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My group mind is smarter than my real brain…
Joel Reitsma – a member of the acting ensemble of The Long Count (and all around lovely human being) – recently wrote about his experience of group mind in rehearsals on his blog. And then he said we could cross-post it here!
There is something to be said by intellectualizing your way through a piece of art, especially if you are a critic. To be able to take something, usually intangible,...
Tags: The Long Count
The Short Count: P.J. Schoeny
P.J. Schoeny joins New Leaf for the first time, but we’re already big fans. He’s a company member at TUTA, a sometimes-reckless bicyclist, and holds that Quantum Leap is the best TV series in the history of TV. For him, he says, it’s also family prerogative.
1. In a word, today I feel: Self-aware.
2. I am a theatre artist because: nothing else allows me to touch others and challenge...
World Theatre Day 2009
New Leaf Theatre is proud to be part of the vibrant community of theatre artists coming together as part of Chicago’s first celebration of World Theatre Day. On Friday, March 27, 2009 we raise our glasses with friends and neighbors from across town and around the world as we celebrate this special day set aside to recognize the work we do and difference we make. Check out the international...
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The Short Count: Liz Vanderhoof
Next up: Liz Vanderhoof. This is Liz’s very first show in Chicago. Her first pet was the incomprable Hercules, an Irish Setter Mix who was “the best doggie in the entire world,” though now she spends more time in the company of cats. We’re real glad Liz chose Chicago. I think you will be, too.
1. In a word, today I feel: out-to-sea
2. I am a theatre artist because:...
Tags: The Long Count
The Short Count: Bilal Dardai
Welcome to the first in a series of interviews with the ensemble creating The Long Count. In each interview with one of our fellow journey-ers, we’ll break out the internal compass and see where we are in our adventuring. With just seven questions, I thought a clever title for this series would be The Short Count.
(Hats off to Simon Ogden and Ian Mackenzie, from whom I respectfully adapted...
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