Last night, Rabbit Hole Ensemble was honored to receive six nominations from the New York Innovative Theatre Awards, which recognizes the work of off-off broadway “indie theatre” companies. The nomination ceremony was an energetic, well-attended event. I met some old friends that I hadn’t seen for a while and ran into some brand new ones that I’d just made in the past month or so.
When the nominees were announced individually by category, a curious thing happened. (more…)
In my previous post on putting up a show in NYC, I touched on the topic of making art in isolation. What does that mean? Working alone is the very nature of the visual arts. Painters, sculptors, print makers do the majority of their work alone. But the performing arts are very different. (more…)
I get asked all the time by recent grads, long-former students, and people who I’ve just come to know: how do you put up a show in NYC? I always end up giving the same basic answer: it isn’t easy and it doesn’t get any easier.
After over sixteen years of making theatre in NYC I still face and wrestle with the same issues that anyone who initiates independent theatre does: space and time. It’s all about space and time. From Aeschylus to Einstein to the fella on the phone trying to find someplace affordable to rehearse: if you don’t have space and you don’t have time…you don’t have anything.
