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Sad to say, but our screen-obsessed culture has conditioned contemporary audiences to expect a shift in frame about every 3 seconds. This presents live theatre with a challenge: How do we capture and maintain attention in the stories we tell onstage ? A shift in frame every 3 seconds  is neither advisable nor possible in live the atre; so what can we do? For starters, as a blanket rule for your show, we recommend prioritizing   visual variety   in your blocking, staging, and

In her 2023 memoi r, Barbra Streisand says of Jerome Robbins,   ( FUNNY GIRL, THE KING AND I, GYPSY , WEST SIDE STORY ): “Jerry had a brilliant theatrical mind... He could expound on a character’s motivation, or pinpoint the wrong gel on a particular light.” Robbins was an enigma on many levels. He was widely known for his directing and choreography, but, as Streisand points out, Robbins was also knowledgeable in the technical arena. Expertise in technical theatre does not ty

The distinct power of theatre is that it is a living, breathing, organic, expression – never twice the same. It can only happen live, in person, in real time, and in a shared space. Fortunately, that shared space can be found most anywhere – on a fully equipped proscenium stage, or in the intimacy of your family room. Theatre can happen in a gym, cafeteria, classroom, fellowship hall, or sanctuary. It can happen indoors or out, in the round, in a thrust configuration, or stan