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After a long time away, a new beginning is here. Welcome to Take 2. A look in and around the the world of technical theater, research, writing, travel and the community of the arts. I know you have list of questions and I look forward to addressing them. Let's go.

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It has been over two years since our last podcast and a lot has happened since. While we don't dive completely into it right now, this is just a warm-up for what is coming up next. We really thank you for being so patient. We have a lot of kinks to work out before we get going in full. We'll be talking soon! We look forward to you listening.

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This Podcast is brought to you by The Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group. Questions, Comments, Suggestions - - Show Email: archivett24@yahoo.com “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing." - Muhammad Ali News and Notes: TheGuardian.com - 'What even is theatre now?': the fringe artists left out in the cold ExeuntMagazine.com - Theatre’s Left Behind Freelancers Rescripted.com - Mass Resignation: A Letter from the Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble USITT - Website / Facebook USITT Education Commission - Facebook

This podcast is brought to you by the Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group. Questions, Comments, Suggestions - - Show email: Archivett24@yahoo.com " Greatness Lies within you. Under adversity some break records, while others simply break. But the truth is we all have it in us to be great, and our destiny shouldn't be left up to fate. So rather than wait I say forge ahead and create a future you dictate, and then stick two fingers up to fate" - Georges St. Pierre (MMA Champion) Variety.com - UK Cultural Recovery WhatsOnStage.Com - National Theatre WhatsOnStage.Com - Open Letter TheGuardian.Com - British Theatre BBCNews.Com - Sir Alan Ayckbourn PlayBill.Com - Pride Plays StageDirections.Com - The New Group USITT - Facebook / Website

This Podcast is brought to you by The Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group. In Memoriam - David Thayer DT’s remarks - from the Celebration honoring his career, held on February 13, 2019 in Thayer Theatre in the Theatre Building News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - “#GESTEZCHEZVOUS” PARTICIPATIVE PROJECT BY COMPAGNIE HIPPOCAMPE AND THÉÂTRE VICTOR HUGO Playbill.com - Here's How to Support Freelance Immigrant Theatre Artists Impacted by COVID-19 WhatsOnStage.com - Curve Leicester to remain closed until November TwinCities.com - Guthrie Theater announces layoffs that take its staff from 262 down to 55 USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - Archivett24@yahoo.com Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. - Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) News and Notes: StageDirections.com - IATSE Endorses Joe Biden for President of the United States WhatsOnStage.com - Derby Theatre: 'Theatres can be a key ally in regenerating communities' TheStage.com - Supply companies: ‘We’re planning for the worst and hoping for the best’ The Guardian.com - 'Glimmer of hope': leading performers return to London's Wigmore Hall Variety.com - ‘The Expendables’ Studios Nu Boyana in Bulgaria Re-Opens USITT - Facebook

This show is brought you to by Archiving Technical Theatre History on Facebook Questions, Comments Suggestions - - Show Email: archivett24@yahoo.com President Obama - Commencement Speech 2020 News and Notes: Variety.com - Shakespeare’s Globe Could Close Permanently Due to Coronavirus, U.K. Legislators Warn StageDirections.Com - IATSE Hires Epidemiologists to Consult on Reopening Procedures TheTheatreTimes.com - THE INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL IS EXTENDED UNTIL MAY 31, ADDING ELEVEN NEW PRODUCTIONS StageDirections.Com - National Theatre at Home Streams Barber Shop Chronicles for Free via YouTube May 14 – 21 Playbill.com - The Daily Distraction: Tina Fey and Jonathan Groff Are 2 Lovers in the Amish Night USITT - Website / Facebook OISTAT - Website

This podcast has been sponsored by Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook Questions, Comments, Suggestions - - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie - Physicist News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2020. A GLIMPSE INTO THE PHYSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCES. WhatsonStage.com - Sheffield Theatres to present outdoor performances of Shakespeare shows in 2020 StageDirections.com - in 1: the podcast – #98 Quarantine Happy Hour #6 Variety.com - Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Ends Broadway Run Due to Coronavirus Playbill.com - Disney Theatrical Productions Reveals Next Steps for Hercules and The Jungle Book Musicals, Aida Revival, More Playbill.com - Answering Your Questions About Convalescent Plasma Donation, COVID-19 Treatment Research, Antibody Testing and More USITT - Facebook / Website

