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Rehearsal for Life: Community Engagement as a tool for change
“Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather...
Tiffany McCue
Nov 21, 20184 min read
Sustainable Design - This Sinking Island: Designing for Climate Change
We are proud that our creative process for This Sinking Island embodied the values of being low-impact with a small carbon footprint. At...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Nov 12, 20183 min read
#EcoPledge: Island Edition
In April, 2017, we began our initial phase of research and exploration of This Sinking Island. Our focus was on sea level rise and its...
Mariah Freda (Artistic Associate)
Oct 16, 20184 min read
A DRAMATURG DEVISING: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
If you are following this blog you will remember my last post about production dramaturgy. Many people think that the work of a dramaturg...
Lynde Rosario, Resident Dramaturg
Sep 4, 20182 min read
Who Is Responsible For This?: Assault in Art
“Why didn’t you make any noise?” “How long after it happened did you tell?” “Why didn’t you tell it immediately, and, if immediately,...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Aug 10, 20184 min read
A DRAMATURG DEVISING: PRODUCTION DRAMATURGY
The newest post in a series by Resident Dramaturg, Lynde Rosario. If you are following this blog series you will remember my last post...
Lynde Rosario, Resident Dramaturg
Jul 26, 20183 min read
Happy 425th Birthday, Artemisia!
Photo credit: Butter & Scotch In a beautiful moment of synchronicity, our first official rehearsal for the remount of Artemisia's Intent...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Jul 11, 20182 min read
Staging The Impossible, Or: What You Can Do With A Mason Jar
A phone cord can become helicopter blades, a flashlight can become a small animal, stools can become an army tank. - Lab participant...
The Anthropologists
Jul 6, 20183 min read
Going Horizontal
Since first starting to make devised and collaboratively created theatre in 2008, design elements have always been in the room, whether...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Apr 9, 20182 min read
Perspective on Jam Sessions
Before The Anthropologists officially formed as a company, Artistic Director Melissa Moschitto and then-active members began meeting...
Brian Demar Jones, Resident Artist
Mar 26, 20181 min read
Case Study: Devising Artemisia
Mariah Freda as Artemisia in Artemisia's Intent (Under St. Mark's - FRIGID Festival 2018) Photo credit: Hunter Canning The...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Mar 2, 20182 min read
Devising A Solo Show, Part 1
Most often, the first phase of an Anthropologist show is the Investigative Phase. This is where we gather to test out source material,...
Core Creative Team - Artemisia's Intent
Feb 12, 20184 min read
A Timeline of Januaries
A brief timeline. January 25, 1635 Artemisia Gentileschi, a 17th century painter from Rome, writes to a patron: “Most Serene Lord, it...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Jan 23, 20183 min read
#GivingTuesday Round Up
This Giving Tuesday, we're paying it forward! Inspired by our research for recent plays, we're volunteering for and donating to important...
The Anthropologists
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Art & Activism: Jean's Field Guide
For me, art is a form of activism. I’m of the camp that believes that all art is political- it’s all just a matter of how political you...
Jean Goto (Founding Member)
Oct 17, 20173 min read
FAQ: This Sinking Island & Families
Hello everyone! We are just two weeks away from the premiere of This Sinking Island at University Settlement! We have created this show...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Oct 7, 20172 min read
Meet Our New Resident Artists!
We are thrilled to announce two new Resident Artists, actors Brianna Kalisch and Brian Demar Jones. Both are passionate, generous...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Sep 15, 20172 min read
A DRAMATURG DEVISING: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
If you are following this blog you will remember my last post about advocacy. I started there because I feel advocacy is the most...
Lynde Rosario, Resident Dramaturg
Sep 14, 20173 min read
Theatre for All Ages: Is it really possible?
Get some insight into the process of creating This Sinking Island, a family inclusive play which will premiere at University Settlement,...
Emily Ellis
Sep 1, 20175 min read
Sustainable Design for "Save The World!"
One of the goals for our Ice Factory Festival production of The Anthropologists Save The World! was to make the show as low impact as...
Melissa Moschitto (Producing Artistic Director)
Aug 18, 20174 min read
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