Theatre For One was created by scenic designer Christine Jones, and brings a one-on-one theatre experience to audiences all over the world. One actor, one audience member, and a series of micro plays in an intimate, mobile performance space. A recent iteration was We Are Here (Nairobi Edition), which elevates a vibrant chorus of voices and can be seen online January 11 and 12, 2022. Get free tickets here.
Meet Tony Award-winning designer Christine Jones in her TEDX Broadway presentation, where she talks about the creation of Theatre For One:
Looking Ahead, Register In Advance:
• January 13 @ 3pm Eastern: frame:work Online Social: The New Talent ’22 List for frame:work is the work of Ben Nicholson from Miami University, Sharon Huizinga from University of Cincinnati: CCM, TJ Donoghue. board member at UNCSA Kenan Institute for the Arts, and Laura Frank, founder of frame:work. They are your hosts for an online session for industry chat and future planning. Read more about frame:work. Sign up for the online social here
• January 13 @ 4pm Eastern: The Basics Segment Two: Standard Operations of a Counterweight System. In segment two we discuss the safe day to day operations of a counterweight system. Presented by DeLong Rigging Systems and USITT as an eight-part series of seminars designed to give participants the foundation to begin building the skill sets needed to be a theatrical rigger.. Details Here.
• January 14 @ 5pm Eastern: Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU): Community Gatherings/Friday Zooms: Keeping Virtual in Our Vocabulary: Integrating What We've Learned As We Return to Live Performance: Kathryn Jones, leader and Innovator in live-streaming, virtual fundraising and social-first content, founder of Collective Agency. Two years in shutdown has pushed us to expand our creative skill set. We'll look at the virtual tools that can still serve us going forward, and how they can contribute to our future success in theater, from live-streaming as a supplementary revenue stream to online fundraising to new way to approach marketing and increase awareness of our product. Email for Zoom links: [email protected]
Podcasts:
• USITT/TECHnically Speaking: Scenic and costume designer Christian Fleming chats about his upcoming participation in the 2022 World Stage Design exhibition as well as share some details about his selected design. Listen Here.
• Light Talk: Episode 249, Interview with Jeromy Hopgood: Scenic, projection, lighting, and sound designer; associate professor of Entertainment Design & Technology at Eastern Michigan University; resident designer for the Michigan Shakespeare Company; author of QLab 3 Show Control, Dance Production: Design & Technology, and The Projection Designer's Toolkit (Focal Press/Routledge), and blogger at Entertainment Design & Technology chats with The Lumen Brothers. Listen here, and pop on over to https://routledge.pub/JeromyHopgood and grab a hot-off-the-press copy of The Projection Designer's Toolkit for 20% off with the code SMA12.
* Artistic Finance: If you don't know about NFT's and the metaverse, it's time to learn. so don't miss this podcast with Bob Bonniol, Emmy Award winning director, production designer, and producer known for his implementation of extensive media and interactive features in his productions and installations. He is also the founder of Mode Studios, and its hybrid event company Meta Mode. Join him as he explains the future, with host Ethan Steimel on Artistic Finance. The discussion includes Bonniol's opera NFT, how NFTs are currently being used and can be used in live events and theatre, the metaverse—how it's working and where it's headed, and an actionable challenge to you to create an NFT.
Listen here.
Live Design Online, On Demand:
• LDI New Tech Breaks: Don't miss LDI's Virtual New Tech Breaks now On Demand: Presentations of new products and technology from LDI2021 exhibitors including: MyCaseBuilder, Zanni, Madrix, and Propared. Register Here and watch when you can, some really good products here, like Zanni's Ovees (pictured below), which will take you into immersive worlds of AR and VR.
• Celebrating The Tonys: Interviews with Tony-nominated sound designer Jonathan Deans (Jagged Little Pill), and Tony winner for Moulin Rouge, Peter Hylenski, moderated by Abe Jacob, and sponsored by Meyer Sound. The second session, sponsored by ETC, features lighting designer Justin Townsend, Tony nominated for Jagged Little Pill and the winner for Moulin Rouge. Free. Register Here.
• Live Design Virtual Webcasts: Extend Your Reality: How to use the latest technology to create spectacular live experiences. This three-session virtual event is free to watch and sponsored by disguise, the platform for creatives and technologists to imagine, create and deliver spectacular live visual experiences. Three sessions that take you deep into the world of xR production. Ellen Lampert-Gréaux, creative director for Live Design/LDI, moderates. The tech and design savvy panelists are from disguise as well as such companies as Studio Lab, All Of It Now, Far Right Productions. Free. Register Here.