Comments on: Danton Blogs (with a call to respond!) http://theaterjblogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/danton-blogs-with-a-call-to-respond/ Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:47:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Stephen Stern http://theaterjblogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/danton-blogs-with-a-call-to-respond/#comment-1753 Stephen Stern Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:38:39 +0000 http://theaterjblogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/danton-blogs-with-a-call-to-respond/#comment-1753 Well, Danny, your life in the ongoing holy rehearsal process - with public allowed to witness your body and soul from time to time - certainly speaks to me. I spent the first dozen years of my adult life as a partner/performer in a theater company, lucky enough to tour the world and the US, wonderful creative, audience connecting moments and more "when theater happened", met and journeyed with my wife to be, then wondering and wandering in NYC. ... You talk about not having physical courage? !hey a lifetime of auditioning that you've done-- your CV is your body and soul -- (well, maybe Ari et al gave you a break on that part here) and then taking that all that effort again PHYSICALLY before an audience that is all expectation and includes people who even write publically about your body and soul!. Not too shabby on the courage front... Well, ultimately for me in NYC (sometime in the era of seeing your wonderful, fill that CIRCLE with rock and roll energy "Balm in Gilead"), maybe enough of that nausea of putting body and soul on the line (so"I'll take a year to pursue other interests"), ... well, 20 plus years later, many stories of Asia and elsewhere Phillipines with community development kindred spirits, Karachi and the Punjab - hard places then and now - but revitalizers of my belief in the human spirit.... let's have a drink or come have dinner with wife, daughter, cats and others sometime. (Oh, and I'll come see your on the beam Bobby Gould and buddies/bodies revelation one more time! Rock on and thank you for being here Stephen Well, Danny, your life in the ongoing holy rehearsal process – with public allowed to witness your body and soul from time to time – certainly speaks to me. I spent the first dozen years of my adult life as a partner/performer in a theater company, lucky enough to tour the world and the US, wonderful creative, audience connecting moments and more “when theater happened”, met and journeyed with my wife to be, then wondering and wandering in NYC.
… You talk about not having physical courage? !hey a lifetime of auditioning that you’ve done– your CV is your body and soul — (well, maybe Ari et al gave you a break on that part here) and then taking that all that effort again PHYSICALLY before an audience that is all expectation and includes people who even write publically about your body and soul!. Not too shabby on the courage front… Well, ultimately for me in NYC (sometime in the era of seeing your wonderful, fill that CIRCLE with rock and roll energy “Balm in Gilead”), maybe enough of that nausea of putting body and soul on the line (so”I’ll take a year to pursue other interests”), … well, 20 plus years later, many stories of Asia and elsewhere Phillipines with community development kindred spirits, Karachi and the Punjab – hard places then and now – but revitalizers of my belief in the human spirit…. let’s have a drink or come have dinner with wife, daughter, cats and others sometime. (Oh, and I’ll come see your on the beam Bobby Gould and buddies/bodies revelation one more time! Rock on and thank you for being here
Stephen

]]> By: Callie Kimball http://theaterjblogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/danton-blogs-with-a-call-to-respond/#comment-1750 Callie Kimball Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:34:56 +0000 http://theaterjblogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/danton-blogs-with-a-call-to-respond/#comment-1750 I think one of the great things about working in theatre is that you're your own product, and all the accumulated experiences of your life inform your art. It's like the older I get, the more clearly I see (or think I see) the big picture. I'm a playwright and I try, with each play I start to write, to do something I haven't done before. I always have an "experiment" to each play I write, but usually I find my work ends up being not nearly as experimental as I'd hoped; because my work is very character-based, I always get pulled into a linear storyline. I'd like to someday keep the character's heart while being more adventurous. I've begun to toy with this in my shorter plays, messing around with time, playing with the fantastical. We'll see. Thanks for an honest and thought-provoking post! I think one of the great things about working in theatre is that you’re your own product, and all the accumulated experiences of your life inform your art. It’s like the older I get, the more clearly I see (or think I see) the big picture.

I’m a playwright and I try, with each play I start to write, to do something I haven’t done before. I always have an “experiment” to each play I write, but usually I find my work ends up being not nearly as experimental as I’d hoped; because my work is very character-based, I always get pulled into a linear storyline. I’d like to someday keep the character’s heart while being more adventurous. I’ve begun to toy with this in my shorter plays, messing around with time, playing with the fantastical. We’ll see.

Thanks for an honest and thought-provoking post!

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