What's keeping you from making the theatre you want to make?
You plug along the best you can: making art, building connections, scraping by financially, maybe even sleeping now and then.
But you wonder constantly if you’ve got the energy to keep doing this. Half your college classmates have left the field altogether. Maybe they’re on to something.
Not only that, but you’re not sure anymore if changing this world is even possible. Is any of this worth it?
Yes, it is, your heart whispers to you. And you know you believe it. You know you’re capable of work that has the power to make people think and feel, start important conversations, and effect positive change in the world.
You just wish it wasn’t so damn overwhelming.
You’ve got more control than you think. You just need to learn how to own it.
The road to making great, world-changing theatre has three parts.
There are a lot of people out there teaching one or two of them. The problem is, they’re not separate. They’re connected, interdependent, symbiotic.
It’s not enough to learn one or two. You’ve got to get comfortable with all three, and with the ways they complement and support each other.
Being a working, effective theatre professional is about learning:
- Craft: the skills and tools needed for masterful artistry itself
- Bodymind: maximizing and unifying your physical, mental, and emotional potential
- Logistics: handling all the other stuff that isn’t your art but can make or break your ability to create it
