StinkyLulu Says

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) reflects on the last twelve weeks and offers a preliminary summary overview of Fall 2020, offering thoughts on Accessibility, Audiences, Documentation, Voices and How the Show Might Go On in response to the offerings of some special guests — Angelica Qin ‘23, Aria Buchanan ‘22, Dezytnee Rivera ‘21, Molly Bremer ‘22 & Norman Champ ‘22 — who each share how their own thoughts have been stirred by Theater & Society Now …

Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available here.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) ponders  some of strategies live-event presenters are using to communicate their safety strategies to audiences and what these evolving conventions might tell us about the genre formation of what I call “remote performance”…

Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available here.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) puzzles through some emerging thoughts on why “remote” theatre might be the term we need to describe the way theatre is evolving in 2020

Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available here.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) considers the challenges of documenting, archiving and simply keeping track of all the theatre being made in the time of pandemia, followed by reflections some of the ways remote theatre seems to be “becoming” as it enters its ninth month of being a thing…

Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available here.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) offers some thoughts (speaking as an unrepentant awards-show devotee) on what seems notable about this year’s Tony Award nominations, followed by some reflections on three notable examples of zoom-aturgy: Richard Nelson’s THE APPLE FAMILY: LIFE ON ZOOM, Natalie Margolin’s PARTY HOP and the NBC sitcom CONNECTING… 

Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available here.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu)considers the ten-year history of the annual reports from the Asian American Performer’s Action Coalition and asks what happens when a demand goes unheeded, followed by some thoughts on what might be the three “signature” genres of remote theatre: the remote reading, the virtual benefit, and the hand-made puppet show…

Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available here.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) asks what does theatre leadership look like in a time of political, economic and ecological crises and offers some ruminations on the “zoom lecture” as a genre of remote performance. Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available here.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) considers the risks and rewards that follow an anti-racism “accountability pledge” and then offers some reflections on some recent experiences in remote theatre-going, including Seize the Show’s most recent Sydney Styles mystery A CHORUS CRIME. Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available at this link.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) considers the documentary value of a “we demand” statement and offers some reflections on some recent experiences in remote theatre-going, including Richard Nelson's INCIDENTAL MOMENTS OF THE DAY and brief commentary on the experience of being part of a remote “live audience” for a network tv show. Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are available at this link.

Profe Herrera (aka StinkyLulu) considers the peculiarly predictable calls to "defund" anti-racism, and offers some reflections on some recent experiences in remote theatre-going, including Cucú and Her Fishes by Ensayos and MT'21's "Senior Entrance" video. Transcripts for Season3 of StinkyLulu Says are typically available within 24-48 hours of each episode's release. Links to those transcripts are be available at this link.