AMERICAN THEATRE: She recently redesigned the Mystic Aquarium’s California Sea Lion show, for which she recorded vocals for the song parody “Eye of the Sea Lion” (in the style of “Eye of the Tiger”) and contributed lyrics for a song parody of “Roar.” Her design for Sunday in the Park With George at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis was heard through late August, as was her design for Romeo and Juliet at western New York’s Chautauqua Theater Company.
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It is so interesting to see such a diverse group of creators and artists in this group of up and comings. The world of theatre is so diverse and different in its disciplines and its people that it is great to see the world of theatre presenting that diversity and that wide range of backgrounds and knowledge. The article was also very well composed in showing different kinds of artists and different jobs and places to work in theatre both in stage of their lives and place. It really shows a young artist and theatre maker like myself what we can do after we are set free from school and all of the different paths that theatre may present.
It's always interesting for me to read the bios of other theater workers. Interesting because the theater community is so fascinatingly varied when compared to a lot of other people industries. And this fact makes sense because the more of the different voices you can place around you the more interesting the story that atyou will be able to tell. The one thing I was hoping for though was to see a technical director on that list, I know it's greedy. The reason for this is because often it can feel like we get over shadowed or ignored in the process of making theater and that always seemed weird to me. While technical directors generally don't make artistic choices for a show I feel we often sit as the in between of what is currently a thought project that I can't see how to make it happen and reality and there are times you literally get to bring dreams to life.
It’s always interesting to me to read the bios of theatre workers, for a couple of reasons. First of all, it is great to be able to understand the minds behind the work, and the intentions and process that could have possibly gone into the final product based on who is a part of the creative team. Secondly, it is encouraging to people from so many diverse backgrounds. Being Asian-American, I never ever see anyone who comes from a similar background as me, much less have the same artistic spirit or way of thinking and creating as me. Knowing that theater is full of different people from different backgrounds is comforting, and makes me feel like I can make it as well. I just hope we will see more Asian-Americans specifically working in these fields.
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