The plays and musicals that are done to death
Nothing against them, but if I never have to see Grease! or It's A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play again, it'll still be too soon. In...
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Jake Lewis
Oct 17, 20212 min read
The radio play revival
Radio play (noun): a staged drama (often serialized) that uses voices, sound effects, and music to convey a story to its audience through...
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Jake Lewis
Oct 1, 20212 min read
What virtual theatre can do that traditional theatre can't
Virtual theatre is by no means the same as attending a show in person with an audience all around you (hopefully), but there are several...
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Jake Lewis
Aug 24, 20212 min read
Is there a better name than "virtual" theatre?
It's time to settle the issue -- What should we call this new format that is a mash-up between stage and screen? Until now, several...
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Jake Lewis
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Green screens: virtual theatre's biggest question
When you get right down to it, there are two types of virtual theatre: the shows with a green screen, and the shows without one....
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Jake Lewis
Jul 11, 20213 min read
Plays written directly for virtual theatre
With virtual theatre now being an established thing that's not going to go away, playwrights have begun writing scripts directly for this...
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Jake Lewis
Jul 3, 20213 min read
How to ace a virtual audition
You might think a virtual audition is not much different than an in-person one. After all, both require the person to flex their thespian...
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Jake Lewis
Jun 18, 20213 min read
Virtual theatre's potential niche
Theatre has existed, in one form or another, since the origins of man, and while there have been some changes to it since cavemen began...
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Jake Lewis
Jun 5, 20214 min read
Suggested virtual acting pre-requisites
It's been a year since our first virtual production "went up," and after nearly a dozen shows, I believe I have discovered some pointers...
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Jake Lewis
May 17, 20212 min read
Zoomed Out: Virtual Shows in the Time of Reopening Theatres
The past year has seen almost everyone alive come in contact, in some way, with remote technology. Zoom is probably the one that people...
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Jake Lewis
May 3, 20212 min read
Direct-to-stream plays
When I worked in a video store (remember those?) as a teenager, each weekly shipment of new titles would include a few direct-to-video...
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Jake Lewis
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Livestream or prerecorded?
When creating virtual theatre, you have two options for how to deliver your content -- livestream, meaning the actors are seated at their...
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Jake Lewis
Apr 1, 20213 min read
"Cancel culture" and theatre
You may have heard of "cancel culture," a purportedly liberal-led conspiracy to remove from culture anything that might be remotely...
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Jake Lewis
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Can I make virtual theatre, too?
In a word, yes. But let me back up a bit. People seem to be intimidated by the technology that is needed when doing virtual theatre, but...
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Jake Lewis
Mar 11, 20213 min read
We're not trying to replace "real" theatre
We've now been under the storm cloud of COVID-19 for a year, so it's also, at least for me, an anniversary of virtual theatre. In the...
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Jake Lewis
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Do audiences have shorter attention spans for virtual theatre?
For most of us, we sit in front of a computer all day for our jobs. Because of the constant screentime, virtual theatre -- for all its...
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Jake Lewis
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Broadway's Back-Up Plan: Streaming services
Since the pandemic closed Broadway theatres, as well as theatre troupes throughout the country, professionals in the industry have had to...
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Jake Lewis
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Another Openin', Another Year!
It's finally 2021, the day that everyone has been looking forward to for the past 364 days. Just like the beginning of a musical, today...
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