Re: RAT The Anonymous Dramaturg(es)

[BeSpecific@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/17/01 9:45:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
frances@international-behind-the-barcode.org writes:


> This fear based motivation of the majority of
> > theatre practitioners today will eventually eat away at the heart and
> > soul of the theatre until it devours itself in an effort to fill the hole
> > in its' soul.


IS this from Jonathan Harris, that daredevil missed in Seattle from the Plays 
the Thing bookstore? It sure sounds like him.

I only have read a bit of this conversation, but it hit a piece of me, which 
is so much a part of theatre and theatre community, and that is, feeling 
included. feeling seen. feeling heard. being with. being with another. 
so much fear in this. this is what artists consider, in so many decisions.
When are they included in their community? When not? When are they including 
themselves in their community? And where does 'respect from peers' enter or 
not enter the picture? On what level? Does it matter?
How much of the feedback we get from our work IS anonymous! How often we do 
not know or begin to know the ripple effect of our work, of our voice in the 
work.

Jessica Marlowe Goldstein
Freehold Theatre/lab studio, seattle