Don’t Be Afraid of Not Knowing What to Do

Don’t Be Afraid of Not Knowing What to Do

illustration: Allie Gattor Don’t Be Afraid of Not Knowing What to Do I was just out of school and had travelled to Vienna, Austria, to the Burgtheater to learn from a director named Manfred Karge. I would sit next to him during rehearsals and watch him work. One...
Plattas — A Method of Creating Theatre

Plattas — A Method of Creating Theatre

Breaking Stories Apart A platta is, in practical terms, a list of the actions or events that make up a performance. It can be a map, a recipe, a menu or simply a sequence of things that happen. I came across the term while reading a book about Shakespeare and the...