Did I make all the right decisions?
Did I ask all the right questions?
Maybe there's fate- maybe there's chance
Or maybe there's a fortune cookie to tell me my role...
Maybe I will, and maybe I can,
And maybe after all these years it's time to take control."
-Stephen Bloom, In Control
I've thought about launching a site like this for years- a place where my team and I could not only publicize our original works, but talk in depth about the writing process that goes into creating new theatre. Outside of perhaps the BMI Musical Workshop in New York City, where not-yet-established theatrical writers can collaborate and communicate together in person, there is precious little opportunity for active discussion of the art of writing for the stage to be found online.
A recent assignment in my Digital Writing course at Duquesne University convinced me to remediate my disparate Facebook pages, blog posts, scholarly and technical essays and assorted notes into one web page where I could make my thoughts heard and make discussion and synergy possible in a way that such a widespread approach essentially negated. And thus, the Team In Control homepage was born.
Some of the posts here are going to come across as academic and technical, others as breezy, conversational and fun. I don't think I could change that, and I'm not sure if I would want to- as much as I love having one foot in the loose, chaotic, anything-goes world of the arts, I appreciate having the other foot in the analytical, studious and scientific world of academia just as well. As such, what I offer here is an analysis and interpretation of two worlds, a birds-eye view of the messy and wonderful process of bringing new work to life, and sometimes maybe even a peek into the lives of the people who make these things happen.
And I couldn't be happier to have all of you along for the ride.
A recent assignment in my Digital Writing course at Duquesne University convinced me to remediate my disparate Facebook pages, blog posts, scholarly and technical essays and assorted notes into one web page where I could make my thoughts heard and make discussion and synergy possible in a way that such a widespread approach essentially negated. And thus, the Team In Control homepage was born.
Some of the posts here are going to come across as academic and technical, others as breezy, conversational and fun. I don't think I could change that, and I'm not sure if I would want to- as much as I love having one foot in the loose, chaotic, anything-goes world of the arts, I appreciate having the other foot in the analytical, studious and scientific world of academia just as well. As such, what I offer here is an analysis and interpretation of two worlds, a birds-eye view of the messy and wonderful process of bringing new work to life, and sometimes maybe even a peek into the lives of the people who make these things happen.
And I couldn't be happier to have all of you along for the ride.