Resilience on Stage and Off: How Artists and Leaders Navigate Challenges
Understanding Resilience in the Arts Resilience is a quality that every artist and leader must cultivate. The arts are full of challenges, from financial pressures and critical reviews to complex organizational dynamics. Over my career, I have learned that resilience is not just about enduring hardships. It is about responding to them with courage, focus, […]
Leading with Vision in the Arts: How Imagination Shapes Culture
Seeing Beyond the Stage: Vision in Action Leadership in the arts is about far more than schedules, budgets, or even the day-to-day running of a theatre. At its heart, it is about vision and imagination. It is about seeing not just what exists today, but what could exist tomorrow, and inspiring everyone around you to […]
A Life in Rehearsal Rooms: The Joy, Chaos, and Magic of Making Theatre
The Room Where It Happens There’s something sacred about a rehearsal room. It doesn’t matter if it’s a fluorescent lit community hall, a state of the art studio, or a makeshift space with taped lines on the floor—we walk in with our scripts, our hopes, and our nerves. What we create together in that room […]
Innovating Tradition: The First Simulcast and the Future of Live Performance
Looking Back to Look Ahead Theatre is a form of storytelling that has stood the test of time. Its power lies in its immediacy—the shared breath between actor and audience, the electric atmosphere of a live performance. For centuries, that intimacy defined what theatre was meant to be. But as technology evolves, so too must […]