News & Notes

  • Letters to the editor: November 2008

    Editorial

    We encourage thoughtful comments, ideas, disagreements, and criticism. Write us. Here are some of the messages we’ve been sent so...

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  • I ♥ difficult actors

    Editorial

    "There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." —Leonard Cohen

    The skipped line. The...

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  • Los Angeles, take six

    Editorial

    I’ve been to Los Angeles six times in my life. I love it there, mostly because it’s a fun game...

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  • Eleven tips for rehearsal

    Editorial

    1. The moment you can, send out a rehearsal schedule. Just dates and time blocks, not some minute-to-minute thing. Then...

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  • Dumb as planned

    Editorial

    Whenever I teach improvisation, someone will inevitably ask, “How do you rehearse improv? Isn’t it all just made up?” The...

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  • A rehearsal proposal

    Editorial

    Did you know that people who study medicine can specialize in the anatomy and structure of the ear? There are...

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  • Inside outside

    Editorial

    From Sunday, August 17 to Sunday, August 24, Stuart Pimsler and Suzanne Costello, along with five company dancers—Brian J. Evans...

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  • Inside outside (the photos)

    Editorial
    At Play

    Videographer V. Paul Virtucio, Brian J. Evans, Laura Selle Virtucio, Roxanne Wallace, Kari Mosel, director Stuart Pimsler, dramaturg and Tofte...

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  • The conventional unconventional

    Editorial

    Bob Rosen, one of the former artistic directors of Theatre de la Jeune Lune, was chasing Live Action Set co-artistic...

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  • Silhouettes

    Editorial

    I love working with actors in rehearsal. It's my laboratory. It's a place I am free to fail without recrimination...

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  • Space for rent

    Editorial
    Editor's Note 2015: Be aware that some of this information may be out of date. This article was originally published...
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  • Rehearsal in progress

    Editorial
    The doors open at the Guthrie rehearsal studios.

    The doors open at the Guthrie rehearsal studios.

    Makeup artist Crist Ballas helps Clarence Wethern apply bruises for Theatre Pro Rata's Killer Joe.

    Makeup artist Crist Ballas helps Clarence Wethern apply bruises for Theatre Pro...

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