Category Archives: Up for Discussion

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Communication in the Wake of a Disaster

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

Note from Julie Hennrikus: After the Marathon bombings last month, several people had conversations around communications strategies by organizations. It was a difficult time, and Jim Torres agreed to write a blog post, helping us start a conversation. By Jim … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of the Senseless

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

I have been wrestling with words since the afternoon of April 15. The immediacy of the reactions, the horror, the “is everyone OK?”, the stories. Friday–being evacuated from my home (I live near the bombers), keeping the TV on all … Continue reading →

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Auditions & why you must go

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Just keep showing up. That’s the advice I’d get over & over from teachers & colleagues when I started to pursue an acting career after college. And so I did. Then, several years into it, I moved to Boston to … Continue reading →

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The Patient Artist

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

I heard a lot of fantastic, intelligent and illuminating things at yesterday’s “If I Knew Then…Directors” panel which I had the good fortune to moderate.   I learned how Scott Edmiston approaches a script for the first time, how Benny Sato … Continue reading →

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Live from the Library, who is on your list?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

In the fall of 2005, three friends were gearing up for our first show. We were new to town, and knew no actors, no designers and really nothing about how producing a show worked in Boston. (Really, we could have … Continue reading →

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An Actor’s Life for Me….

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

“Hi diddle dee dee You sleep till after two You promenade a big cigar You tour the world in a private car You dine on chicken and caviar An actor’s life for me!” Whoever wrote the lyrics to Disney’s Pinocchio … Continue reading →

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Elinor Teele Responds: The Incubator Project

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

The Incubator Project In a fit of procrastination, I came up with an idea for the challenge thrown down by Julie in her Call to Action. As yet, “The Incubator Project” is still a pie in the sky, but I’d … Continue reading →

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A Call to Action

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

So, last week was the TCG conference. And we were the host city. I’ll write more about what that meant, and will also get some pictures up soon. But before we bask in the glow of a job well done, … Continue reading →

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Amanda Palmer and her Kickstarter Campaign of Triumphant Victory or What’s Amanda Palmer got that you don’t got?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Awful lot of buzz about AFP and how she raised $1,106,461 through her Kickstarter campaign whose original goal was a measly $100000.    Typical of a Kickstarter campaign.  I don’t think so.  So how did she do it?  I’m not entirely … Continue reading →

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Put the Blame on Mom

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

This is entirely my mother’s fault. For Mother’s Day I went digging through some old albums and posted some pictures on Facebook of my mom and me doing theater back when I was a kid.  It got me thinking about … Continue reading →

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