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Comment on Fandemonium: Super Fans and Building Communities by Reading Digest: Outsourcing Edition « Dead Homer Society

Reading Digest: Outsourcing Edition « Dead Homer Society — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:27:44 +0000

[...] Fandemonium: Super Fans and Building Communities – Yet more stuff from the play, specifically about what fandom, now so associated with being on-line, would look like after the lights went out. [...]

Comment on Fandemonium: Super Fans and Building Communities by parnopaeus

parnopaeus — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:35:56 +0000

Fantastic post. I love seeing people explore the benefits of fandom — and community is definitely one of them. Without the community that I encountered in fandom, I wouldn’t have been able to work on my writing skills in a safe and joyful space.

The ways that fandom can impact the larger community are great. Have you heard about the World of Warcraft Race for the Cure? (http://seedpinkforthecure.blogspot.com/)
Yet another one to add to your list.

Comment on The Civilians and the Development of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Reading Digest: The Popularity of Others Edition « Dead Homer Society

Reading Digest: The Popularity of Others Edition « Dead Homer Society — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:11:50 +0000

[...] The Civilians and the Development of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play – Background on how that play came together: They did many different kinds of improvisation exercises, one of which was focused on recreating the Cape Feare episode of The Simpsons from memory (and as it turns out, our Associate Artist Matt Maher was incredibly good at this). Anne Washburn then took her notes and audio recordings and started writing what is now Mr. Burns, a post-electric play. The Act 1 recollection of the Simpsons episode is pulled almost verbatim from these exercises. [...]

Comment on The Civilians and the Development of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Baltimore

Baltimore — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:25:31 +0000

I am SO excited about this play. The Simpsons plus the Apocalypse? Yes please!

Really, this just sounds like a completely brilliant way to address issues of culture and memory and storytelling. And also so much fun. I can’t wait.

Comment on Exploring Twittergate: Lessons Learned from Woolly’s Infamous Tweet Up Experiment by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Announces Tweet-Up for MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY « The Rogers Revue

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:26:50 +0000

[...] To read the blog post discussing Woolly’s inaugural Tweet-Up experiment and lessons learned please see: http://woollymammothblog.com/2012/02/27/exploring-twittergate-lessons-learned-from-woollys-infamous-… [...]

Comment on Exploring Twittergate: Lessons Learned from Woolly’s Infamous Tweet Up Experiment by A Modest Proposal for Funding Woolly Mammoth’s New-Plays Initiative - Arts Desk

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:37:31 +0000

[...] looking for microfunders to supply the rest, but hey, we're talking about the first D.C. theater to attempt, sort of, tweet seats. Any new play at Woolly should be scrappy, forward-thinking, and risky; so should any project on [...]

Comment on Fun Facts About The Simpsons by Reading Digest: A Tale of Two Cultural Uses « Dead Homer Society

Reading Digest: A Tale of Two Cultural Uses « Dead Homer Society — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:32:40 +0000

[...] Fun Facts About The Simpsons – From the blog of the theater that’s putting on the post-apocalyptic Simpsons play: The play opens soon after the apocalypse hits—there’s no TV, no radio, no Internet. A group of survivors sit around a campfire and recall an episode of The Simpsons to escape from despair. From their collective memories, a new industry struggles to be born: a crude theatrical re-creation of the digital culture we can’t possibly live without. [...]

Comment on Exploring Twittergate: Lessons Learned from Woolly’s Infamous Tweet Up Experiment by Links for April 9 2012 - Chris Unitt's blog

Links for April 9 2012 - Chris Unitt's blog — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:32:09 +0000

[...] Chad Bauman’s post on his lessons learned during 4 1/2 years as Director of Comms at Arena Stage was very good. In other blogging-from-experience news, here’s a post about what worked and what didn’t when Woolly Mammoth invited people to tweet from rehearsals. [...]

Comment on Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Responds to This American Life Retraction by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:43:46 +0000

Thank you all for your responses. Due to the overwhelming amount of comments we’ve received so far we’re going to disable all comments from this point forward. If you would like to reach out to Woolly feel free to email discussion@woollymammoth.net or leave a comment on our Facebook page or tweet as us.

Comment on Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Responds to This American Life Retraction by Kentucky

Kentucky — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:39:20 +0000

Richard,

Why wouldn’t a theater company want to profit? Why is that reserved for Wall St.? That fact remains that this piece of “art” presented by Woolly Mammoth (and other theaters) essentially ripped off every audience member that ever paid to see it. I realize that it was actually Mike Daisey’s fault that this fraud was committed, not the various theaters, but now that the truth is out Woolly Mammoth should have the courage and integrity to cancel this show and give a voice to more deserving art.

But why won’t they do that? Money. They don’t want to take the financial hit if they were to do the right thing and cancel this show.

Mike Daisey continues to claim he lied because he “knew the work was so good” and Woolly has made the same claims. How can anyone call this good work? By DEFINITION this is terrible work. The entire house of cards crumbles when the fabrications are removed. It is NOT good work and it is NOT good theater and does not deserve the right of having an audience anymore.