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Benedictine Theatre Company: Seeking Peace (+ C.S. Lewis Matters)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I just realized I haven’t had a Benedictine theatre company post in four months, so here’s another. Before we get started, though, I’d like to point out my new friend Ryan’s blog, which I’ve added to the blogroll on the right. Ryan Pemberton is a new theology student at my college, from Seattle, and is [...]

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Trevor Nunn’s Oxford Shakespeare Lecture

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I just attended Sir Trevor Nunn’s inaugural lecture as the new Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford, held at St Catherine’s College. Before I give my notes of the lecture below, here’s a quick update on my professional life: -Became the new Reviews Editor for the C.S. Lewis Chronicle, the peer-reviewed, MLA-indexed journal [...]

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Random Thoughts on Postmodernism

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The reason why much postmodern theatre has such contempt of the audience is that it believes that communication is impossible and truth is relative. It doesn’t like to use ways of framing the narrative that allow the audience to understand the narrative. It doesn’t even like to use narrative. Unfortunately, since framed narrative is how [...]

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Benedictine Theatre Company: Arising & Running

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on July 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I’m here at the Wade Center at Wheaton College doing research for my thesis on “C.S. Lewis on the Moral Responsibility of the Christian Artist,” supervised by Dr Michael Ward, author of Planet Narnia and Acting Chaplain of St Peter’s College, Oxford. I’ve finished my primary research, which included reading all C.S. Lewis’ work that [...]

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Benedictine Theatre Company: Prologue

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 6, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Well, I’ve done it: I’m now a Roman Catholic. At the 5:45 p.m. Mass on May 16th at the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, I was received into the Church by Bishop William Kenney. It was a remarkable experience to be able to participate fully in the Eucharist for the first time, to receive the Body [...]

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New Ways of Making Theatre

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »

While doing some Internet browsing on monastic life, I came across this article on LaserMonks, the refurbished ink cartridge distribution business of the Cistercian monks of Spring Bank Abbey in Wisconsin. In the article, the Prior of the community, the Very Rev. Bernard McCoy, O.Cist., is quoted as saying that “monasteries, by the Rule of [...]

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All-Out Geekery

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

As I’m writing this I’m watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog for at least the third time. I’m also a regular viewer of Felicia Day’s The Guild. My most major film project to date has been set in the world of Lord of the Rings fandom. And I’ve even done a vampire movie. (Speaking of which, [...]

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Thoughts on a Religious Theatre Community

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »

So first of all, I have decided to run the series on a theatre company run according to the Rule of St Benedict. I may follow it up by looking at some of the other Rules of religious life as well, such as the Rule of St Augustine which the Augustinians and Dominicans use. One [...]

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On a Benedictine Theatre Company

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 13, 2010 | 9 Comments »

A while back, I mentioned on Twitter that I was interested in exploring the idea of a theatre company based on the Rule of St. Benedict. It would take its management practices from one of the fathers of Western monasticism, who believed in the virtues of hospitality, gentleness, and compassion – as well as loving [...]

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Wildest Dreams Wishlist for 2010

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on January 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Bonnie Gillespie is an L.A. casting director and author. She also happens to be one of the most positive voices around (online or offline), and her writing always exudes joy, confidence, and love. A feature film she cast, Another Harvest Moon, premiered recently, and is getting buzz for its excellent cast. In this week’s installment [...]

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