This show is sponsored by Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook. Bringing together the world to exchange, knowledge, experiences and the need for greater appreciation for the history of the people, places and items that have made the technical production arts. Questions, Comments, Suggestions - -Show Archive: archivett24@yahoo.com “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” “Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.” - Coach John Wooden News and Notes: TheGuardian.com - An industry in freefall: dance sector calls for urgent help TheGuardian.com - 'We put on theatre no matter what': what will Australian stages look like post-pandemic? The Guardian.com - Zoom with a view: how lockdown art classes are booming online StageDirections.com - The Actors Fund Has Distributed over $10 Million of Financial Assistance TheatreTimes.com - WIT AND WISDOM: “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” AT THE DELACORTE THEATER Playbill.com - Playbill Teams Up With Pride Plays for Multiple Live Stream Productions Throughout June Playbill.com - Remembering Tony-Winning 'Golden Girl' Bea Arthur on Her 98th Birthday USITT - website / facebook USITT / OISTAT Education Commission - website / facebook

Sponsored by Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook Questions, Comments, Suggestions - - Show Email: archivett24@yahoo.com "Somedays its just better to take the penalty than to argue with the referee." - RB News and Notes: TheatreTimes.Com -SHAKESPEARE ON ZOOM: HOW A THEATRE GROUP IN ISOLATION CONJURED UP A “TEMPEST” WhatsOnStage.com - People likelier to spend more money on cultural events after lockdown than less, YouGov poll finds WhatsOnStage.com - WhatsOnStage announces the Lockdown Playwriting Prize StageDirections.com - Metropolitan Opera Stage Manager Co-Authors Petition to Support Entertainment Industry Workers in the Worker Relief and Security Act StageDirections.com - Next up on the Tech Table Webinar: KC Wilkerson Speaks with Projection Designer Aaron Rhyne Oistat - Facebook / Website USITT - Facebook / Website

