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Playing the Part: Part I4 comments

jenthorn wrote 7 months ago:  I’ve long been yearning to try and capture some of the magic that is the “process … more →

Tags: Cast and Crew, The Butcher of Baraboo, actress prepares, Developing a character, Playing the Part, rehearsing a play

Kodachrome4 comments

Esther Emery wrote 8 months ago: I’ve been sitting on a power line lately. Remember the lines of energy that the voodoo nurse talked … more →

Tags: The Butcher of Baraboo, Artist, Average, camera, Photography

Flying with(out) an infant 3 comments

Esther Emery wrote 9 months ago: I just spent the weekend in Boston with my brother. And for the first time since August of 2007, I f … more →

Tags: Parenting, artistic process, Creativity, Solitude

Baraboo, WI, Population Normal People4 comments

Esther Emery wrote 9 months ago: You know we just closed The Sugar Syndrome. You know we have a reading of Labyrinth of Desire this m … more →

Tags: The Butcher of Baraboo, Scenic Design, Amy Chini, Marisa Wegrzyn, Chainsaw Calligraphy, baraboo, San Diego

Actually, I Owe MOXIE a Play Two Weeks From Yesterday, or Mighty Mouse vs the Ten Excuses1 comment

Esther Emery wrote 10 months ago: The following are intended to rebut the ten creativity-smothering excuses I posted yesterday. If you … more →

Tags: Parenting, Motivation, Motherhood, Procrastination, playwriting, Excuses

Meditation on the Wacky Ass Art of Directing1 comment

jenthorn wrote 10 months ago: When people who don’t spend every waking minute in the theatre world see a show, it’s ha … more →

Tags: Cast and Crew, sugar syndrome, the sugar syndrome, directing theatre

Missy's Orders3 comments

Esther Emery wrote 11 months ago: Must. Update. Blog.  Remember how we blogged last summer about MOXIE staff member Amy Chini (aka The … more →

Tags: Cast and Crew, sugar syndrome, Amy Chini, Awards

Happy Thanksgiving! (ten things)4 comments

Esther Emery wrote 1 year ago: This season I am thankful for: My husband. The rain. James Joyce, Charles Dickens and Dr. Seuss. The … more →

Tags: Thanksgiving, Ten Things, gratitude

Lucky Thirteen6 comments

Esther Emery wrote 1 year ago: My husband and I are designing a set this weekend.  Or, rather, he’s designing.  I’m directing.  It’ … more →

Tags: Set Design, Director, Process, scenic designer

Pancake Communion, or MOXIE's Post Mortem1 comment

chinimachinee wrote 1 year ago: We closed and struck Bleeding Kansas yesterday, but pre-show, before the curtain came down on the K. … more →

Tags: theatre, Female Artists, bleeding kansas, Working Moms, work at home, stay at home, Post-mortem, sugar syndrome

producer who can't sleep...will blog2 comments

jenthorn wrote 1 year ago: It’s 2 am.  I should be asleep. My daughter will wake up soon for her middle of the night feed … more →

Tags: Our kids, opening night, insomnia

The Build

chinimachinee wrote 1 year ago: We’re cruising right along here in tech week… The walls are up, the sky is hung, and we … more →

Tags: Add new tag, bleeding kansas, Tech, load-in, Build

Twas The Night Before Load In1 comment

chinimachinee wrote 1 year ago: The Place: Diversionary Theatre The Time:  Mmm, Eight Thirtyish  The Crew:  The Diversionary Boys, M … more →

Tags: bleeding kansas, Tech, load-in

recycling artists2 comments

jenthorn wrote 1 year ago: There is a funny taboo in the arts world.  Crossing disciplines is something frowned upon in private … more →

Tags: Cast and Crew, Amy Chini, Jo Anne Glover, Missy Bradstreet, Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, bleeding kansas, Esther Emery, Sheri Kraus, Dustin Long

100 posts and all of them moxielicious!2 comments

jenthorn wrote 1 year ago: I can’t believe it…this is our 100th post on the MOXIE Blog!  Today as I perused some ol … more →

Tags: 100 posts, moxie, Multi-tasking

Beecher's Bible2 comments

chinimachinee wrote 1 year ago: Hello all!  Long time to see…  I have not been very theatrically active these past weeks, but now th … more →

Tags: Beecher's Bible, bleeding kansas, props, Rifle

Making the case for slavery2 comments

jenthorn wrote 1 year ago: Several of my fellow cast members in Bleeding Kansas have their work cut out for them tonight.  They … more →

Tags: abolitionist, bleeding kansas, Slavery

My Baby's Leaving the Nest1 comment

chinimachinee wrote 1 year ago: Today Jen asked me which theatrical projects I’m currently working on.  Short answer: not-a-on … more →

Tags: Play, Playwright, Script

Hi, honey, I'm home!6 comments

Esther Emery wrote 1 year ago: Dearest blog readers… Oh, how I have missed you, my darlings, let me count the ways. I have mi … more →

Tags: opening night, sight unseen, Director, Actor


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