tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54285493642853486652011-09-01T02:46:22.601-07:00Discussions of theatre, play creation, dramaturgy, technology in theatre, and experiments in formMoniKerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02432014177893188386noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428549364285348665.post-55152812162342303732009-06-11T15:30:00.000-07:002009-10-15T14:01:58.148-07:00

So, in a previous post I made a now embarrassing commitment to posting a weekly analysis on various Canadian plays. Ha! I fell behind after week one and then avoided this blog for five months in shame. Well, I've gone back and edited the offending post to reflect more realistic goals in order to revive this site for the coming school year. So now I simply commit to my more instinctual

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Title: Billy Bishop Goes To WarBrief Synopsis: Billy Bishop Goes To War(What Can I Say, the play delivers what it promises)Author: John Gray (Based in: Vancouver; other plays by: Rock and Roll, 18 Wheels, Don Messer’s Jubilee; What he didn’t write: "Men are From Mars Women are From Venus")Production History: Premiered in the Fall, 1978; later produced everywhere, all the freakin’ time.I have to

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Happy 2009!I'm embarking on a blog-based project called the Reading List where I'll read and discuss various Canadian plays whenever I have the time. Don't expect much. This will be in addition to writing tutorials and other info on the Playwright in Residence program here at the University of Alberta, which also will likely be sporadic at best. I'll attempt to cover a broad range of plays from

MoniKerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02432014177893188386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428549364285348665.post-45382733621777737222008-05-01T09:25:00.000-07:002009-06-16T13:34:23.569-07:00

Here's Something: Haven't posted for a while as I've been in the thick of workshops for the last few weeks starting with FUSE at Theatre Calgary, where I worked on a revised version of Skydive, which will tour next year. Here's a promotional clip for the piece with images of rehearsal as well as performance in its original version:The project will run next season at Theatre Calgary, The Centaur,

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Here's something...A double post this week, to make up for the lack of recent posts.First: Aside from the video's title referencing Samuel Beckett, it's not theatre. But it's good.

MoniKerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02432014177893188386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428549364285348665.post-6045384724762686132008-04-22T14:55:00.000-07:002008-12-11T02:25:57.324-08:00

Here’s Something: “Give the character your problem”. This was a piece of advice given me by John Lazarus when studying playwriting with him at Studio 58. When you’re stuck and not sure what to do next with your story, you’ve hit a block, or don’t know how to proceed try giving your protagonist your problem as a means of unblocking the imagination. Of course you might need to get fairly specific

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March 27, 2008Happy World Theatre Day all. Every year UNESCO publishes a message from a theatre artist of international stature to commemorate World Theatre Day. This year's message is from Canada's own Robert Lepage. Check out his message HERE.

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Here’s something: Playwright or Playwrite; Playwriting or Playwrighting; and for that matter then, is the correct term Screenwright or Screenwriter; what about Playwriter… what’s right? Is there a difference? Is this one of those British vs. American spelling issues? And if so, what do I do if I’m Canadian (or an American that just likes to appear just a little affected)? Well, it’s not a

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Here’s Something: Do you remember a story that came out sometime last year about an astronaut that was having an affair with one of her fellow spaceman, and arrested for plotting to kidnap her rival in love? If so, what details about the story do you remember? Could it be the diaper? For those that missed it, when the story broke it was revealed that this astronaut drove across the country to

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