Making Sense of the Senseless
I have been wrestling with words since the afternoon of April 15. The immediacy of the reactions, the horror, the “is everyone OK?”, the stories. Friday–being evacuated fro…
I have been wrestling with words since the afternoon of April 15. The immediacy of the reactions, the horror, the “is everyone OK?”, the stories. Friday–being evacuated fro…
According to Careercast.com (via the Wall Street Journal), these are the five best jobs of 2013: 1 Actuary 2 Biomedical Engineer 3 Software Engineer 4 Audiologist 5 Financial Planner Accordi…
My Friends, Colleagues and Patrons The horrendous events surrounding the Boston Marathon yesterday have given us all great pause. Â We would like to extend our heartfelt condolences and pr…
Jeremy Johnson interviews Costume Designer Molly Trainer in this episode of “Live from the Library”. BIO: Molly Trainer (USA 829) is a Boston-based freelance costume designer for…
In this “What Is?” edition of “Live from the Library” Julie Hennrikus interviews Artistic Director Sherrie Johnson and Associate Curator Georgia Lyman of Outsid…
Jeremy Johnson interviews lighting designer Karen Perlow in the edition of “Live from the Library”. Karen is a freelance lighting designer in the greater Boston area. In addi…
If you are an actor attending the StageSource auditions and you don't have the required 45 copies of your headshot and resume yet, Talent Tools is here to help! We provide high quality, affo…
Just keep showing up. That's the advice I'd get over & over from teachers & colleagues when I started to pursue an acting career after college. And so I did. Then, several years into…
Last fall, StageSource hosted three conversations about diversity, inclusion, and gender parity. We made a call to the community for participants, and got a great response. These conversatio…
Kami Rushell Smith is featured on our first “What Is?” podcast. In this series, members of the community will be asked to talk about a specific aspect of our business, and give t…
Tis the season. The StageSource Job Fair is Saturday, February 23 at the Back Bay Events Center. Applications for internships and summer work are available. And there are jobs available. Her…
You’ve been waiting, we’ve been working, but finally, “Live from the Library” is Live! Here is a short podcast with Julie and Jeremy talking about the podcasts: And h…
I heard a lot of fantastic, intelligent and illuminating things at yesterday's "If I Knew Then…Directors" panel which I had the good fortune to moderate.  I learned how Scott Edmist…
2013 is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation! TCG couldn’t have been more timely in focusing its Fall Forum on the issues of Diversity and Inclusion in the theater. I…
Between teaching Arts Management classes at Emerson and working with StageSource, I spend a lot of time talking and thinking about theater. About how theater can change the world, or a commu…
As part of the StageSource Indiegogo Campaign for our “Live from the Library” initiative  we offered blog posts as a giving perk.  The following is the first of those posts…
After the TCG conference I wrote a blog post outlining action items for our community based on my take-aways from the conference. Others have approached StageSource on how they'd like to tak…
Believe it or not, I love to have meetings. I love the opportunity to have conversations with people about a specific topic, and then to listen and learn while the conversation takes differe…
In the fall of 2005, three friends were gearing up for our first show. We were new to town, and knew no actors, no designers and really nothing about how producing a show worked in Boston. (…
StageSource, Executive Director Julie Hennrikus explains, Live from the Library. Rather than bemoan the changes in funding, audiences and arts coverage, I want to embrace the possibilities t…
We want our Library to become a virtual resource that helps our theater community thrive. We want to provide videos that: Let experienced members of our community share their knowledge P…
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Dear Friends, This summer, StageSource is undertaking the challenge of raising $15,000 to transform StageSource from an office space to an artistic platform, and we need your support. StageS…
"Hi diddle dee dee You sleep till after two You promenade a big cigar You tour the world in a private car You dine on chicken and caviar An actor’s life for me!" Whoever wrote the lyri…
I have taught arts management classes for eight years. A blink. But in these particular eight years, also a lifetime of change. Now you can look at these changes two ways. On the downside, f…