Category: Theatre memoir
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Don Diego de la Luna sat next to me yesterday as I read the Bedford Introduction to Drama. I haven’t gotten to the fun part yet – we’re still coughing through the introduction in which the author defines terms and explains concepts of performance. Diego let me give him scritches as I…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Firsts are important: first words, first names, first steps. They matter, not so much in and of themselves, but because they mark an initiation. They bring with them the traces of what is to come: a life full of conversations, years of identity, paths walked into strange and unimaginable places. All firsts…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez It’s almost June and the main seasons of most theatre companies have been put to rest. Shakespeare in the Ruins is amping up to start, and you are beginning to hear the whispers of Fringe festival in the air. It’s a liminal time, where some work has had a chance to flourish…