L. Nicol Cabe

The Intiman has made more clear their previously vague plans to reopen, and personally, I am less than inspired. Other critics seem to be torn: Misha Berson straight-up tells the facts Bond Huberman of Seattle Mag is pessimistic Brendan Kiley at the Slog actually sounds optimistic Marcie Sillman at Crosscut.com is worried about the feelings [...]

This article, 7 Reasons Why Theatre Makes Our Lives Better, is from TheatreWashington.org is really old news now, but I finally got around to reading it this morning. I don’t agree with all of them, of course, but two specifically were right up my alley. So, naturally, I thought I’d repost them. Second, theatre is [...]

Lots of theatre news lately, apparently. Seattle Times featured a short piece about the future of the Intiman’s space, and how they are considering using it as the Intiman itself rebuilds. According to Deborah Daoust, director of communications for city-run Seattle Center, the center is now eyeing a summer residency for the Intiman and considering [...]

You’ve all probably gathered by now that I work in theatre. I admin for a large theatre, I direct and dramaturg for smaller theatres, I write theatrical pieces (sometimes, in my quieter moments), I used to act, I’m on the board of a clown company, I’m delving further into the world of physical theatre, I [...]

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 [...]

One of the books I read frequently as a child was a surprising ode to the inner workings of capitalism, “Olson’s Meat Pies,” by Peter Cohen. The story centered on Olson, a man who made and sold fantastic meat pies with only the best ingredients. One day, Strom, his bookkeeper, makes off with the company’s [...]