L. Nicol Cabe

More awesome? I actually prefer “awesomer.” Go fig. SO THE VENUE. The Pocket Theater. Soon-to-be 20-30 seat venue somewhere in the Ballard/Fremont/Queen Anne area with the aim to be open this October, which is pretty ambitious since they just launched their Kickstarter to raise money. But you should totally donate to this project. Why? Because [...]

Transmedia storytelling!  “Transmedia storytelling (also known as transmedia narrative or multiplatform storytelling) is the technique of telling a single story or story experience across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies, and is not to be confused with traditional cross-platform media franchises,[1] sequels or adaptations.” Beautiful. I love it. I want to do it. Thank you, Robert Matney, for your HowlRound article “Hacking [...]

I’m a little behind on the internet memes, so I’m finally, after about 7 years, discovering Ze Frank. Here’s my two favorite so far – probably because I’m reading “Around the Writer’s Block” by Rosanne Bane.

This weekend, On the Boards is offering a show called “A Piece of Work (formerly False Peach)”. The show, per it’s website write-up, mixes live performance and AI software. As part of the show’s run, OtB will also offer a master class with Annie Dorsen, who created the show. Dorsen has created basically a new [...]

Yes! This is closer to what I was hoping for in my last post, about social media. In the past, theatres have been criticised for getting social media wrong, but there’s definitely movement in the right direction. They’re starting to think of us as audiences online as well as offline. Maybe it’s not that hard after [...]

So, I’m having a hard time wanting to finish my diatribe about this book. I feel like Cameron demonstrates her bad habits in the book’s set-up, which I have already discussed in detail. I’d also like to move on to other projects – for example, I have an exciting co-blogging project coming up about another [...]

I just think it’s funny. From WHAT SHOULD THEATRE CALL ME. When you’re directing and everyone keeps questioning your choices. You just want to be like (<3 Dame Maggie Smith) (and actually, the show I’m directing is going swimmingly. The worst that’s happened is the light board gave us a lot of trouble yesterday and [...]

While I spend more of my money than I like to admit on clothing, I would never go so far as to say that I have any fashion sense. I don’t watch “Project Runway,” and I can’t watch “What Not To Wear” anymore because I’m tired of them dressing people (usually women) in the same [...]

Received this email from “Americans for the Arts” today. Thought it was worth reposting. I think the bit about caps on charitable giving is actually related to rich people and companies using charitable giving as a tax loophole – instead of giving out of the kindness of their hearts – but I could be wrong. [...]

Week Two of “The Artist’s Way” is titled “Recovering a Sense of Identity.” The first week was “Recovering a Sense of Safety,” so this is a nice bit of linguistic symmetry. As we continue into the rest of the 12 weeks, “Recovering a Sense of ____” starts every title sequence. The subtitles in this chapter [...]