tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984422169665538384.post6599104654722413956..comments2024-01-18T05:56:41.394-05:00Comments on AAPEX: Owa on the State of Black Theatre (Part 2: A Solution)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984422169665538384.post-60797239716220152752013-08-17T13:59:32.382-04:002013-08-17T13:59:32.382-04:00Too bad conventional theatre is so expensive but a...Too bad conventional theatre is so expensive but actors and directors and playwrights gotta live. No one can work for nothing. It would be great, as you suggest, if academia took the lead in seeking out and staging new works to compliment our canon. It's less risky for them to do so as compared to most theatre companies-- especially black theatres. Maybe, as you again suggested, the fix lies with newer approaches to "staging" plays that don't rely on brick, mortar, and seats. I'd love to see a "21st Century Dramaturgical Theater Movement." Perhaps the BTN will take the initiative as you suggested. If not, for it to succeed, black "influencers" will have to take up the challenge. But where to start? Who to ask? Oprah? Michelle?... Owa?DC Copelandhttp://www.ouatih.comnoreply@blogger.com