What Makes You Theatre?

Today, as I was surveying what various LORT (League of Resident Theatres) theatres were communicating through their websites, I began reading posts in the Actors Theatre of Louisville blog. A post from May 8th contained a discussion of and a link to the Theatre Communications Group I AM THEATRE YouTube channel. Although I have seen a few of these videos over the past year, as the project is part of the TCG 50th Anniversary, I had not taken the time to really take in the relevance of the project.

It began with a group of 50 theatre practitioners selected by TCG to tell their individual stories of how and why they are theatre. Actors, directors, music directors, playwrights, educators, administrators, and more are represented. After visiting the TCG I AM THEATRE page, I realized the project is much more than just the stories of top professionals hand-selected by TCG. Those first fifty videos were created to encourage everyone involved in theatre to tell their stories. What a great idea!