Present Situation: Creating Openness With and For the Audience
NICK JONCZAK Jacques Lecoq | Source: © Télérama It is a gift to be present. Three years ago I uprooted myself from Washington, D.C. where I had spent seven incredibly…
Issue.08
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Dueling Dialogue: Life of the Live Comic
SARAH FRASCO God bless Betty White | Source: GIPHY Comedy lives all around us: the funniest guy at the office, literally just the very existence of cats, and old people…
If You Believe, Clap Your Hands: On Writing and Performing with Young Audiences
EVAN MOUSSEAU Original program for the 1904 production of Peter Pan — which featured a whopping 25-person cast — at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London | Source: Wikimedia…
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Trends
KELLEY KIDD Above are just a few of the endless headlines on the covers of lifestyle magazines such as Vogue, Glamour, GQ, and Men’s Health. Nearly every cover out there…
Art to Which You Don’t Consent
T. CHASE MEACHAM Source: Swedian Lie The rules are: Do NOT interact with anyone unless they interact with you first. IF they do, keep the conversation as short as possible.…
Power Play: Acting in an Open Office Floor Plan
CHAD MINOR It might surprise you, dear reader, to learn that one of the most popular courses at the Stanford Graduate School of Business is an acting course. Entitled “Acting…
Facing Outward: How Audience Influences Performance
In this issue of SixByEight Press, we’re exploring the theme of ‘Audience Participation’ in the context of the way a performance is structured and built to respond to that participation.…