This is a neat article, especially if you’ve ever wondered what shoes a dramaturg in the theatre truly fills. It’s a pretty fascinating role!
This is an awesome resource for educators, directors, anyone who is simply curious and wants to learn what a specific theatre word means, or needs to explain these definitions to someone else. Your video guide to theatre lingo! It’s an online theatre dictionary where all the entries are super short videos recorded by various theatre companies to explain the definition of each theatre term by acting it out. The comedy improve troupe at the theatre I work for submitted video defintions for five terms (blocking, catwalk, god mike, improvisation, and papering the house). They haven’t been uploaded to the site just yet, but should be soon.
25 Handy Words that Simply Don’t Exist in English is a humorous and enjoyable quick read.
Ever wonder what impact a director has on a production? It may seem obvious but personally, even as a director myself, I don’t typically notice a director’s work when I’m watching a piece of theatre unless the show is really awful. Then it becomes painfully clear what a director actually does, and in some cases, does not do. This delightful and intriguing quick-list can help you pinpoint a director’s work and understand how to watch directing the next time you see a show.
