy is more tha…
Traditional writers in the mainstream media (and, as I found out a while ago, many leaders of prominent arts organizations) see bloggers as, to quote Spiro Agnew (I can't believe I am quotin…
In a few weeks, I will be traveling to Ashfield, MA for a rural arts working group meeting at Double Edge Theatre. I am looking forward not only to the conversations, but to hearing how the …
