Read quote““Flat furnishing and letting is a hobby of mine, and a profitable one, too, but it can never take the place of the stage with me.””
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About Theater
Drama, performance, spectatorship, embodiment, and the social power of live presentation.
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Words on Theater
Read quote“The idea that the director pulls a performance, it’s not like that.”
Read quote“Minha existência poderia ter ficado encoberta pelas muitas montanhas que encobrem as Minas Gerais se, um dia, uma trupe de circo não tivesse passado por lá.”
Read quote“I found it too hard trying to be funny to no one … believe me, you certainly get no reaction from a camera.”
Read quote“Entrar em cena é sempre um risco.”
Read quote“Hay algo peligroso en la función de teatro que te hace estar con cada célula de tu cuerpo alerta.”
Read quote“The more honest you are onstage the easier this job is to do.”
Read quote“A good actor must have an open heart. He must have no walls, no inhibitions.”
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Quote Stories about Theater
Loose Threads, Bright Wings
Jun wants to prove he can repair every puppet before the weekend performance. After his hurried fixes make matters worse, he learns to ask what each broken object is trying to become.
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What the Seams Remember
Mera could make a sleeve fit by touch. Explaining how was another matter entirely.
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When the Curtains Learned to Glow
Lina and Oren find an abandoned puppet stage beneath their apartment and race to restore it before the courtyard festival. When their beautiful scenery buckles and their late-night show excludes neighbors, they discover that the best theater is built for many kinds of attention.
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