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Theatre Times.Com  - Main Page

STREET PLAY “SHEHER-E-NAQAB” BRINGS AWARENESS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS - Article / Original Article

DRAMA DURING COVID-19: HOW THEATRE IS GOING ONLINE - Article / Original Article

Whats On Stage.com  - Main Page

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Arri Lighting -Richard Cadena Webinar Series

"Woza Africa: Theatre in the African Context" is a free digital education resource from the African Theatre Association (AfTA) designed for secondary schools, drama/ theatre groups or interested individuals who may want to use it, especially with the current challenges of homeschooling.  - Link Here

VISUAL ARTS CONTEST -  Scenic Artists, Fabricators, and Set Designers - Facebook Post Taylor Acevedo

FTLO Theater is seeking visual artists to send in images of your paintings, photos, sketches, cosplay art, quilts, etc. inspired by the tale of "The Soldier and Death” (as can be seen summarized at the bottom of this post).

Your Artwork could be featured on FTLO's Facebook page and in YouTube radio play series.

Please send all submissions via FTLO Theatre messenger.

3 contestants of all ages will win $25 gift cards.

So Get crafting folks! We can’t wait to see what you come up with. Stay safe and stay artsy.

The Soldier & Death:

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Stage Directions Magazine -Testing Company Classifies ETCP Certified Technicians as Essential Personnel

If you are an entertainment technician and are interested and available and interested in being contacted to aid in the effort, please sign up here: etcp.esta.org/helpfightcovid.

Further information from ETCP: https://etcp.esta.org/

WhatsonStage.com - Kiln Theatre will offer free online masterclasses for aspiring creatives during lockdowns.

Playbill.Com - New York City Ballet Launches Digital Spring Season

Facebook Groups to Visit - Archiving Technical Theater History / Scenography / Technical Theatre Educators

“I was thinking that if what distinguishes us as humans is our stupidity, what may redeem us is our grace.”

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One World: Together at Home Concert : NY Times article / Youtube Video

USITT New@Noon and Forum@Four Schedule - Link

London Theatre Co. UK- Secret Cinema to launch series of immersive cinematic experiences to take part in at home

Asmita Theatre Group - Facebook Link - Indian College Quarantine Theatre Festival' by Asmita Theatre Group. Daily at 1pm at Asmita theatre Face book page and 11am on YouTube channel.

J4 Design - Website

Stage Directions Magazine - Behind the Scenes Launches Entertainment Industry Therapist Finder

Find links to resources, the online self-assessment tool, and information about the initiative and programs at btshelp.org/mentalhealth. 

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You can access the Entertainment Industry Therapist Finder at: https://www.helppro.com/EITF/BasicSearch.aspx

"Treat the Earth well.  It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.  We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

-Native American Proverb

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Stage Directions - David Gallo Design Hosts Mystery Design 3000: Treasure Island

Stage Directions - 4Wall Entertainment’s Annual Vendor Showcase Is Going Virtual

Whats on Stage - Michael Ball, Captain Thomas Moore and NHS Choir release "You'll Never Walk Alone" for charity / Song Download Charity Link 

Playbill.com - High School Theatre Students Bring the Show Online by Olivia Clement / Oregon Thespians - Youtube Video

The Theater Times - THE STORY BEHIND ANDREW SSEBAGGALA’S “MOTHER UGANDA”

The Theater Times - JUAN MAYORGA: A VIEW FROM MADRID

The Theater Times - “THE CONDITIONS ARE NEVER IDEAL:” IN CONVERSATION WITH MELANIE LOMOFF

The Theater Times - THE THEATRETIMES.COM LAUNCHES THE SECOND EDITION OF IOTF: INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL

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Shure Webinar - How to improve your Webinar Audio

Avolites - Avolites is here for you

Playbill.Com - Brian Dennehy Obituary

“The fog was where I wanted to be. Halfway down the path you can’t see this house. You’d never know it was here. Or any of the other places down the avenue. I couldn’t see but a few feet ahead. I didn’t meet a soul. Everything looked and sounded unreal. Nothing was what it is. That’s what I wanted—to be alone with myself in another world where truth is untrue and life can hide from itself. Out beyond the harbor, where the road runs along the beach, I even lost the feeling of being on land. The fog and the sea seemed part of each other. It was like walking on the bottom of the sea. As if I had drowned long ago. As if I was the ghost belonging to the fog, and the fog was the ghost of the sea. It felt damned peaceful to be nothing more than a ghost within a ghost.”

