The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 4, November 2010 The Interview Jed Diamond has been Head of Acting at the University of Tennessee, an endowed MFA program, since 2005. Prior to that, he lived and worked in New York City as a teacher and actor for 18 years. He received his MFA in...
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The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 4, November 2010 Dream Company II Last issue your editor offered a possible Dream Company for the (never say impossible) dream of a National Theatre. Here is a second list: FRANCIS CONROY BYRON JENNINGS PETER FRIEDMAN AUDRA MCDONALD ALLAN CORDUNER JOHN ELLISON CONLEE MICHAEL STUHLBARG JAYNE ATKINSON...
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The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2010 Letter From The Editor We are coming sharply into focus in the pages that follow on a fresh and practical concept of a National Theatre structure. We discuss what such an extraordinary possibility might actually be. How it could come about. How it would...
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The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2010 Founder’s Page As I reach an age of longed-for perspective on what my life is and has been about, I find the questions that I face are more multi-dimensional, larger in scope, and open to a variety of legitimate responses. That seems to have...
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The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2010 Ben Cameron’s Response to J. Michael Miller A few thoughts about your proposal and your concerns: 1) Every chapter brings a sense of loss as a new chapter opens: indeed, as someone said, “If there’s no anxiety, you’re not really contemplating change.” I’m sure...
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The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2010 J. Michael Miller’s Response to Ben Cameron My response to Ben Cameron’s vision of our future: This is not to be read as a debate, but as an invitation for dialog, with Ben and others. Ben: “Every chapter brings a sense of loss as...
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The Actors Center Journal, July 2010 Vol 2, Num 3 Phil’s Page Here is The Actors Center Journal making all this noise about a National Theatre which would, of course, be a repertory theatre and after a little soul searching, I have had to confess to myself, and so to you, that I am...
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The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2010 The Actor’s Voice The Actor’s Voice section in this issue is being devoted to a letter we received early last spring from Jane Alexander, legendary actress and former Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts. Her letter greatly influenced the continued development of...
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The Actors Center Journal Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2010 Ongoing Concerns In my Call to Arms, March, 2010, I proposed a return of acting companies to a chosen few of our larger not-for-profit theatres and then designating each as a National Theatre. That proposal as presented was a quick sketch of something that...
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