L. Nicol Cabe

An antidote to the derp of the last post! Yay! First, and most importantly, there’s a new writer’s group forming at Seattle Rep. They are specifically Northwest playwrights, too. This is a very exciting development from a large theatre company, although they have a pretty toned-down expectation of the group. Participants in the group will [...]

There’s been some interesting bits on art from around the world this week. The most painful and derpy of them all is news about conservative Catholic organizations protesting a play which, from what I can gather, deals with a sad, difficult, depressing, and very real subject — a dying elderly parent. It’s not pleasant to [...]

Finally, I managed to see a show opening weekend! Good for me. “little world” is part puppet show, part kids’ show, and part very adult tragedy. Here’s the blurb from the Seattle U website: A woman creates and retreats to a little world of her own… a safe place where she can hide from all [...]

Free Theatre Week has evolved in recent years into the fabulous Arts Crush, a month-long event featuring all kinds of art work — readings of books, poetry, plays, screenplays; performance art of many varieties; painting and sculpture exhibits; dance; and of course, theatre. I’m especially happy about the variety Arts Crush is offering this year. [...]

People work better in groups, when presented with challenges? I would never have guessed. In an article from Wired magazine several weeks ago, the concept of “the Autuer” is dissected. It’s a provocative analogy, but I think we tend to overemphasize the singular impact of auteurs, at least in the film business. (I’ll refrain from [...]

I am an avid reader of Bitch Magazine — I’ve even subscribed for the past 5 years. I skim their Twitter feed, I’m Facebook friends with them … but I rarely read the blogs. I read the magazine cover to cover every quarter, but I haven’t kept up with the company as it launched itself [...]

I don’t know what else to say about “The Wild Plan,” except what the title says — oh my fucking GAWD. With an implied “AWESOME” for emphasis. We believe that theatre is about community. Our Wild Plan is to create shared experiences through story and spectacle and song―not to mention beer and wine and food, [...]

I recently had my love of flash mobs and harmless public pranks rekindled after showing a friend Improv Everywhere’s infamous “Best Buy takeover.” And also their classic, and oft-copied, Frozen in Grand Central Station: They’re also responsible for pantsless subway rides, which I hear rumor are happening on the Light Rail here in Seattle now. [...]

Look, I just moved across town, okay? That’s exhausting and expensive. I have things to say, but currently, little mind with which to say them. Maybe tomorrow. Or maybe I’ll start watching “Weeds” on Netflix Streaming. Also, these don’t really have anything to do with theatre, but they do have more generally to do with [...]

I’m a big fan of Live Girls! continuing series, Quickies — a series of short plays written by local female playwrights. Every year is different, an insight into women playwrights in the area and what kind of scripts they might write. Congratulations on 12 years of this awesome show! This year was, again, wonderful. It [...]