Show Sponsored by the Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook Group Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show email: archivett24@yahoo.com “My wife's the reason anything gets done, she nudges me towards promise by degrees. She is a perfect symphony of one our son is her most beautiful reprise. We chase the melodies that seem to find us until they're finished songs and start to play. When senseless acts of tragedy remind us that nothing here is promised--not one day. This show is proof that history remembers. We live in times when hate and fear seem stronger. We rise and fall and light from dying embers--remembrances that hope and love last longer. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. I sing Vanessa's symphony. Eliza tells her story. Now, fill the world with music, love, and pride.” ― Lin-Manuel Miranda News and Notes: WhatsOnStage.com - Hamilton Broadway recording to be released on 3 July 2020 on Disney WhatsOnStage.com - New week of performers giving live concerts from home announced The Guardian.com - Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online Playbill.com - Broadway League's Charlotte St. Martin, Roundabout and Lincoln Center Heads, More on Advisory Council to Reopen NYC's Culture Sector Playbill.com - Broadway Shutdown Extended Through the Summer Due to Ongoing Coronavirus Crisis CITT / ICTS - Facebook / Relaunching arts and culture in the aftermath of COVID-19 USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “You must strive to find your own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.” - Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poet's Society News and Notes: Variety.com: U.K. Cinemas Won’t Reopen Sooner Than July 4, Government Confirms Variety.com: Rachel Khoo, Gok Wan Shows Among New Discovery Series to Be Filmed at Home Stage Directions.com: UNCSA’s Brett Sellitti Wins USITT’s Richard Hay Undergraduate Scene Design Award Stage Directions.com: The Event Safety Alliance Releases Guidance to Assist Event Professionals Reopening During the COVID-19 Pandemic Playbill.com: Regent’s Park Open Air Season Postponed to 2021 USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions show email - archivett24@yahoo.com Mother's Day Poem By Maya Angelou - “MOTHER, A CRADLE TO HOLD ME” News and Notes: Variety.com - Unconventional Mom Movies to Watch on an Unconventional Mother’s Day Playbill.com - Theatre Community Comes Together May 10 for Broadway Does Mother's Day WhatsOnStage.com - 10 West End musicals to watch now on BroadwayHD USITT.com - Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “Today it may seem hard we can’t mark this special anniversary as we would wish. Instead we remember from our homes and doorsteps. But our streets are not empty. They are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other.” HRH - Queen Elizabeth News and Notes: Variety.Com - Queen Elizabeth Addresses U.K. in Rousing VE Day Speech TheatreTimes.com - POLISH SHAKESPEARE ONLINE: MAJA KLECZEWSKA’S “MACBETH” StageDirections.com - The Guthrie Theater Pushes Opening to March 2021 and a Truncated Three Show Season Reuters.com - Musicals out, one-man plays in: Broadway gets creative waiting for show to go on WhatsOnStage.com - Watch Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical By Jeeves right here for free all weekend Playbill.com - Upcoming Cast Recordings Playbill.com - Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: May 9 OISTAT Lighting Design Working Group - Facebook USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire. You're just going to have to make up your own mind one day about what's right and wrong. - Homer Bannon ( HUD 1963) Variety.com - Will the Tonys Be Canceled? Broadway’s Biggest Night Might Not Happen in 2020 WhatsOnStage - Streaming has created the best free festival in history – but theatre needs donations to keep the show on the road Playbill.com - National Theatre to Release Streams of A Streetcar Named Desire Starring Gillian Anderson, Coriolanus, More Playbill.com - Lin-Manuel Miranda Launches Campaign Supporting Immigrant Communities Amid COVID-19 Pandemic USITT - Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com "If you don't find the time, if you don't do the work, you don't get the results" - Arnold Schwarzenegger News and Notes: Variety.Com - Exhibitors Facing Challenges as Some German States Reopen Cinemas Variety.Com - Norway’s Cinemas Can Reopen, but for Many It’s Too Soon WhatsOnStage.com - Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Theatre Royal Sydney WhatsOnStage.com - Yard Theatre announces Animal Crossing performance as part of free digital festival Playbill.com - NYC's Shetler Studios Closes Its Doors After 30 Years Playbill.com - Broadway Dreams Launches Virtual Training Intensives USITT - Facebook

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com “I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me, too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.” – Frida Kahlo News and Notes TheatreTimes.com - HOW TO SUPPORT THE ARTS DURING A PANDEMIC Variety Online - U.K. Casting Directors’ Guild Calls on Film, TV Industries to Safeguard Theater WhatsOnStage - Complicité's The Encounter starring Simon McBurney to be streamed for free online StageDirections - in 1: the podcast – #97 Quarantine Happy Hour #5 Playbill.com - Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop Wins 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama USITT - Facebook / Website ATTH - Archiving Technical Theater History Canon Timeline of Theatrical History - Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com “When Gone Am I, The Last Of The Jedi Will You Be. The Force Runs Strong In Your Family. Pass On What You Have Learned.” "Do or Do not. There is no try" -Master Yoda News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - “GATORS” AT TRAMP PRODUCTIONS TheatreTimes.com - “BEAUTY & THE BEAST:” CHILDREN’S STORY, A UNIVERSAL MESSAGE WhatsOnStage - Theatre News Playbill.com - Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: May 4 USITT - Facebook

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. -Desmond Tutu News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - LOCKDOWN: A TESTING TIME FOR SURABHI THEATRE ARTISTES IN HYDERABAD TheatreTimes.com - A THEATRE PROJECT EXPLORES COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO SAVING THE OCEAN Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - Radio Atmospheres 2020 Blog / Facebook Society of British Theatre Designers - Facebook Timeout.com - PBS is now streaming plays from its Great Performances series for free Timeout.com - The 50 best plays of all time WhatsOnStage.Com - Seven Disney films that belong on stage

