Halcyon Theatre explores how stories and the art of storytelling can cross cultures, heal old wounds, reconnect peoples, create communal experiences and forge new paths forward.
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Halcyon Theatre Alcyone Festival in The Guardian
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Chris Wilkinson: A study showing that female literary managers are harder on women playwrights than on men has got theatre bloggers in a tizz
What are you willing to do/change to attract audiences? What are you unwilling to do/change?Let me know in the comments.(ps. comments are now moderated due to the sheer amount of spam comments we've been getting, but if you're areal person it will go through.)
Below are the "From the Artistic Director" notes for the Alcyone Festival Program. (You'll get a copy when you swing by and catch the shows.) I figured I'd re-post them here:If the statistics hold true, 60% of you reading this are female. Around 20% of productions every year are penned by women...
Halcyon Theatre More Great stuff including a link to presentation slides and full thesis mentioned in Times and nymag links.
Source: www.off-stage-right.com
RT @rosettathurman: New blog post >> Most DC Area Nonprofits Are Living Hand to Mouth http://ow.ly/fJyD #nonprofits #dc 36 mins ago
Source: www.nytimes.com
A yearlong research project, conducted by a Princeton economics student, both confirms and upends assumptions about bias in the playwriting business.
Source: nymag.com
A Princeton senior thesis finds gender bias on the part of both men and women in script selection and production, and shows that it hurts...
Balance isn't something I used to think of much. I'd just go. And go. And go...
Calling all Chicago stage combatants and fight directors: Local hero, sword-maker (and Halcyon member) Greg Poljacik is heading up monthly stage combat "jam sessions" here in Chicago.From Greg: Fight Jam 2 is all set to go for tonight, Wednesday June 17th from 7-9 at the Galaxie...
Women can Write? Who Knew!
For this years Alcyone Festival, we decided to play with the notion that women only write small domestic dramas, picking a theme as far away from that as possible: terrorism, ...
Host:Halcyon Theatre
Time:3:00PM Thursday, June 11th
Location:at the Lincoln Square Theatre
That's what the noggin feels like right now.I'm really excited to see the festival starting to come together, but this week was especially rough. Nothing major went wrong, there's just so much going on that it's hard to stay on top of it all. Hence the lack of posting...
We rehearse sometimes is a children's gym with fun murals all around.(L to R) Lina Jamoul and Monica Lopez(L to R) Elizabeth Byland, Megg Martinez and Monica(L to R) Lina, Monica, Elizabeth and Megg(L to R) Monica, Lina, Elizabeth and Megg
It's hard to have a discussion about the start of the arts without a common thread popping up. Subsidy. If there were more subsidies, we would . . . (insert whatever you think needs to be done.) Over time the notion wears on me...
Raising money for The Alcyone Festival 09 the old-fashioned way.
Part one of the cast of The Blessed Child at their first readthrough(From L to R) Mary Anne Bowman, Christine Lin (Director), Amanda Reader, Meghann Tabor, Irene KapustinaPart two of the cast of The Blessed Child at their first readthrough...
Let me preface this by saying that I wrote this yesterday at noon, before I read Mission Paradox today... However, you can't fight the Moonlight, and you can't stop great minds thinking alike...I was showing the old apartment the other night (yes, we still need to rent it)...
Hey! In lieu of our Ice Cream Social (which has been postponed but NOT forgotten) join us at Tar Bar this Friday night! We are good to go for a FRIENDraiser at Tar Bar (4662 N. Western Ave, right across from the Western Brown Line stop) this Friday night from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m...
No amount of sunshine-y cheer, talking, or fun toys will erase the fact that what you really need is a nap.
BEHROUZ It doesn’t help Talking about it It’s just words (Pause) IRINA Words? Yes...
Hi, there! My name is Ellen Lewis, and I'm a guest on the Halcyon Theater blog. My play Heads is going to be part of the 2009 Alcyone Festival in June/July. Tony asked if I'd add my bloggable thoughts to the discussion here...
Lina, (one of The Black Eyed cast members) directed me to this short film by Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad. It starts about 45 seconds in.(Subtitles NSFW.)via KABOBfest.com
We had the first read through of The Black Eyed in our new apartment, the day after we moved in. (A nice break from unpacking.)Lina and ElizabethElizabeth and TonyMeggMonica and Lina
The Cast and Crew of Bounty of Lace at their first read-through.
First read through of Heads.(L to R) Jessica Hutchinson and her cast: Kerry Cahill, Miguel Nunez, Arch Harmon, Pat King.
I'm thinking on Saturdays I'll re-post writings from the archives that I've been thinking about lately.This was originally published: June 7, 2007It is an interesting time to aspire to work in a dead art form that no one cares about. How do we know theatre is dead and no one cares...
The cast of The Toymaker's War has their first read-through over some pizza.From L to R, Juan (director) Drea, Petrucia Finkler, Greg, Jesse Menendez and Julia Joyner.
Over at Joe's blog, he has an interesting post up wondering what to do with the pre-show music.Should we create a preshow cue? The Goodman and (to my knowledge) Steppenwolf generally don’t. Many storefront companies do. What’s the difference...
The Cast and Crew of Bounty of Lace at their first read-through.
Halcyon Theatre Who wants some ice cream on Monday? http://tinyurl.com/c47hz5
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It's supposed to be back in the 70's and sunny on Monday, and really who doesn't want some good ice cream?From "All Lovin No Oven" to "That's How I Roll" – nobody serves up the ultimate indulgence like Cold Stone. ...
After a bit of a city licensing inspired snag, the ice cream social is back, and bigger than before.It's supposed to be back in the 70's and sunny on Thursday (thankfully), and really who doesn't want some good ice cream...
Just in case we didn't have enough going on, we are moving on Friday...
First read through of Heads.(L to R) Jessica Hutchinson and her cast: Kerry Cahill, Miguel Nunez, Arch Harmon, Pat King.
Halcyon Theatre Kris Vire asks some of Chicago's top female Artistic Directors and Literary Managers (and Tony) to share their thoughts on Gender Bias in theatre.