All this week LA STAGE Times will present coverage of the 3rd Annual National Asian American Theater Festival via daily vlogs from Krystal Banzon, a first generation Filipina American who is an emerging theater director. To read her previous posts, click here.
What a tremendous and inspiring last three days! I am brimming with motivation, and ideas. The final day of the conference was so vibrant, especially the excitement that surrounded the creation of the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation. We asked ourselves to define what a “director” is, what an “ensemble” is, what “devised theater” means, and we began to question the way theater is made in the United States. What are the ways community-focused theater is made? Is there a methodology, a pedagogy? How do we value our processes?
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVInmVxvsu4
