Saturday, January 30, 2010

Theatre of the Absurd

This semester of Childsplay's Academy, the Conservatory 2B students are being introduced to styles of theatre including Theatre of the Absurd, an unconventional form of drama that tends to be repetitious, purposeless, with meaningless dialogue and confusing and unrealistic situations in order to emphasize a statement. Today we talked about Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, as an example of this style of theatre. Enjoy this clip of Sesame Street's rendition of Theatre of the Absurd:

Monday, January 25, 2010

Captain Louie!

Captain Louie, the musical based on "The Trip" by Ezra Jack Keats runs from Jan 28 - Feb 12 @ the Mesa Arts Center. The book is by Anthony Stein and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Here is are some press shots of the show opening this weekend.