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Play From The Heart: On Crafting A Community Of Empathy In The Theatre, Kevin Kingston
Play From The Heart: On Crafting A Community Of Empathy In The Theatre, Kevin Kingston
The Theatre School MFA in Directing Theses
The power of story goes beyond mere escapist entertainment. Yes it should entertain, but that is not the ultimate goal. It may even offer a bit of escape, but again this is not the holy grail. When we experience a well-crafted narrative, we are called to cross a threshold. We pass through the door of our own life and enter into the experience of another. This is what we mean when we say we "got lost" in the story. We take on the experience of another as our own. When a group of people experience a narrative they cross this …
A Method To The Madness: My Quest For A New System Of Acting, Michael Osinski
A Method To The Madness: My Quest For A New System Of Acting, Michael Osinski
The Theatre School MFA in Directing Theses
How does one get actors to embrace work and imbue it with the same truth they bring to realistic theatre and how does one prevent them from turning into robots performing meaningless gestures? How does one work in experimental ways while still giving actors something human to hang onto? This thesis will examine a new system of acting to embrace the demands of the work and explore how to articulate and collaborate with actors to create the work.