Re: R: RAT. Money

[brad rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com>]

My problem is not with Arte Povera.
   It's actually very close to my heart as a method of working.
  My problem is that , paradoxically, Arte Povera costs money-- 
sometimes lots of money.
  I was just in Italy  and had a chance to go by Pontedera- The Jerzy 
Grotowski Workcentre, run know by Thomas Richards. Their work might 
be poor theatre- it might be basic, elemental, it might be trying to 
claim a new theatrical language-but the theater is quite nice, the 
living spaces well-appointed.... These comforts perhaps, give them 
the possibility  of doing poor theatre- of stripping themselves bare 
onstage.
 
  Theatre of course should be holy, be a prayer. I agree, Mitchell. 
But I still want it in the most beautiful church I can find, I want 
someone to clean the organ pipes and someone else to make sure the 
stainedglass windows are stunning- and the best choir  I can  find. 
Not because I have no love for poverty- just  the opposite- I want 
the experience to be as holy as possible for as many as possible- and 
how do I speak to them.? Maybe the organist is necessary. Sometimes 
the Equity actress is necessary- not because she's equity, but 
because she is the best choice for the role.

  I want a  space where I can be governed by soul,  by passion, but to 
do that , to really follow my theatrical vision, I need access to 
resource.   7 people holding signs don't always stand-in for seven 
people on seven TV sets.  Reza Abdoh demanded all kinds of resources 
for his work, it didn't make  the work less radical.
  Technology is not an enemy . Money is not  an enemy.
  Neither money nor technology is an enemy of prayer.

-brad