Most Popular Blog Posts from Taking Note & Taking Notes
Below are direct links to my most read and/or searched-for blog posts.
General Theatre & Film Posts:
On Getting Started in Theatre in the Boston Area - A guide for both the new in town and the newly graduated.
On Muppets, Casting, and Shakespeare - A description of a game/teaching exercise that I created. Some of the reader contributions in the comments section are fantastic.
THE AVENGERS, TROJAN WOMEN, and the Special Features Section of Live Performance - Observations on the place of backstory in popular narratives.
Playwriting
On the Continuing Evolution of a Script: My Reading of BURNING UP THE DICTIONARY with Vagabond Theatre Group - A snapshot of a specific moment in the development process of this script.
On Adapting the Marquis De Sade's JUSTINE Into an Opera for Valentine's Day - A lot of people search for Marquis De Sade operas for some reason. I suspect that my collaborators and I are on to something...
Stage Combat
Why Everyone Should Study Stage Combat - Just as the title says. I believe that this is my most popular/widely distributed post. (Also, not nearly as popular, but closely related: We All Fall Down... Safely.)
Why You Might Want To Think Twice Before Putting "Stage Combat" On Your Resume - Also just as the title says. The concepts apply to how actors present their training and abilities beyond stage combat as well. This post got very popular very quickly.
The Physical Dramaturgy of Metatheatrical Violence - Observations on fight scenes that occur in plays-within-plays.
Other
Meditations On Facing Rory Miller - Written after taking part in a weekend of seminars with Rory Miller, author of Meditations On Violence and Facing Violence.
On My Experience @ TEX: Tufts Idea Exchange and the Value of Informal Education on the Internet - Also links to a video of me giving a TED-style talk at Tufts University.
Shooting an Abuse Prevention Video for IMPACT: Ability - Acting On Camera in Somewhat Unusual Circumstances - This is a record of an acting gig with Ablevision, which is an award-winning production company operated primarily by people with disabilities.
General Theatre & Film Posts:
On Getting Started in Theatre in the Boston Area - A guide for both the new in town and the newly graduated.
On Muppets, Casting, and Shakespeare - A description of a game/teaching exercise that I created. Some of the reader contributions in the comments section are fantastic.
THE AVENGERS, TROJAN WOMEN, and the Special Features Section of Live Performance - Observations on the place of backstory in popular narratives.
Playwriting
On the Continuing Evolution of a Script: My Reading of BURNING UP THE DICTIONARY with Vagabond Theatre Group - A snapshot of a specific moment in the development process of this script.
On Adapting the Marquis De Sade's JUSTINE Into an Opera for Valentine's Day - A lot of people search for Marquis De Sade operas for some reason. I suspect that my collaborators and I are on to something...
Stage Combat
Why Everyone Should Study Stage Combat - Just as the title says. I believe that this is my most popular/widely distributed post. (Also, not nearly as popular, but closely related: We All Fall Down... Safely.)
Why You Might Want To Think Twice Before Putting "Stage Combat" On Your Resume - Also just as the title says. The concepts apply to how actors present their training and abilities beyond stage combat as well. This post got very popular very quickly.
The Physical Dramaturgy of Metatheatrical Violence - Observations on fight scenes that occur in plays-within-plays.
Other
Meditations On Facing Rory Miller - Written after taking part in a weekend of seminars with Rory Miller, author of Meditations On Violence and Facing Violence.
On My Experience @ TEX: Tufts Idea Exchange and the Value of Informal Education on the Internet - Also links to a video of me giving a TED-style talk at Tufts University.
Shooting an Abuse Prevention Video for IMPACT: Ability - Acting On Camera in Somewhat Unusual Circumstances - This is a record of an acting gig with Ablevision, which is an award-winning production company operated primarily by people with disabilities.
