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What Is American Theatre?

Happy Birthday America! Cue the fireworks! Light the barbecues! Start the parades! Turn up the schmaltzy American tunes! Except--and I...

What If?

“What if…??” Ah, two of my favorite words. The catalyst of creation. The foundation of art. ...And basically the entire reason we will...

10 Ways to Spark Creativity When in a Funk

Welcome, my friends! Welcome to the one year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic! And It’s been a year, hasn’t it? A year of masks and...

A Love Song for the Theatre

Well, Happy (Late) Valentine’s Day, One and All! Like most things in life, I know we all have very different feelings about Cupid’s...

We Can Never Go Back to Before

There was a time our happiness seemed never-ending, I was so sure that where we were headed was right. Life was a road, so certain and...

5 Resolutions I've Learned from Musical Theatre

Well, here we are, my merpeople, at the end of another year. A rollercoaster of a year, to be sure! But, like all things in life, Year...

Just Let Go

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” -Lao Tzu Who’s excited to let go of 2020?? Okay, but really, is 2020 teaching you...

Tell Me a Story . . .

Okay merpeople, welcome back to class. Now let’s all sit down on our carpet squares and listen to a story… Once upon a time, there was a...

A Staged Escape

Hello again, my merpeople. Are we still hanging in there? Yes? Well then, it’s time for Deep Thoughts with Captain Obvious: Life can be...

The Art That Binds Us