A story of fear and land

Todd Houseman

Todd Houseman (Acting 3, Edmonton, AB) shares thoughts and feelings about what has been happening between the Wet’suwet’en indigenous land defenders and armed RCMP in B.C.

Playwriting

January 28, 2020

What Makes a Play?

Andrea Romaldi

An excerpt from the essay "Master Class: Dramaturgy and New Play Development" by Andrea Romaldi, Director of the Playwriting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada. In this passage, Romaldi shares with us what makes or breaks a play.

Playwriting

January 23, 2020

Dramaturgy and New Play Development

Andrea Romaldi

An excerpt from the essay "Master Class: Dramaturgy and New Play Development" by Andrea Romaldi, Director of the Playwriting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada. Drawing primarily from her experience as a working dramaturge, Romaldi attempts to answer what dramaturgy is.

Production Design and Technical Arts

January 21, 2020

Worlds of Make-Believe and Realism

Kaylie MacNeil

Kaylie MacNeil (Production Design and Technical Arts 1, North Bay, ON) shares her thoughts and experience as a first-year NTS student in the Production Design and Technical Arts program after her first month.

Playwriting

December 19, 2019

The Texture of Words

Gillian Clark

A courageous speech by Gillian Clark (Playwriting 3) which speaks of the existential angst in which a writer finds herself in when confronted with her darkest ideas on paper.

Acting

December 19, 2019

A New Power for Good

Todd Houseman

A heartfelt speech by Todd Houseman (Acting 3) on the challenges faced by Indigenous people in the world of theatre, such as the fight against tokenism, to be perceived as a full-fledged individual with all of one's complexity.

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