L. Nicol Cabe

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 [...]

It’s nearly April, and it’s been over a month since SECOND DATE, a project co-produced by Annex Theatre and Rain City Projects, ended. It’s taken me awhile to get it together to write about this project, but here we go.   Back in December, I mentioned an email I received proposing the SECOND DATE project [...]

I ran across an article from The Atlantic a few days ago, called “A Brief History of Applause, the ‘Big Data’ of the Ancient World,” that described applause as the original method of gathering “big data” about audiences and what they want – the caveat, of course, is that now we also have Facebook “likes,” [...]

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.

If you’ve gone to see any theatre at all lately, you may or may not notice that there’s basically no minorities on stage. Like, ever. Yes, just to reiterate, I am saying this as a white person. But it’s true! If you like info graphics, this great report from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition [...]

I’ve been sitting on the following articles for a few weeks now. Natalie V. Hall’s #2TweetorNot2Tweet Gwydion Suilebhan’s Theatrical Biodiversity Alex Barron on HowlRound’s  Blog – 13P: Easy to Revere, Tough to Recreate And also some good news for Seattle: building 12th Avenue Arts is well underway, and Capitol Hill’s Pike & Pine St corridor [...]

The summary, written in a gray box along the right side of the page, says of this week: “This week may find you dealing with unaccustomed bursts of energy and sharp peaks of anger, joy, and grief. You are coming into your power as the illusory hold of your previously accepted limits is shaken. You [...]

Although I fall into the trap of New Year’s Resolutions (someday I’ll resolve to be more resolved in my resolutions …), I don’t often keep them. However, this year, I’d like to fail more. I don’t mean that like I want to suck at everything, but that I want to have more opportunities to try. [...]

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 [...]

The title of Week One is “Recovering a Sense of Safety.” It’s true, it is important to feel safe practicing art. Classes can help with this, but classes also force you to practice. Ironically, reading a book about art does not force you to practice that art. In general, the chapter encourages readers to overcome [...]