Balancing the Stage

Promoting an inclusive, equitable, and therefore vital community of opera stage directors.

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FACELIFT! Check out our new website—restructured to make information and events easier to find

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Still have questions about AGMA’a upcoming referenda yet unsanswered? YUP. Here’s your chance to ask AGMA leadership. We’ve put together another info session this Friday (5pm EST) with guests Ray Menard, John Coleman, and Sam Wheeler #BalancingTheStage

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This Friday, join us for an introductory conversation about Intimacy Direction and Opera with Doug Scholz-Carlson!

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It’s today, open to all directors, and all about sharing information!

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An AGMA Constitutional Referendum is coming up. To help directors get a better understanding of the two sets of amendments up for consideration, we’ve put together a special info session. *~It’s open to all~*. Head to our website for more info/zoom links.

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Join us anytime between 6pm-8pm EST to catch up with friends, meet new faces, and decompress at the end of the week. Grab a drink and hop on anytime! Stay for as long or as short as you’d like. Can’t way to see you there!

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Happy(?)Thursday! TOMORROW is our interactive TOWN HALL. Right after the town hall, we’ll debrief and catch up at happy hour. Join us!

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Productions in the time of Covid: outdoors?? Masks? Reduced orchestra? Live audience? There are so many questions

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Happy Hour tonight at 5pm EST. Bring your questions, your thoughts, your early-Halloween vibes.

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Some really interesting discoveries/questions from our round table on Covid-pitching: often pitches are more about starting conversations than the success of a particular concept; how do we consider the value of that preemptive creative labour?

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Let’s talk about pitching shows during a pandemic!

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One of our featured directors this month Is Andrew Nienaber. Here’s a still from his Rusalka at Resonance Works in 2018 featuring Rachel Schmiege and Stefan Barner. Check out more about this production and Andrew himself at https://t.co/UyTOS4E6ZZ

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It’s happy hour day! (5pm EST) Have any questions about what that means? Ask us questions here or shoot a DM. Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend!

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Loose Tea Music Theatre (LTMT) is proud to announce a unique program to support new diverse in opera: our BIPOC Composer and Librettist Development Program. Check out:
https://t.co/qG0PpzwZFt
#opera #DiversityandInclusion

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It’s TODAY! Another opportunity to congregate in thoughtful exploration of how to best march on. Followed by, of course, our Happy Hour event at 5pm. Do consider joining us!

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Mentees! A reminder that we have class today from 4-5:30EDT (Re-mounts and New Prods). Do you want to learn more about the education Balancing the Stage offers? Check out https://t.co/t8xiAKt8vS

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CONGRATULATIONS!

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FWO is proud to announce Afton Battle as the company's eighth General Director! A highly regarded Arts Administrator, Development Director & Consultant in the art, ballet, and theater worlds of Chicago and NYC, Ms. Battle will lead FWO into its 75th anniversary season in 2021.

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Are you curious how directors, and companies, are approaching Opera-making during a pandemic? So are we! Join us for our panel, “Directing in the Time of Covid,” today at 2:30 EST
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In 5minures I’ll be signing into our very first mentorship meeting. Opening access to information within our industry while developing collaborative modes of learning is one of he ways we are working to #BalanceTheStage