Pittsburgh Arts, Regional Theatre, New Work, Producing, Copyright, Labor Unions,
New Products, Coping Skills, J-O-Bs...
Theatre industry news, University & School of Drama Announcements, plus occasional course support for
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni.
CMU School of Drama
Friday, April 06, 2007
Lawrence Wright's 'Trip to Al-Qaeda'
NPR: "My Trip to Al-Qaeda, a one-man play in New York, is an emotional journey for the audience and the writer, who plays himself on stage."
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
I wonder if the theater world will ever return to original works that won’t be automatically categorized as being from a “post-911” era. So many new works are being related to terrorist activities, 911 reenactments, war, Iraq, so on and so fourth. Its not that I don’t think that it’s important to illustrate these monumental events in dramatic texts, I just wonder what the next big occurrence will be to take us away from the 911 track.
i think this is amazing! i really want to see this play now. it sounds like a very interesting approach to the subject matter, and also it is done by a very intellectual man. for those of you you have not seen the seige, i recommend doing so. the action and plot is uncanny. in response to alana's comment i would have to say that this is how it has always been, after any large event there is a series of art pieces (many mediums) that refer to the event. again it relates to the ugly fact that at times the inspiration for powerful art comes from an evil place.
2 comments:
I wonder if the theater world will ever return to original works that won’t be automatically categorized as being from a “post-911” era. So many new works are being related to terrorist activities, 911 reenactments, war, Iraq, so on and so fourth. Its not that I don’t think that it’s important to illustrate these monumental events in dramatic texts, I just wonder what the next big occurrence will be to take us away from the 911 track.
i think this is amazing! i really want to see this play now. it sounds like a very interesting approach to the subject matter, and also it is done by a very intellectual man. for those of you you have not seen the seige, i recommend doing so. the action and plot is uncanny. in response to alana's comment i would have to say that this is how it has always been, after any large event there is a series of art pieces (many mediums) that refer to the event. again it relates to the ugly fact that at times the inspiration for powerful art comes from an evil place.
Post a Comment