The Precipice of Discovery

Camus casts the actor as existential hero, laughing in the face of death and our own isolated, limited experience of being by allowing us to step into the lives of others – to change realities as easily as we change costumes.
At the very least, working on a character with a different life path than mine [...]

New Models and the Four Ages

Kris asks – “Do we have too many theatres?” And Adam says, “Only if we’re all trying to do the same thing in the same way, artistically and organizationally.”
The last time I started thinking about this issue, my attempt to get a handle on who, exactly, we are as a community resulted in the Chicago [...]

Life is What Happens When You're in Rehearsals

Last Tuesday, my odometer ticked over another year, and I thought I was fine with not doing anything special.
I have since discovered this is bullshit.
So I’ll be camping out this Friday, November 21 at the Grafton in Lincoln Square and hoping to see my friends, so if you’re in the neighborhood and want to drop [...]