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email: archivett24@yahoo.com If you want to make a difference in the lives of the people you lead, you must be willing to walk alongside them, to lift and encourage them, to share moments of understanding with them, and to spend time with them, not just shout down at them from on high. -Tony Dungy News and Notes TheatreTimes.Com - “WISE CHILDREN” AT YORK THEATRE ROYAL Stage Directions Magazine - Shure Webinar: History of the Unidyne 55 Microphone Playbill.com - This day in Theatre History Oistat Lighting Design Working Group - Facebook WhatsOnStage.com - Stage shows, musicals and opera you can watch online now for free

Questions, Comments, Suggestions. Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ― Nelson Mandela News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - “DE LEGE ZAAL: BROKEN SHAPES” – RIMAH JABR AND DAREEN ABBAS / MOUSSEM TheatreTimes.com - DRINK FROM THE WELL OF YOURSELF: “PLAY IN YOUR BATHTUB” AS QUARANTINE COMFORT THEATRE TheatreTimes.com - TRY AGAIN. FAIL AGAIN. FAIL BETTER. USITT- Facebook / Website

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com “There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. There's only us. There's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other road. No other way. No day but today. I can't control my destiny. I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give into love, or live in fear. No other course, no other way. No day but today” - Johnathon Larson (Playwright of the Musical "Rent") News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - CULTURE MATTERS: LLUÍS PASQUAL, PEDRO ALMODÓVAR AND SPAIN’S CULTURAL SECTOR RESPOND TO THE SEEMING INDIFFERENCE OF THE COUNTRY’S MINISTER OF CULTURE StageDirections.com - Live Streamed Webinar, Tech Table hosted by KC Wilkerson Premieres May 2, 2020 with Natasha Katz StageDirections.com - A talk with BroadwayHD founders Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane Playbill.com - Theatre Community Bands Together to Help Children Affected by COVID-19 With The Homebound Project Playbill.com - Celebrate Jonathan Larson's Rent With These 10 Iconic Quotes USITT - Facebook / Website Archiving Technical Theater History - Facebook group

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “What’s the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you get experience? Wrong decisions.” – John Wayne News and Notes - Theatre Times - “ISOLATION” BY THE UNKNOWN PEN Theatre Times - "ALEXANDRIAN ARTIST DANCES DURING QUARANTINE IN EMPTY PUBLIC SPACES" Theatre Times - MUSICALS DOMINATING TEHRAN’S THEATERS: THE BOX OFFICE’S POPULAR TREND USITT - Facebook / Website Stage Directions - Backstage@Home: Antique Letter Writing with Props Stage Directions - The Winchester Little Theatre Miniature Prop Room: An Eye for Detail

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com "A wise bear always keeps a marmalade sandwich in his hat in case of emergency." Paddington Bear News and Notes The Guardian - 'Theatre kept my mind so activated': the existential crisis of Sydney's 'standing ovation man' WhatsOnStage - A theatre in Massachusetts is planning to re-open this August with strict social distancing measures and solo shows WhatsOnStage - Rose Theatre Kingston launches poetry reading series featuring Christopher Eccleston, Angellica Bell and more Playbill.com - Opera Philadelphia to Stream Its World Premiere Productions of Breaking the Waves, Denis & Katya, More Playbill.com - 16 Theatre-Related Online Resources for Kids and Families to Get You Through COVID-19 Stage Directions Magazine - National Theatre at Home: Next up, Frankenstein Streaming for Free Stage Directions - Facebook USITT Facebook - Facebook

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com “There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death. Each of us rides them both. To live life with dignity, to celebrate and accept responsibility for your presence in the world is all that can be asked of anyone.” — August Wilson News and Notes Passing of Tony Hall - Trinidad Theatre Workshop Theatre Times - THEATRE DURING SELF-ISOLATION: DANGER AS OPPORTUNITY WhatsOnStage - English National Opera to hold drive-in performances at Alexandra Palace WhatsOnStage - Watch the Bring It On UK and Ireland tour cast rehearse in isolation Playbill.com - Watch: Celebrating 50 Years of Company The Guardian - Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online The Guardian - 'It felt like shutdown took my future': 50 creatives launch online dramas USITT - USITT Facebook

