TDF Stages Archive
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This is the Place Where Your Feelings Are Safe
Performers Off-Broadway Why Dale Soules understands her character in Shows for Days — There's a moment in Shows For Days , now playing at Lincoln Center Theater, when a character named Sid annihilates her pride. To save her theatre company, she must ask for help from the woman who broke her heart. And even though […]
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How Does Anyone Make It In Black America?
With food and conversation, a new play invites us to explore our country's racism — When we see the president deliver a eulogy in Charleston, or when we walk home through a New York City protest on behalf of Eric Garner, it's impossible to forget that racism and brutality still shape this country. But these […]
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WATCH: Meet The Assembly
Meet the Assembly, where political questions get investigated from all sides. This video features all four of The Assembly’s co-artistic directors — Stephen Aubrey, Edward Bauer, Nick Benacerraf, and Jess Chayes — as well as company members Ben Beckley and Emily Louise Perkins.
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I See Myself in His Performance
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The Alchemy of a Mad Dance Scientist
Moses Pendelton and his vision for Momix — Momix founder and choreographer Moses Pendleton fits the bill of a mad dance scientist: His creations are otherworldly – etched with ethereal visuals that incorporate inventive technology – and since he asks dancers to slip between classical technique and acrobatic pyrotechnics, he seems disinterested in the rules […]
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There’s a Play Happening on the Staten Island Ferry
Playwrights For $1.99, you can download an audio drama set on the ferry — Is a play still a play when the actors aren't aware they're actors? Is a spectator still a spectator when they become a part of a set? Is a theatre company still a theatre company when it's called This Is Not […]
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Feeling Like the Middle Child, but Acting Like the Youngest
Heather Lind intimately understands the sibling dynamics in Of Good Stock
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How TDF Member Joanne Zammit Became a Stage Door Jane
Member Stories Welcome to Meet the Member , where TDF members let you know which shows they love. Today's member: Joanne Zammit – a TDF member since 2002 and a retired teacher living in Stamford, Connecticut who currently volunteers at the Bronx Zoo. — Emily Travis, Marketing Manager at TDF: Hello, Joanne! To get started, […]
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Why Can We See Those Puppeteers?
Manual Cinema wants you to witness how they work — There's a moment on screen, pictured above, when an old woman looks at herself in the mirror. The tentative way she touches the glass communicates her loneliness, her grief, and her disbelief that she's still alive while her beloved sister is in the ground. That's […]