The other day, while walking through a park near my apartment in Berlin, it occurred to me that if I were to come back in a second life as another creature Iâd like to return as a red squirrel; and that Iâd like to be cast into a quiet corner of a large forest in Brandenburg. There, for the duration of my short life, I could spring from branch to branch trapped between a state of great joy and some unshakeable feeling of anxiety.
Iâm fascinated by the German word for squirrel: das Eichhörnchen. It contains the words die Eiche (the oak tree) and das Hörnchen (the small horned creature). Reconstituting these parts, then, das Eichhörnchen becomes a sort of small magic-realist being whose outline haunts what I usually picture when I think of a squirrel. It is as if I am looking at the idea of a squirrel from a new direction.
BAM today announced a new season-an ambitious mix of outdoor in-person programming and new virtual events-that is all about bringing live arts back to Brooklyn, and bringing Brooklyn s creative spirit to the world. The season spans theater, dance, music, talks, visual arts, community events, and its annual gala. We ve put together a season that transforms some of Brooklyn s most beloved and distinctive sites into stunning stages, said BAM Artistic Director, David Binder. This group of world-class artists - encompassing dance, theater, music, and the visual arts - have met the moment and are presenting work in surprising and thrilling ways.
Keen Company Continues 21st Season With DIGGING IN THE DARK
The FREE audio play will launch Friday February 26th at 7pm EST.by BWW News Desk
Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein today announced the World Premiere of a newly commissioned audio play by acclaimed playwright Pearl Cleage: Digging in the Dark takes listeners to a moonless night on a wooded estate outside Atlanta, where a woman awaits her scheming brother s arrival. He s coming to claim a valuable family heirloom, but she is determined to settle an old score before sunrise.
The FREE audio play will launch Friday February 26th at 7pm EST on your favorite podcasting apps like Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, and more: search Keen Company Hear/Now wherever you listen!
Super Soul Sunday meets Byron McCray
I created the podcast because at the height of the stay-at-home lockdown I was extremely lonely and found myself stuck in a hopeless place despite continuing to create content. Because I m typically an optimist, I kept asking myself what was making me doubt that the future could be better. I realized that it was the levels of unknown we were dealing with day to day, especially at that time. Once I understood that the unknown was what I was scared about I reminded myself of the varied unknowns I ve lived through before, especially as an artistânot knowing if I d be able to pay rent, not knowing the next gig, not remembering the next line, not knowing if my work was good enough. I remembered that all of my artist friends have these type experiences, and beyond that EVERY PERSON has to face the unknown at some point and decide to lean in the direction of change. We ve all GOT a 180. So to inspire myself and hopefully
Barrington Stage Company Announces Winners of the 2021 Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award
The 2021 Grand Prize winner is Daniella De Jesús for her play, Get Your Pink Hands Off Me Sucka and Give Me Back.by BWW News Desk
Barrington Stage Company has announced the winners of the 2021 Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award. The award, founded in 2018, supports new, bold voices for the American theatre and is presented to unproduced full-length works that are wholly original and not adaptations or translations of existing works.
The 2021 Grand Prize winner is Daniella De Jesús for her play, Get Your Pink Hands Off Me Sucka and Give Me Back. She will receive a cash prize of $25,000, a staged reading and a possible full production of her play at Barrington Stage Company.