Scotch and Cookies Theatre

12/23/2019

Scotch and Cookies Theatre is seeking a stage manager for our upcoming production of "A Shadow over Innsmouth" at the Festival de la Bete Noire, February 19-22.

"A Shadow over Innsmouth" is a stage adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft horror novella of the same name. It will have a 2-show run in MainLine's Mainspace, with part-time rehearsals through January and February. Tech level: complicated fringe show.
For more information, please contact Bruce Lambie at [email protected].

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'Theatre’s got to be, if it wants to survive, it has to be an event. And an event means that it’s not necessarily taking place when you want it to take place; an event is something that shakes your schedule, shakes your habits, and that’s the only way theatre can survive – if it’s eventful.’
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Cutting the federal arts budget is, and has always been, a fundamentally political choice, not a financial one.

This fight is old, and it's ridiculous.

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Fans who want stories to unfold exactly how they see fit are missing the point of art in the first place.

03/27/2016

Happy World Theatre day!
Don't forget to support your troupes!

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There’s a quote in Michael Caine’s autobiography that always resonated with me: “The greatest actor in the world comes w…