http://theaterforthefuture.com/http-isnt-just-for-marketing/ The Art in the Business of Theater - Collaboration Tools and Technology and the Storefront Theater Movement Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theaterforthefuture.com/http-isnt-just-for-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Marni Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:15:18 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/2007/11/07/http-isnt-just-for-marketing/#comment-3 Oooh, that's fascinating to me! I'd love to see theatres finding a way to incorporate some kind of online video, including podcasts. I think it'll be a hard leap for a lot of theatre artists to make - I don't think it's as much an issue of knowing "what the people want", and more an issue of *connecting* live performance to anything recorded, which i think is hard for 'purists' to get on board with. But come on, people - keep up with the world or you'll be obsolete in no time. Oooh, that’s fascinating to me! I’d love to see theatres finding a way to incorporate some kind of online video, including podcasts. I think it’ll be a hard leap for a lot of theatre artists to make – I don’t think it’s as much an issue of knowing “what the people want”, and more an issue of *connecting* live performance to anything recorded, which i think is hard for ‘purists’ to get on board with. But come on, people – keep up with the world or you’ll be obsolete in no time.

]]> http://theaterforthefuture.com/http-isnt-just-for-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Nick Keenan Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:19:45 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/2007/11/07/http-isnt-just-for-marketing/#comment-2 And in another moment of syncronicity, I just read TOC's <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/?p=3285#more-3285" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> on Steppenwolf's decision to mount their evenings of Susan Lori Parks' <i>365 days/365 plays</i> as <a href="http://www.steppenwolf.org/boxoffice/productions/index.aspx?id=450" rel="nofollow">flash animations</a>. Whether or not these pieces are plays is an interesting discussion already in progress on the Steppenwolf blog, but I've already made up my mind, and have to agree with Kris Vire: The audience and the artist makes the theater. Though some of my favorite plays ever are on <a href="http://homestarrunner.com" rel="nofollow">homestarrunner.com</a>. I'd also propose the question: What would make digital theater inarguably theatrical - and not say, cinematic - to a broad audience? Is there room for a more hybrid experience - a combination of live performance in a space with an audience, but somehow allowing the audience to take the performance with them to enjoy and interact with later? The opportunities for crafting an audience experience on multiple levels and in multiple environments like that just makes my designer's tastebuds quiver. And in another moment of syncronicity, I just read TOC’s blog post on Steppenwolf’s decision to mount their evenings of Susan Lori Parks’ 365 days/365 plays as flash animations. Whether or not these pieces are plays is an interesting discussion already in progress on the Steppenwolf blog, but I’ve already made up my mind, and have to agree with Kris Vire: The audience and the artist makes the theater. Though some of my favorite plays ever are on homestarrunner.com. I’d also propose the question: What would make digital theater inarguably theatrical – and not say, cinematic – to a broad audience? Is there room for a more hybrid experience – a combination of live performance in a space with an audience, but somehow allowing the audience to take the performance with them to enjoy and interact with later? The opportunities for crafting an audience experience on multiple levels and in multiple environments like that just makes my designer’s tastebuds quiver.

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