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com "The life of a play begins and ends at the moment of the performance. It is here that authors, actors and directors express what they have to say. If the play has a future, a chance to last, it can only reside in the memory of those who were present and who have kept a trace of it in their hearts. No form or interpretation is eternal. In theatre a form must be fixed for a short time, then it must pass. As the world changes, there will always be and must always be new and totally unpredictable performances". Peter Brook News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - THE MAGIC IS IN THE MINIATURE: TOY THEATRE THRIVES ONLINE DURING QUARANTINE TheatreTimes.com - VR, THEATRE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMERSION The Stage - Coronavirus: Three more months of lockdown could end our careers, say 35% working in comedy Playbill.com - Cast of Broadway's Sing Street to Perform Benefit Concert From Their Homes Around the World Playbill.com - Watch Drew Gasparini's Virtual Concert for We Aren’t Kids Anymore WhatsOnStage - Six musical releases worldwide performance from isolation featuring casts from the West End, Broadway and more Scenography - Facebook Scenography - POP - Palladio Olimpico Project It is a new initiative of the Municipality of Vicenza to try to make the visit to the Olympic Theater innovative through a narrative model, conceived by Alessandro Baricco and the Scuola H]olden. Now watch this video. http://www.comune.vicenza.it/…/attrattiv…/teatroolimpico.php http://www.teatrolimpicovicenza.it/

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “We define ourselves far too often by our past failures. That’s not you. You are this person right now. You’re the person who has learned from those failures. Build confidence and momentum with each good decision you make from here on out and choose to be inspired.” -Joe Rogan News and Notes: Theatre times.com - ITALIAN RESILIENCE AGAINST COVID-19: SINGERS AND VIRTUAL CHOIR WhatsOnStage.com - Olivia Colman and Gary Oldman to perform children's work in special online showcase Playbill.com - Annie Dorsen, 600 Highwaymen, and More Among Artists Commissioned to Make Work for Onassis USA's Enter Project Timeout.com - The best live streams and online initiatives by local theatre groups (Singapore) EasternEuropeanMovies.com - Link

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com “Integrity is everything to me. I will not die ashamed. I will live on my deathbed knowing that I gave it my best shot, and everything else is meaningless to me.” ― Lemmy Kilmister News and Notes: The Theatretimes.com - THE CRISIS STAGE - Posted by Lara Staal | 24th Apr 2020 | Essay, Germany, Theatre and Science Stage Directions - OPERA America: COVID-19 Updates for Relief - Stage Directions • Industry NewsTheatre Buzz • April 24, 2020 Playbill.com - 1 Month Later: How The Actors Fund Is Navigating a Difficult Time for the Performing Arts Community Timeout.com - The best theatre to watch online right now Orlando Sentinel - ‘Virtually Yours’: Athens Theatre sells tickets to carefully produced show USITT - USITT Facebook USITT Webinars Schedule

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com Show Quote: “The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.” ― William Shakespeare, King Lear News and Notes: TheatreTimes.com - MUST THE SHOW GO ON DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK? - Posted by Nobuko Tanaka TimeOut Sydney - Four female composers present awesome new one-act operas on Facebook / Carriageworks Facebook - Playbill.com - Track Upcoming Virtual Theatrical Live Streams, Performances, Panels, and Classes Stage Directions Magazine - Stratford Festival Offers Free Shakespeare Productions Virtually Stage Directions Magazine - Joint Letter: A Message to the Working Professionals in the Entertainment Industry from Unions and Guilds USITT - Resume Doctors and Portfolio Reviews / Facebook Page USITT - Alex Pregel Sound design

