Building the World We Want To See
Dear Canadian Colleagues:
Hello.
It is a Thursday morning in Oakland. It’s California and it’s raining, which means no one knows how to drive or take...
Irresistible Revolutions
“Think about what kind of ICE agent you want to be. Are you the kind who is totally behind Trump or are you uncomfortable...
CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 6: LETTERS TO CANADIANS FROM AMERICANS
Earlier this week, all eyes were on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he paid a visit to the new President of the United States...
New York Dispatch
Note: I wrote this three days after the election of Trump. Since then there has been a Muslim ban, the elevation of Bannon to...
Drag: The Device That Makes Portlandia What It Is
What is performance? Is it reciting rehearsed lines to an audience? Is it adopting new behaviours? Is it getting into a costume? Is it...
Re/De-Gendering the Singer through Electronic Manipulation
I was recently sharing my love of Agnes Obel’s new song ‘Familiar’ with a friend, and I found myself realizing something interesting: I have...
4 Strategies Towards a More Inclusive Theatre Practice
In light of the recent first-ever Disability Inclusion Roundtable in Beverly Hills on in late 2016, it seems fitting to talk about bodies with...
CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 5: Contemporary Performance in Practice
Last fall SpiderWebShow was invited into a residency at Queen’s University. During our time there we co-taught a class in the Stage and Screen...
Facing the Fuck-Ups
In 1999 I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I knew a couple of people who had it and who showed no outward signs of...
Finding Faith in Oblivion
I am a gay Christian. You may have heard of us; we’re mythological creatures that live outside the comfort of the church because of our queerness, while also living outside the comfort of the LGBT community because of our bent towards a faith that has so wounded non-heteronormative people. I am also a theatre artist.
