Sat, 29 June 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks today with the extremely inspirational artist – and comedian – and musician – Reggie Watts. All about stuff and nonsense, conscious and unconscious, perception, and improvisation – not just in performance but as philosophy, as a way of living and being in the world. |
Tue, 18 June 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Oskar Eustis, director of The Public Theater in New York City about leadership, ethics, and idealism. How does Oskar navigate the economic disparity he encounters every day – running an arts institution that has to both market itself to wealthy backers and nurture an often very impoverished community of working artists? What are the possibilities he sees in the future toward making a better, more sustainable working environment – and ultimately better art – in the American theater? |
Wed, 12 June 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with writer Lucy Alibar (whose film Beasts of the Southern Wild was just nominated for four Academy Awards), about how she straddles the worlds of both stage and film. Also, how has it been to negotiate that success with its looming opposite: failure? When you have a big move forward in your artistic career, how do you manage the fear that sometimes follows, and the pressure to make another immediate hit? (All this and more about story, land, race, history, religion, and the future.) |
Fri, 7 June 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Lenore Manderson, writer, researcher and medical anthropologist at Monash University in Australia about our mutual fascination with the human body. Join us as we discuss the body in practice and in performance, as signifier of vulnerability, power, visibility, ability, disability – and difference. |
Sun, 2 June 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Australian arts advocate, festival director, and world-renowned singer and performance artist Robyn Archer about building a life for herself in the theater – what about the resistance she’s faced along the way? How do we continually track that resistance and disturbance in our lives and work (and curatorial choices) in order to avoid complacency? |