(It's dramaturgy, not thaumaturgy.)
thaumaturg
Main Entry: thau·ma·turg
Pronunciation: \ˈthȯ-mə-ˌtərj\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos working miracles, from thaumat-, thauma miracle + ergon work — more at Theater, Work
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The official blog of the Dramaturgy Department at Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE. For posts related to our current and upcoming shows, click the links to the right. Alternatively, you could begin at the beginning, and explore our posts in chronological order.
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There were so many fascinating comments on my post about the dead-girl trend in YA book cover design that I hardly know where to begin addressing them. But as I ambled over to the coffee shop where I write these posts, something about the sight of winter branches and the feel of warm air that lies of springtime turned my thoughts to fairy tales, and from fairy tales back to this discussion.
How Long Does It Take for a Body to Decompose?
As with many things in life, it depends on several factors: the temperature and humidity, whether the body is in water or not, buried or not, underground or not, embalmed or not, exposed to insects or carnivores or not….
KEEP READING! After all, this becomes a central question in Martin McDonagh’s Skull in Connemara…
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This is from a little while ago, but here’s a wonderful little video snippet of CENTERSTAGE Artistic Director Irene Lewis talking about stage violence—apropos most directly of ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, but applicable more generally to her 20-season tenure.
The Second City: Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies
posting for a cheerful SC show in Chicago, directed by Matt Hovde—who will be helming the troupe’s Baltimore venture next month….
thesecondcitynetwork:
The Second City is proud to present their 98th Mainstage revue Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies. A Press Opening has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 8:00pm at The Second City Mainstage Theatre (1616 North Wells Street).
In the blockbuster of human life, we all know the…
