"I've been told 'we don't need a dramaturg for this production, just a program note.' And I thought, 'you might not need a dramaturg for this production, but you need one for your institution.'"
@simply_lindsey
laying down the LAW
#lmda19
@NYCSpeakerCoJo
@MarkLevineNYC
y’all better vote NO on any budget that does not CUT $1b from the NYPD. not move the 1b into the Dept of Ed, not hide funding under other line items, but CUT the funding altogether.
#DefundNYPD
"We're bookish, but we're theater people, which means 1) we hate getting up early and 2) we're great collaborators." -Michael Chemers as he starts Hot (HAWT) topics at
#lmda19
@TaraTomahawk
The easiest way I’ve found is to go to your insurances website and search doctors through there. That way you always know they’re in network
Just finished listening to my first-ever panel IN SPANISH. the playwrights from
@LarkTheatre
’s méxico/us exchange had such awesome insights about translation and what a play gains/loses when it is translated
#lmda2020
yes, anding this tweet: legally blonde is one of the most dramaturgically sound musicals out there and the mtv recording should be required watching for all mt writing programs. I will not be accepting criticism at this time
"I am a worrier. I worry about playwrights, emerging playwrights, and 50/50 by 2020. .. So here's what I'm doing about it." - Rhona Justice-Malloy on the program she's created in Oxford to provide experience, opportunities and exposure for female-id'd pws
#lmda19
we don't have to be mean to one another any more!! we can choose to be kind and honest about our anger and disappointment instead of taking it out on people!!! life is hard let's try not to add to the suffering of others pls
#lmda2020
hot topics: Amber Bradshaw “let’s resist building stories for an audience we may no longer have... how can we open our arms and resources to our community? ... dramaturgs, let’s hold agency.” Heck yes, Amber
“If we don’t situate the conversation [abt climate change] in a way that is deeply sustainable for every possible person, we aren’t doing the climate justice” - Sarah Stanley re: the National Arts Centre’s Climate Change Cycle
#lmda2020
Have done a lot of dramaturgy the last few days and apparently I’ve entered my “I’m observing this in your piece, in case that information’s useful to you” period, departing from “I made a chart!”
#growth
#carbondatingmycareer
#amipaleolithicyet
I am a singularity of sadness and rage and if u approach my event horizon with suggestions of who to vote for I will tear you apart. Sorry I don't make the rules of physics prepare to be spaghettified
Never forget that a whole generation of lgbtq+ elders were stolen from us by aids. Never forget how much harder they had to fight to literally survive. And I hope Ronald Reagan is real toasty down in hell where he belongs for the genocide of my people.
I am so lucky and so blessed, on a personal and professional level
On a political level, I am moderately lucky and blessed
On a spiritual level I'm just stressed
Dear playwrights, I am by no means the supreme authority on this but if an opportunity asks for a ten page sample of your play and then a summary, don't be coy. Tell me what happens. I want to see how your sample fits into the plot, without guessing at the events of the play.
@prtcpnt_obsrvr
sharing the FASCINATING phenomenon of Facebook groups where people pretend (e.g. “a group where we all pretend to be from the fire nation”). Currently unpacking the improvised performance that happens within the group.
#lmda2020
(Heads up, I’m going to start live tweeting
#lmda2020
. However! I will be back to my regularly scheduled social justice programming starting Sunday. Happy Juneteenth, and mute the above hashtag if you don’t want to see this content.)
I get cold sores. They're always ugly and usually happen during a major event in my life I want to look and feel confident at. But I'm sick of feeling as though they're something I have control over so I'm going to name them like tropical storms. Meet
#coldsoreamy
@sam_baird19
The one that affected me most deeply was Adrian’s; but the one most helpful to my professional practice was
@prtcpnt_obsrvr
’s. Tho the term “monolingual diversity” is SUPER USEFUL and I can’t wait to spread it around
No puedo twittear en ingles cuando estoy escuchando español; voy a traducirlas màs tarde. Rocío Galicia está hablando de su trabajo de la frontera norte - su trabajo tiene tres temas: la frontera lingüística, memorias incómodas, y la tierra
#LMDA2020
"in the Dec of indepenence we have 3 inalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 2nd amendment is a liberty, and MY LIFE COMES FIRST." 17 yr old girl at
#marchforourlivespgh
#MarchForOurLives
A thread:
HOW TO HELP IN THE KITCHEN AT THE HOLIDAYS WHEN YOU ARE A DUDE AND HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY SHOOED OUT OF THE KITCHEN, ONLY TO WATCH YOUR MOTHERS AND SISTERS LOOK EXHAUSTED ALL THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
Fascinating study: Americans *vastly under-estimate inequality in the U.S., particularly racial disparities.
They guess that black Americans are 80% as wealthy as white Americans.
In fact, blacks are just 5% as wealthy as whites.
#showerthoughts
I would love to live in a world where whenever I see a pregnant person I can safely assume they're thrilled about their pregnancy bc if they weren't, they would not be pregnant
Kalen Stockton talking abt an ungraded class structure - default B for undergrads, A- for grads - giving the students freedom to try and fail spectacularly throughout an explorative dramaturgy process
#LMDA2020
Jsyk for my own sanity my brain is only inhabiting my body from 2-5 pm on weekdays and 8-9 pm on weekends and in the off times my body only wants to eat muffins and pet cats so sorry abt any emails you have sent me, when my brain comes back I’ll answer them ❤️
Listen about 80% of the time I don't know what to do with my hair since I grew it out but the other 20% of the time I get to wrap it in a towel turban post shower and that is a sacred time