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5 Ways to Celebrate Women's History Month Through Theatre

By RAVEN SNOOK

Friday, March 09, 2018 • Geek Out Freak Out • 1 comment Share This

Fri Mar 9, 2018 • Geek Out Freak Out • 1 comment Share This

How to support female and trans artists this month -- and beyond --- Theatre has long loved its divas. But when it comes to women performing other artistic roles -- playwright, director, designer -- the industry has an inequality problem. While there's certainly been some notable progress in recent years, theatre is still far from achieving gender...

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How Has Theatre Made You Smarter?

By RAVEN SNOOK

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 2 comments Share This

Wed Dec 27, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 2 comments Share This

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things --- This week, TDF Stages Editor Raven Snook geeks out (via Facebook Messenger) with Christina Trivigno, TDF's Associate Director of Digital Strategy and a bona fide theatre nerd. Today's topic: A celebration of the wide variety of facts seeing shows has taught us Raven...

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Eight Plays a Week

By SANDY MACDONALD

Thursday, October 12, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 0 comments Share This

Thu Oct 12, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 0 comments Share This

Why a longtime critic hates to let any show pass her by --- I have a habit of reviewing in bulk. I started out, back in the pre-digital era, as a restaurant critic. I'm happy to report that covering theatre is a lot less caloric. But I've retained a disconcerting tendency to go whole hog. Call it completism, if you will. I suffer from a certain perverse...

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Why I Enjoy Old Gay Plays

By DREW PISARRA

Monday, August 28, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 1 comment Share This

Mon Aug 28, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 1 comment Share This

A theatre fan comes out about his love for vintage LGBTQ characters --- What does it mean to be gay? Boy, does that sound passé. But what did it mean decades ago, and what did it look like? Well, it often wasn't very pretty. But I suppose my ongoing fascination with yesteryear's often outdated, sometimes ominous representations of queer folk...

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Why Midsummer Is Always On My Mind

By DREW PISARRA

Thursday, July 27, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 1 comment Share This

Thu Jul 27, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 1 comment Share This

This is the Shakespeare show that won't let me go --- On Facebook, my friends constantly share which rappers or Real Housewives best reflect their very essence. As for me, I'm not a fan of personality quizzes -- I don't want to be Vanilla Ice or Vicki Gunvalson! -- but if there were one built around Shakespeare's plays, I'm sure I would be pegged...

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What Makes Interactive Theatre So Fascinating?

By MARIA INES MARQUES

Wednesday, April 05, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 0 comments Share This

Wed Apr 5, 2017 • Geek Out Freak Out • 0 comments Share This

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things Today, translator and dramaturg Maria Inês Marques geeks out with fellow Yalie dramaturg, Nahuel Telleria, about their shared passion for interactive and immersive productions. The discussion was sparked by their experience at Top Secret International (State 1), which...

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Let's Geek Out Over Avant-Garde Director Romeo Castellucci

By MARIA INES MARQUES

Monday, October 03, 2016 • Geek Out Freak Out • 0 comments Share This

Mon Oct 3, 2016 • Geek Out Freak Out • 0 comments Share This

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things Translator and dramaturg Maria Inês Marques geeks out with fellow Yalie, director Leora Morris, about Romeo Castellucci. The cutting-edge and controversial Italian director and designer recently returned to North America to tour Go Down, Moses, his provocative take...

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