As an actor, I love auditions. As a director and choreographer, I love them even more. But there are some traditional norms…
THEATRE
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In the TellingPerformanceTheatre
Episode 73 Is Acting Creative? A debate between actors Brandon Green and Kate Williams
by Lizby LizActor Brandon Green and actress Kate Williams debate whether acting is creative or interpretive. Brandon’s hot take? Acting is perhaps the least…
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Directing, choreographing, and writing for musical theatre with Jim Christian, former professor at Weber State University at the creative force behind multiple…
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I’m excited to talk about the ingenuity, passion and craftsmanship of the immersive theatre experience.
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Lifelong LearningMy Own Artistic Endeavors
The Sacred Text of Theatre – The Natyashastra
by Lizby LizCool stuff I’ve begun learning about Vedic Theatre from my certificate program at NYU.
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“We are here to support workers whether it’s their first day, or their thirtieth year.” Allison Smartt, IATSE representative
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Actress Nadia Sine met with me over Zoom in the Stay-at-home social distancing of 2020 to talk with me about being a black actress in the predominantly white theatre industry. I really wanted to have this conversation, one-on-one to help me process as I look at what I can do and should do and will do about institutional racism in my own theatre community.
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Film & TheatreMy Own Artistic EndeavorsOnlineProducerQuarantined
Love’s Labours Lost: a Virtual production
by Lizby LizThe play asks what love really is, what is reasonable to do for it, what kinds of love are appropriate, and whose story should get a happy ending. Pretty heavy stuff for a light and fluffy comedy!
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Community TheatreFilm & TheatreMy Own Artistic EndeavorsProducer
Closed Casting, Pre-Casting and Auditioning by Invitation Only
by Lizby LizI am a director and an actress both. As an actress I have lately been pre-cast and invited to closed auditions. As a director I have held closed casting session and pre-cast entire productions. These situations can make performers really frustrated, so I wanted to dig in and examine my thinking, experiences and reasonings.
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Interviewed for “In the Telling” podcast Episode 7 – Collaboration Creation, theatre director and actor Josh Richardson shares his insights, advice and process doing…