skidmore theater living newsletter
Spring 2017 Studio Lab #3: “Four Ten Minute Plays”
By Zoe Lesser “Ultimately, we are looking to tell four distinct truths—a task difficult enough to achieve with just one story. Yet, we also acknowledge that we cannot mask our theatrical setting, nor will we try to—we will only reveal it further.” Director Nina Slowinski ’19 prefaces Four Ten Minute Plays with this excerpt […]
Minute-to-Minute: “Balm in Gilead” takes Compton’s
Philip Merrick ’19 attends guerilla marketing “Balm in Gilead” event at Compton’s and gives the Living Newsletter a minute-to-minute debrief of what went down.
Creating Character in Chaos: How to Exist within Balm in Gilead
Staff writer Kallan Dana ’19 investigates how the world of Balm in Gilead acts as a petri dish for the company and characters to grow and evolve—or, rather, devolve, in this semester’s upcoming Mainstage production.
Accenting Authenticity: An Inside Look at Studio Lab #3
STLN staff writer Anabel Milton sits down with director Nina Slowinski ’19, actor Philip Merrick ’19, as well as stage manager and light/sound designer Miranda Coble ’19, to discuss the collaborative, and sometimes unconventional, rehearsal process thus far.
Spring 2017 Studio Lab #2: “Knights of the Sales Office”
This production of Knights of The Sales Office, written by Hank Greene and directed by Mira Lamson Klein ’18, demonstrates the rigidity of corporate office culture and simultaneously displays how monotony can collapse with the slightest prod.
5 Questions for “Knights of the Sales Office” Director Mira Klein ’18
STLN staff writer Zoe Lesser ’19 sits down with Studio Lab director Mira Klein ’18 to discuss her upcoming production of “Knights of the Sales Office”
Spring 2017 Black Box: “Fragments”
“Common sense should determine the stage movement. Let groups form and un-form, but let it be so casual we’re not aware of it. Do not be specific about ‘where we are’ or who the characters ‘are’; they are who they portray, and they are where they are.” – Edward Albee
Spring 2017 New Works Lab #1: VOX: WOM(A)N
VOX: WOM(A)N, directed by Lebo McKoena ’18, is a devised piece that serves as an exploration of womanhood.
Inside “Fragments” with Director Shea Leavis ’17
Staff writer Philip Merrick ’19 sits down with student director Shea Leavis ’17 to get the inside scoop days before the opening of this semester’s Black Box production.
9 Questions for “VOX: WOM(A)N” Director Lebo McKoena ’18
STLN staff writer Sarah Marlin ’20 talks with director Lebo McKoena ’18 about her upcoming New Works Lab
Spring 2017 Studio Lab #1: “4.48 Psychosis”
Staff writer Kallan Dana ’19 on Rachel Karp’s production of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and the interconnectedness of suffering.
Hopes and Fears as 4.48 Approaches
Staff writer Philip Merrick ’19 sits down to speak with a few people involved in the production of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis as opening night approaches.
The Beautiful Chaos of The National College Comedy Festival
Despite icy roads and far too much snow, the college comedians arrived last Friday afternoon for what was sure to be a memorable weekend.
Back on Board
The Skidmore Theater Dept. welcomes back four juniors from all over the world in an exclusive interview with Ziggy Schulting ’18.
Fall 2016 Mainstage: “Who Will Carry the Word”
Current junior Kellina Moore ’18 on the Fall ’16 MainStage production of Who Will Carry the Word.
Fall 2016 Studio Lab #3: “Columbinus”
Staff writer Nina Slowinski ’19 on columbinus, the third Studio Lab of the Fall 2016 semester.
Fall 2016 New Works Lab #2: “The Dali Project”
Leavis had a strange errand. Why would he be worrying about boxes when his show was about to open? Upon seeing the show, I quickly realized that both the boxes and the absurd are crucial features of The Dali Project.
Fall 2016 Playwright’s Lab: “You’ll Be Fine”
Today on STLN, Editor-in-Chief Caity Cook sits down with this semester’s Playwrights Lab creative team BIlly Winter ’18 and Rebecca Rovezzi ’18 to have a chat about writing real people, challenging each other, and the importance of collaboration.
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