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#79 A Reckoning for Non-Equity Theatre Companies
Vigilance | Professionalism | Respect | Trust | Transparency | Awareness Until the #MeToo movement, I had cynically assumed that to rid...
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May 28, 20191 min read


No. 78 My Restoration of Restoration
Or How I Never Stopped Loving Periwigs and Petticoats I love when an article I come across is relevant for me and my work. Such is the...
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May 23, 20192 min read


No. 77 Bewitching Advice from Nick Cave
Is visualization bullshit? I couldn't tell you because I've never given it a chance. Let's ask Nick Cave! I’m home for a week after...
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May 20, 20192 min read


No. 76 Falling Asleep During Mass
I grew up in a household very aware of television comedy and we watched it every night. At the age of eight or nine, I was even allowed...
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May 15, 20191 min read


No. 75 Doris Day Drinking Tea
I had a lovely blog prepared about directing tips from an American director of my generation. Then I found out he was in a leadership...
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May 14, 20191 min read


No. 74 Damn Fine Norma Jennings
Bobby Briggs: Norma, I'll see you in my dreams. Norma Jennings: Not if I see you first. I remember watching the Mod Squad as a very young...
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May 13, 20192 min read


Pattie's Top Ten Cultural Hits of April 2019 (4 -10)
In no special order. 4. The publishing of Playwriting, Structure, Character, How and What to Write by Stephen Jeffreys 'What Stephen...
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May 12, 20194 min read


Pattie's Top 10 Cultural Hits (tonight 1 - 3) of April 2019
Over the next week, I will share my top ten cultural hits of April 2019 in no particular order. 1. NYT T-Mag April 14, 2019 “A microphone...
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May 6, 20193 min read


The Tea Set Game Show
In what film or television show do we find this tea set? Scroll down through the photos and try to guess. The answers are at the bottom....
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Apr 27, 20191 min read


No. 70 Murder Most Artful
“Didn’t even notice the thorns were real?” --- Jessica Fletcher Have you seen Velvet Buzzsaw on Netflix? It is a campy horror film that...
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Apr 25, 20192 min read


Hot & Bothered Amongst the Heather
wuth·er·ing /ˈwəT͟HəriNG/ adjective NORTHERN ENGLISH (of weather) characterized by strong winds. "it's a wuthering day on the moors...
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Apr 22, 20193 min read


Verdon/Fosse
“I never thought of him, when we were working, as my husband. Judy Garland came backstage one time, and she said, oh, your husband's done...
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Apr 20, 20192 min read


Being a Female Dramaturg Was Not Always a Picnic
A Tale of Two Women Actor Heidi Schreck, Dramaturg Sarah Lunni working on the Broadway hit What the Constitution Means to Me. At the end...
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Apr 12, 20193 min read


No. 66 Kazu Kibuishi and Amulet
Scholastic Books for the 21st Century I just got home after both seeing and hearing Kazu Kibuishi speak at Chimacum High School about his...
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Apr 11, 20192 min read


Pattie's Top Ten Cultural Hits of March 2019
(In no particular order.) 1. Agnès Varda. Read my blog post about her here: My Public Library from 5 to 7 2. Sally Rooney’s novel,...
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Apr 5, 20193 min read


No. 64 My Public Library from 5 to 7
In no particular order, I will be blogging about my top 10 cultural hits of March 2019 over the next week. NOTE: I had hoped this would...
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Apr 1, 20192 min read


No. 63 Be Uncomfortable
This is a Happening. PBS Digital Studios' program The Art Assignment presents THE CASE FOR PERFORMANCE ART. This short video is a quick...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read


Viet Thanh Nguyen
"People want voices for the voiceless so they don't have to hear the voiceless." Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer is a New York...
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Mar 27, 20191 min read


Happy Birthday, Alien!
"Micro changes in air density, my ass." -- Ripley The classic auteur horror film Alien turns 40 next month and with this birthday comes a...
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Mar 25, 20192 min read


Artistic Fun and Losing Track of Time
“Days were ages. Love bloomed and died in a day.” ― Heidi Julavits, The Folded Clock: A Diary Why, as I’ve gotten older, do the years go...
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Mar 22, 20192 min read
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