Episode 3 – Old Works, Different Takes, and New Lives

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You may remember the previous post about this topic (Episode 3 Preview) or you might not.

In episode 3, “Old Works, Different Takes, and New Lives”, I set out to explore why we choose to re-tell, re-envision, or re-invent certain stories and what makes them worth the reboot. It’s an all too familiar phenomenon in films where they’re often literally re-made. But it’s different in theatre, and how it’s different is pretty interesting.

But things didn’t exactly play out as I planned.

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Episode 3 Preview

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Hello theatre people! In episode 3, “Old Works, Different Takes, and New Lives”, we will be exploring why we choose to re-tell, re-envision, or re-invent certain stories and what makes them worth the reboot.

It’s an all too familiar phenomenon in films where they’re often literally re-made. But it’s different in theatre, and how it’s different is pretty interesting.

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Up Next! Busy, busy, busy!

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Hey everybody! Well here we are, and as it goes in theatre, a lot of things come down to scheduling. As artists we are all very busy folks and that’s why it’s very important that we make the time to get people together for these kinds of conversations.

We’ll be having our chat with Julianne and Jenny as planned on May 16th for the “Festivals and Self-Producing” episode. As well as featuring a guest artist who has their own perspective on the subject.

More big news is that we’re also working on another episode as well! At the same time! I know, right?!

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