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Thu, Dec 13 2012 13:36:49

"The Wal-Marting of American Theater & MFA's" a #newplay chat

This chat on Twitter —aka the Weekly Howl— using the hashtag #newplay took place on Thursday, Dec 13 2012.

  1. HowlRound
    HowlRound.com@HowlRound
    In prep for today's Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay, read this @walt828 post about "Wal-Marting" American Theater huffingtonpost.com/scott-walters/…
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 10:38:01
  2. HowlRound
    HowlRound.com@HowlRound
    1/3: The Weekly Howl begins!—an open Twitter chat on hashtag #newplay every Thursday—Today's topic: "Wal-Marting the U.S. Theater" & "MFA's"
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:00:03
  3. HowlRound
    HowlRound.com@HowlRound
    2/3: Remember: put "#newplay" somewhere in your tweets to get seen, & search for "#newplay" (sort by 'all') to reply to others.
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:00:17
  4. HowlRound
    HowlRound.com@HowlRound
    3/3: Contribute questions & discussion prompts for the group by putting "Q:" at the beginning of your tweet. Remember to write "#newplay".
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:00:32
  5. dtlawson
    David Lawson@dtlawson
    Know someone who likes that they see all the NYC hit plays at his local LORT. Yet WAY too many resources are spent doing ONLY that #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:01:15
  6. dtlawson
    David Lawson@dtlawson
    I'm happy to see regional hits come here to NYC. But the stuff that gets me the most is made by local artists and local companies #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:01:20
  7. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    Q: Do you see the reason I chose the "Danger of a Single Story" video? #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:01:56
  8. MariselaTOrta
    MariselaTreviñoOrta@MariselaTOrta
    I'm wondering about the relationship btw Scott's article & @Pollykcarl's recent @HowlRound piece re MFAs. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:02:20
  9. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    By the way, for those who don't know me: I wrote the HuffPo article. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:04:12
  10. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    There are two elements of the article: 1) theatre training; 2) casting. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:05:15
  11. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    So Polly's article was definitely connected. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:06:02
  12. HowlRound
    HowlRound.com@HowlRound
    @walt828 Here's the link to Chimamanda Adichie's talk "The danger of a single story" ted.com/talks/chimaman… #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:06:30
  13. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    @dtlawson Why do those plays "get you most"? #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:06:50
  14. MariselaTOrta
    MariselaTreviñoOrta@MariselaTOrta
    I saw Scott's art intersect w/Polly's. In hers I see this assumption that playwrights only have 1 path. Do alternate paths exist? #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:07:34
  15. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    @howlround Thanks for the link. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:07:45
  16. playwrightsteve
    Stephen Spotswood@playwrightsteve
    @walt828 There was convo earlier about how theatre schools need programs to teach how to go back home & start making theatre #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:07:50
  17. MariselaTOrta
    MariselaTreviñoOrta@MariselaTOrta
    @playwrightsteve @walt828 Is there any merit to just learning by doing? #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:08:42
  18. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    IMO, new paths do exist, but we don't tell our young artists about them. That's one of the main ideas of my article. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:08:56
  19. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    I suspect there is a misconception that I am attacking NYC, but I'm not. I am saying there need to be alternate routes. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:09:33
  20. playwrightsteve
    Stephen Spotswood@playwrightsteve
    For ex., there are best/worst practices for arts partnering with civic orgs/governments #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:10:09
  21. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    @playwrightsteve Yes, our programs are fixated on one path to the exclusion of others. We need programs for this. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:10:53
  22. MariselaTOrta
    MariselaTreviñoOrta@MariselaTOrta
    @walt828 Agreed. #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:11:20
  23. playwrightsteve
    Stephen Spotswood@playwrightsteve
    The wider variety of spaces, audiences, and communities you're creating theatre for, the less homogenized American theatre will be #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:11:23
  24. HowlRound
    HowlRound.com@HowlRound
    Q: Should MFA programs take the lead in fostering diverse and decentralized theater culture? How would they do that? #newplay
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:11:35
  25. walt828
    walt828 @walt828
    @mariselatorta #newplay Merit to learning by doing? Absolutely. Needs to be an online repository of best practices so people don't...
    Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:11:47

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