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com Show Quote: “The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.” —John Paul II News and Notes: WhatsOnStage.com - Shakespeare's Globe's The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream to be streamed on BBC iPlayer WhatsOnStage.com - All or Nothing West End musical to be streamed on YouTube Playbill.com - How to Support a Theatre Company and Stream a Show While Social Distancing Playbill.com - Lin-Manuel Miranda Announces Virtual School Program, #EduHam at Home StageDirections.com - Stratford Festival On Film: King Lear for Shakespeare’s Birthday StageDirections.com - 2019 Stage Manager Survey Results! USITT - Facebook

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com Show Quote: The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results. (James Dean) News and Notes Theatre Times.Com - Main Page STREET PLAY “SHEHER-E-NAQAB” BRINGS AWARENESS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS - Article / Original Article DRAMA DURING COVID-19: HOW THEATRE IS GOING ONLINE - Article / Original Article Whats On Stage.com - Main Page USITT -Facebook Arri Lighting -Richard Cadena Webinar Series "Woza Africa: Theatre in the African Context" is a free digital education resource from the African Theatre Association (AfTA) designed for secondary schools, drama/ theatre groups or interested individuals who may want to use it, especially with the current challenges of homeschooling. - Link Here VISUAL ARTS CONTEST - Scenic Artists, Fabricators, and Set Designers - Facebook Post Taylor Acevedo FTLO Theater is seeking visual artists to send in images of your paintings, photos, sketches, cosplay art, quilts, etc. inspired by the tale of "The Soldier and Death” (as can be seen summarized at the bottom of this post). Your Artwork could be featured on FTLO's Facebook page and in YouTube radio play series. Please send all submissions via FTLO Theatre messenger. 3 contestants of all ages will win $25 gift cards. 3 contestants under the age of 17 will win $10 gift cards. So Get crafting folks! We can’t wait to see what you come up with. Stay safe and stay artsy. The Soldier & Death:

Questions, Comments, Suggestions Show email - Archivett24@yahoo.com Usitt- Facebook Stage Directions - Facebook Stage Directions Magazine -Testing Company Classifies ETCP Certified Technicians as Essential Personnel If you are an entertainment technician and are interested and available and interested in being contacted to aid in the effort, please sign up here: etcp.esta.org/helpfightcovid. Further information from ETCP: https://etcp.esta.org/ WhatsonStage.com - Kiln Theatre will offer free online masterclasses for aspiring creatives during lockdowns. Playbill.Com - New York City Ballet Launches Digital Spring Season Facebook Groups to Visit - Archiving Technical Theater History / Scenography / Technical Theatre Educators “I was thinking that if what distinguishes us as humans is our stupidity, what may redeem us is our grace.” ― Earl Lovelace

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com News and Notes: One World: Together at Home Concert : NY Times article / Youtube Video USITT New@Noon and Forum@Four Schedule - Link London Theatre Co. UK- Secret Cinema to launch series of immersive cinematic experiences to take part in at home Asmita Theatre Group - Facebook Link - Indian College Quarantine Theatre Festival' by Asmita Theatre Group. Daily at 1pm at Asmita theatre Face book page and 11am on YouTube channel. J4 Design - Website Stage Directions Magazine - Behind the Scenes Launches Entertainment Industry Therapist Finder Find links to resources, the online self-assessment tool, and information about the initiative and programs at btshelp.org/mentalhealth. Follow us @BeScene_BTS. You can access the Entertainment Industry Therapist Finder at: https://www.helppro.com/EITF/BasicSearch.aspx "Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." -Native American Proverb

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com News and Notes: Stage Directions - David Gallo Design Hosts Mystery Design 3000: Treasure Island Stage Directions - 4Wall Entertainment’s Annual Vendor Showcase Is Going Virtual Whats on Stage - Michael Ball, Captain Thomas Moore and NHS Choir release "You'll Never Walk Alone" for charity / Song Download Charity Link Playbill.com - High School Theatre Students Bring the Show Online by Olivia Clement / Oregon Thespians - Youtube Video The Theater Times - THE STORY BEHIND ANDREW SSEBAGGALA’S “MOTHER UGANDA” The Theater Times - JUAN MAYORGA: A VIEW FROM MADRID The Theater Times - “THE CONDITIONS ARE NEVER IDEAL:” IN CONVERSATION WITH MELANIE LOMOFF The Theater Times - THE THEATRETIMES.COM LAUNCHES THE SECOND EDITION OF IOTF: INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL Festival Page - Link Ask help from the spirits after having used all your strength. —Ugandan Proverb

