Some of the fun of being in a 160-year-old building is the odd nooks and crannies and whimsical bits tucked away behind the scenes. Like these.
The Thaumaturgy Department
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
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
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.
Milky White—now up in Westport, CT for the second leg of the Into the Woods production—visits a local…friend. Break a leg at WCP, Milky!
The “Milky” has landed! Milky White arrives at Westport Country Playhouse for 2nd round of her (“his”) engagement in the CENTERSTAGE/WCP co-pro ofInto the Woods. (Love that the arrival includes a tour of the admin offices.)
Another desolate image of the devastation suffered by Richmond in the waning days of the Civil War.
Images of The Civil War
Take a look back at some of the famous faces and places that now stand as legendary in the history of the United States. Photography was in its infancy during the Civil War, and war photography was unheard of. On the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, these images stand as a faithful record of the country’s most turbulent times – of heroic figures, terrible sacrifices, and the shame of slavery. (via Images of The Civil War – The Eye: a Peoria photo blog - pjstar.com)
![In other news - the cast [of Into the Woods] is also in the process of working on a series of Awkward Family photos: Jack and his new mom, Little Red Ridinghood (Justin Scott Brown and Dana Steingold).
Photo by Lauren Kennedy and Nikka Lanzarone (via In other news - the cast is also in the process of working on a series of Awkward Family photos: Jack and his new mom, Little Red Ridinghood. Justin Scott Brown and Dana Steingold. - PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Kennedy and Nikka Lanzarone Introduce Into the Woods Veteran “Twan Baker”)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2bod7yCJa1qzwcz9o1_400.jpg)
In other news - the cast [of Into the Woods] is also in the process of working on a series of Awkward Family photos: Jack and his new mom, Little Red Ridinghood (Justin Scott Brown and Dana Steingold).
Photo by Lauren Kennedy and Nikka Lanzarone (via In other news - the cast is also in the process of working on a series of Awkward Family photos: Jack and his new mom, Little Red Ridinghood. Justin Scott Brown and Dana Steingold. - PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Kennedy and Nikka Lanzarone Introduce Into the Woods Veteran “Twan Baker”)
“ Only Les Waters goes to New Haven an Obie-winning director and comes back a male model.
Intrigued? How not to be. Well, you can read the whole back story at Amy Bobeda’s blog from Berkeley Rep (though it’s really as much about Yale). Is there a lesson in here somewhere? Probably not. But it is certainly a hoot.
Their Eyes Were Watching God « The Big Read Blog
Photographs, interviews, media, essays, reflections, history, and more at the NEA Big Read blog about Their Eyes Were Watching God. Give a look and a listen.
Migrant Workers During the Great Depression in Florida (via Florida Memory Project - Migrant Workers During the Great Depression in Florida)
“Work Life in the Camps and Swamps of Florida”
Hurston’s history with life in Southern Florida was not confined to her childhood in Eatonville or her various literary efforts. When she attended Columbia University in the 1920s, Hurston was tutored by anthropologist Franz Boaz. Her knowledge of anthropology was incorporated in the 1930s when she worked for the Federal Writers Project during the Great Depression collecting African-American folklore. Her patroness, Charlotte Osgood Mason, funded an anthropological journey to southern Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. In those places, Hurston collected a wealth of folklore through songs, dance, customs, traditions, and cultural norms during her anthropological research trips. (via Zora Neale Hurston & Polk County » Work Life in the Camps and Swamps of Florida)
Director BJ Jones snapped this shot of the cast of Skull in Connemara on a “field trip” over to Baltimore’s Greenmount Cemetary. A goulishly good-looking bunch, no? You can almost smell the poteen….