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CNN.C0m - War veteran 'Captain Tom,' 99, raises $15 million for NHS as he completes garden challenge

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Stage Directions Magazine - The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association Launches Student Sound Designer Connection / Facebook

Stage Directions Magazine - Statement from Actors’ Equity Association on Theaters Seeking to Resume Production by Michael Eddy

Stage Directions Magazine - Industry Pitches In: IATSE Partners with Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are. - Rza (Wu Tang Clan)

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USITT New@Noon: ACT Lighting presents MA Lighting grandMA3 / sponsored in part by LightingTrainer.COM.  

USITT Forum@Four: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Harvey: The Alley Theatre’s Prop Salvage and Recovery Saga

The Prague Quadrennial (PQ)  free online resources.

Backstage Academy online learning resources  backstage-academy.co.uk/online-industry-training.

ARRI Academy “Lighting Systems Control” with Lighting Professional/Author Richard Cadena - Link

ETC Accepting Applications for 2020 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program - www.etcconnect.com

ETC Introduces New Audio Learning Series: On Headset - www.ecconnect.com/onheadset

Stage Directions - Backstage Video: Building the Camp David Diorama at the Alley Theatre - Link

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” - Golda Meir

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USITT -Facebook / Website

Stage Directions Magazine - Alley Theatre Rehires Laid Off Employees with Support from the CARES Act

Theatre Times - DONALD HOWARTH (1931-2020) PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR – AN OBITUARY.

Theatre Times - CORONAVIRUS HAS DIMMED THE LIGHTS ON LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. WHAT NOW FOR EVENT MANAGERS?

Theatre Times  - Website

Playbill.com - More Full-Length Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Coming to YouTube

"Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound." -  Chuck D (Frontman - Public Enemy)

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Passing of Wynn Handman - New York Post Obit

Stage Directions : in 1: the podcast – #95 Quarantine Happy Hour #3

Stage Directions : Union Stagecraft Technicians Aid in Temporary Field Hospital Implementation

Playbill.com - New Date Set for Streaming of Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway Concert

Playbill.com - Metropolitan Opera to Present a Live Streamed, Globe-Trotting 'At-Home Gala'

American Theatre Magazine - DISPATCHES FROM QUARANTINE

BBC.Com - Arts and Entertainment - How live theatre is still running despite lockdown

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Alexsandar Lalicki Posavec, Andrea Bilkey, Anna Haas, Bob Foreman, Chris Van Goethem, David Oliver, David Savage, Ed Goetz, Evan Baker

Frank Mohler II, Gary Gardner, Geronimo Reyes, Gina Patterson, Hugh Chinnick, Ian Grey, Ivo Kersamekers, Janet Rose, Jodi Prahler

John Grimshaw, Joselyn Ludtke, Karen Kozlowski, Keith Otmos, Ken Coker, Kim Hartshorn, Lisa Cameron, Matt Frankish, Niali Washburn

Paul Garrity, Rick Arnold, Rick Boychuk, Ron Kepler, Ron Mahan, Scott Wasserberg, Steve Arnott, Suat Ufrj, Thierry Capéran, Todd Koeppl

Umberto Di Nino, William Anderson, Zach Ciaburri

It is not enough to hold the line against the dark. It is your responsibility to lead into the light. People don’t like the light—it reveals too much. But hand in hand with the creative artist, you can lead people into the wisdom that is known to all other animals: Simply, that it is the dark we have to fear.

—Edward Albee, Stretching My Mind (essays)

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Life of Diane Rodriguez - LA Times Article   /  NEA Arts Magazine Article

USITT -  Facebook / Website

Stage Directions Magazine - Soundgirls Host Theater Sound Production Webinar / Website

Illuminations Blog - Dina El-Aziz: Costume Design is Not for the Undecided

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Einstein on the Beach Performance - Vimeo