As I worked on the communications and marketing to support the U of A Studio Theatre production of Tribes, I learned a great deal about the power of inclusive language. I am grateful to the whole Tribes team for this collaborative learning experience and especially thankful to dramaturg Rohan Kulkarni for his guidance as TJ … Read moreTribes: 3 things I learned about language – curious arts
Web content manager by day. Crime fiction writer by night. Marcie Whitecotton-Carroll Many of us working in the University of Alberta Faculty of Arts know Marcie Whitecotton-Carroll as the Faculty’s Web Content Manager. In her spare time, Marcie writes a crime fiction series set in the U.K. Q: How long have you been writing? A: … Read moreQ & A with Marcie Whitecotton-Carroll – curious arts
A Dream Play dramaturgs and director let imaginations wander over Strindberg’s text David Kennedy As a production dramaturg on the upcoming Studio Theatre’s A Dream Play, I engaged in a discussion with director David Kennedy, and my fellow dramaturgs John Battye and Dana Tanner-Kennedy, about the creative process behind staging this strange and beautiful play. … Read moreQ & A with David Kennedy – curious arts
UAlberta acting grad now Taiko drummer and grad advisor in UAlberta Music Twilla MacLeod. Photo by James Lyall. Posted with permission from Twilla MacLeod. Guest post by Carmen Rojas We have the coolest staff in the Fine Arts departments at the University of Alberta. Take Twilla MacLeod (’00 BFA Acting). She currently works full time … Read moreQ & A with Twilla MacLeod – curious arts
by Chee-Hann Wu The Threepenny Opera is the most widely produced Brecht play to date. In 2011, it was presented by The Brooklyn Academy of Music featuring The Berliner Ensemble. Under the direction of Robert Wilson, the audience was offered a fresh perspective on the play through its Wilsonian mise-en-scène. Even for those who have … Read moreRobert Wilson and The Threepenny Opera – curious arts