We are pleased to share a curated collection of programs and snapshots from Performing Arts Legacy events and selected professionals’ sites. Stay tuned for more additions!
Behind the Curtain
Our latest cohort of PAL contributors includes three prolific performing arts professionals who have left their mark on the theater:
- Ken Billington offers a rarely seen glimpse of the process of lighting a show
- Eric Schultz tells us what it’s like to be a house electrician in New York
- John Lee Beatty reflects on collaboration in the theater in his highlight, “The Designer’s Eye: Collaborators”
Brighton Beach Memoirs – sketch by John Lee Beatty
“Pandemic Thoughts”
January 24, 2022: In our monthly meetup of Performing Arts Legacy “alumni” (professionals whose published sites can be viewed here), Ron Nakahara reflects on the impacts of COVID-19 and the ways that technology has helped to keep us connected during this challenging time.
“Reflections on Work”
September 20, 2021: In our monthly meetup of Performing Arts Legacy “alumni” (professionals whose published sites can be viewed here), artists shared their reflections on work. Here is a featured reading by Dana Ivey. Please note that because this was recorded over Zoom, Dana Ivey’s reading cuts to a professional as they react to her story.
“Freedom”
July 19, 2021: In our monthly meetup of Performing Arts Legacy “alumni” (professionals whose published sites can be viewed here), artists shared their reflections on freedom. Featuring readings and performances by Ron Nakahara, Jasper McGruder, and Zalmen Mlotek.
“Crisis Competence”
In this panel, hosted 2/22/2021 by HB Studio, Five Performing Arts Legacy Project Alumni representing our 5 years of Actors Fund cohorts – Virginia Wing, Glenn Kubota, Barbara Kahn, Jasper McGruder and Bill Koch – discuss resilience during the pandemic.
Talking Legacy
Professionals from the Performing Arts Legacy Project were paired with students from the Professional Performing Arts School for mentorship conversations about career and craft. Hear them in conversation.
Lessons on Acting
Explore a selection of insights from Performing Arts Legacy Project participants:
- Vinie Burrows: Master class on acting technique (six-part audio)
- Susan Lehman: On learning to act and creating character; career challenges; and taking risks (oral history), and What Uta Taught Me
- Ann Hould-Ward, Wrestling as a Young Actor in the Pandemic
- Dana Ivey, Advice to young actors starting out
- Ron Nakahara on “Freeing the natural voice” by Kristin Linklater
- Thom Sesma – on Creativity in the time of Covid and Advice, advice, advice
