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Upcoming (DG) Digital Offerings
Roundtable: To the Point with PAAL clips
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This is the story
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Sustaining life as an artist
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Power over our lives
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Supporting many perspectives
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Previous (DG) Digital Offerings
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Roundtable: To the Point -
Conducting Research for a Better Theatre Landscape Publicly available for a limited time on our YouTube For 24 hours on June 22nd at noon Last month, we recorded a conversation between (DG) Director of Programming at Directors Gathering, Brey Ann Barrett, and Director of Programming, Partnerships, and Resources at Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL), Rachel Junqueira Spencer Hewitt. |
About the conversation
In this thoughtful and invigorating conversation, Brey and Rachel, identify several of the challenges within the theatrical landscape and the importance of research and data to advocate for sustainable change. As with various topics that (DG) has presented over the past several years, this conversation focuses on the human needs of artists and the practical ways to challenge the current norms.
With their Survey of Care, PAAL has gathered a vast amount of data from theatrical practitioners across different fields. They are looking to gather data from both those who identify as caregivers and those who do not. You can still fill out the survey by clicking here, as they are evaluating the data from the first round, which amounted to about 500 completed surveys.
In this thoughtful and invigorating conversation, Brey and Rachel, identify several of the challenges within the theatrical landscape and the importance of research and data to advocate for sustainable change. As with various topics that (DG) has presented over the past several years, this conversation focuses on the human needs of artists and the practical ways to challenge the current norms.
With their Survey of Care, PAAL has gathered a vast amount of data from theatrical practitioners across different fields. They are looking to gather data from both those who identify as caregivers and those who do not. You can still fill out the survey by clicking here, as they are evaluating the data from the first round, which amounted to about 500 completed surveys.
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Happy Hour: Roundtable
Pursuing Your Directing Journey Saturday, April 22nd, 2023 5:00pm EST/4:00PM CST/3:00PM MST/2:00PM PST As directors, we each experience unique creative and personal journeys. Our paths can include studying the craft as an undergraduate student, attending a graduate theatre program, receiving guidance from mentors, pursuing lifelong learning through personal discoveries, and/or maybe something completely different. Gather with (DG) and guest artists, Jason Lindner, Shamus, and CJ Miller, to hear about their experiences and perspectives and consider the next steps in you directing journey. Pay What You Wish. Registration required. |
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Happy Hour: Creating Safe + Inclusive Collaborations Monday, August 23rd at 6:30pm EST Join Kareem Fahmy, playwright/director/consultant, and Eli Lynn, intimacy director/fight choreographer/actor, for conversation centering safe and inclusive art-making as directors and collaborators. Free for (DG) Members. PWYD for Non-Members ($10 suggested). |
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Happy Hour: Creating with CommunityWith LaNeshe Miller-White and Lia S. Fakhouri
July 2021 Join fellow directors and artists LaNeshe Miller-White, Executive Director of Theatre in the X & Theatre Philadelphia, and Lia S. Fakhouri, Public Works Associate at Seattle Rep, in a conversation about creating theatre with your community members as directors and collaborators. |
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Vision A PlayWith Brey Ann Barrett
Saturday March 7th 2021 at 3pm (EST) Join us on (DG) Zoom to explore how we conceptualize intimacy, design, character art in a digital space. We will focus our conversation around Juggernaut by Ciara Ní Chuirc (script will be provided by Directors Gathering). |
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Skill-Share for Socially-Distant Theatre
With Blayze Teicher and Tamara Della Anderson
September 2020 We would like this gathering to be as focused on learning from one another as it is on hearing from our moderators. To that end, we are asking that each participant come prepared with one question about creating socially-distant or digital theatre, and one skill, tool, or resource that you've found helpful in creating or thinking about this work. This could include an example of socially-distant theatre that you found inspiring, a piece of technology you've found useful, a method for working with collaborators across distance, etc. |
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The Director-Educator in a Virtual WorldWith Elena Araoz + Carrie Klewin Lawrence
Spring 2020 Educators of all kinds are now being asked to adapt their teaching practices to accommodate social distancing amidst the spread of coronavirus. For theatre educators and directors, this time poses particular challenges: How do we create live theatre experiences when we can't physically gather together? How do we teach directing when we can't be in a shared rehearsal room? How do we think about the future of live theatre in a digital age? |
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Vision a Play
With Nicole Miller Marks & Christine Freije
Spring and Summer 2020 Gather with (DG) for our next (DG) Digital Gathering, "Vision a Play" on (DG)'s Zoom platform. Flex your skills for offering your directorial voice and witness fellow directors' approaches to a script. (DG) Board Member + Director Member, Nicole Miller Marks, and (DG) Interim Producer, Christine Freije, will moderate. We invite you to read a play, provided by (DG), and share your vision for staging a future production of the work. |
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A Grad School Conversation
With Jerrell L. Henderson + Shamus Hunter McCarty
Spring 2020 Applying to graduate schools for directing can stir up tons of questions and challenges. When is the right time? What schools should I apply to? What do I hope to get out of the experience? What does the decision to apply to graduate school mean in the midst of a global pandemic and a sudden wave of digital learning? |