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  • Directors Lab West: Day 7

    Looking back on my Day 5 post on endurance, I have to laugh. Back then, I thought I was pretty tired. Ah, youth. Day 7 began with a bang; Indy Convergence visited us to give a crash course in their process of bringing artists together to explore and share ideas. They run a 2-week residency Read more

  • Directors Lab West: Day 6

    After our break-neck day on Wednesday, I was so glad to leave my car in one spot from 9:45AM to after midnight. There was a lot less running around in the Thursday Lab sessions, too: we began the day with a round table discussion; saw some site-specific theater in parked cars after lunch (The Car Read more

  • Directors Lab West: Day 5

    This morning I am thinking about endurance. On day one, we were told “it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Having never run a marathon, this phrase means (to me) something along the lines of “chill the hell out, Amy” or even feels like a pat on the head. I know, it’s supposed to mean “pace Read more

  • Directors Lab West: Day 4

    Day 4 of Directors Lab, for me, was all about embracing my own intensity. After the Theatre Bay Area conference last week (I think it was last week – I’m not really sure what day it is anymore), I was “feeling like a crazy person.” After four days of the Lab with 36 of my Read more

  • Directors Lab West: Day 3

    Today’s post is brought to you by my iPhone, courtesy of an Internet outage at my hotel. So my thumbs and I will keep this short. I’m thinking about the idea of faith today, after the word has come up in several sessions in the last few days. On day one, I joked at orientation Read more

  • Directors Lab West: Day 2

    I’m trying something new today with the blog: going to bed at night and getting up early to write. So that’s why this post is happening at 8AM and not 2AM. I’m also hoping that my brain has had a chance for synthesis while I was sleeping, and I can do a bit more than Read more