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com News and Notes: CNN.C0m - War veteran 'Captain Tom,' 99, raises $15 million for NHS as he completes garden challenge USITT - Facebook / Website Archiving Technical Theater History - Facebook Stage Directions Magazine - The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association Launches Student Sound Designer Connection / Facebook Stage Directions Magazine - Statement from Actors’ Equity Association on Theaters Seeking to Resume Production by Michael Eddy Stage Directions Magazine - Industry Pitches In: IATSE Partners with Los Angeles Regional Food Bank If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are. - Rza (Wu Tang Clan)

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show Email - archivett24@yahoo.com News and Notes: USITT -Facebook / Website Stage Directions Magazine - Alley Theatre Rehires Laid Off Employees with Support from the CARES Act Theatre Times - DONALD HOWARTH (1931-2020) PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR – AN OBITUARY. Theatre Times - CORONAVIRUS HAS DIMMED THE LIGHTS ON LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. WHAT NOW FOR EVENT MANAGERS? Theatre Times - Website Playbill.com - More Full-Length Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Coming to YouTube "Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound." - Chuck D (Frontman - Public Enemy)

Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com Passing of Wynn Handman - New York Post Obit Stage Directions : in 1: the podcast – #95 Quarantine Happy Hour #3 Stage Directions : Union Stagecraft Technicians Aid in Temporary Field Hospital Implementation Playbill.com - New Date Set for Streaming of Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway Concert Playbill.com - Metropolitan Opera to Present a Live Streamed, Globe-Trotting 'At-Home Gala' American Theatre Magazine - DISPATCHES FROM QUARANTINE BBC.Com - Arts and Entertainment - How live theatre is still running despite lockdown Archiving Technical Theater History - Facebook Alexsandar Lalicki Posavec, Andrea Bilkey, Anna Haas, Bob Foreman, Chris Van Goethem, David Oliver, David Savage, Ed Goetz, Evan Baker Frank Mohler II, Gary Gardner, Geronimo Reyes, Gina Patterson, Hugh Chinnick, Ian Grey, Ivo Kersamekers, Janet Rose, Jodi Prahler John Grimshaw, Joselyn Ludtke, Karen Kozlowski, Keith Otmos, Ken Coker, Kim Hartshorn, Lisa Cameron, Matt Frankish, Niali Washburn Paul Garrity, Rick Arnold, Rick Boychuk, Ron Kepler, Ron Mahan, Scott Wasserberg, Steve Arnott, Suat Ufrj, Thierry Capéran, Todd Koeppl Umberto Di Nino, William Anderson, Zach Ciaburri It is not enough to hold the line against the dark. It is your responsibility to lead into the light. People don’t like the light—it reveals too much. But hand in hand with the creative artist, you can lead people into the wisdom that is known to all other animals: Simply, that it is the dark we have to fear. —Edward Albee, Stretching My Mind (essays)

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions - Show email - archivett24@yahoo.com News and Notes: Stage Directions Magazine - Facebook USITT - Facebook OISTAT - Bakhrushin Readings 2020 - Music and Stage Conference at A.A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum World Stage Design 2021 - Website / OISTAT ITI - The Tightrope with Peter Brook - The links are here: Trailer: vimeo.com/simonbrook/tightropetrailer English: “The Tightrope” streaming vimeo.com/simonbrook/thetightropeinternational Password: lovelovelove (all in lower case) French: “Sur un Fil” streaming vimeo.com/simonbrook/surunfil Password: lovelovelove (all in lower case) The video only can be streamed, not downloaded. Streaming possible until Tuesday, 14 April 2020, morning Contact: contact@simonbrook.com