Kate Pitt

Dramaturg, etc. Shakespeare, theater, history, opera, new work. Pardon gentles - all - opinions are mine own. Seek me in the other place:

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

Shakespeare Plays as Corporate Slogans:

Othello - Don’t Be Evil.
Macbeth - Fail Better, Fail Faster.
Cymbeline - Impossible is Nothing.
Titus - Eat Fresh.
Hamlet - Just Do It.

Others?

[Daniel Pollack-Pelzner @pollackpelzner]

What is a dramaturg? @playshakespeare finally, helpfully, defines "the holy grail of American theater titles." https://t.co/qrJjFxwhPU

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

Juliet: The orchard walls are high and hard to climb
Romeo:

[Romeo + Juliet on Broadway @RomeoJulietNYC]

Fan early access tickets are available NOW. Sign up at https://t.co/IW35d8EiS0 for immediate access.

First look at Kit Connor + Rachel Zegler as Broadway’s Romeo + Juliet, featuring the song “Tiny Moves” by Jack Antonoff.

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"So what does Shakespeare teach us? Nothing. His tragic theater is not a classroom. It is a fairground wall of death in which the characters are being pushed outward by the centrifugal force of the action but held in place by the friction of the language."

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole) on the meanings of tragedy for Shakespeare https://t.co/mHZ5yKlSaK

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"...we keep you in one piece so that you can get up and work tomorrow." -Jacqueline Goldfinger:

Also @martinekei:

[HowlRound Theatre Commons @HowlRound]

New this week from Teaching Theatre: Dramaturgs serve productions in a variety of ways, dictated by needs of the play and the playwright. Jacqueline Goldfinger, and Martine Kei Green-Rogers, join the conversation to discuss the role of the dramaturg. https://t.co/tA0dqLLQCi

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"...that's the nature of opera. It has all the problems that a play would have, and then it has all the problems that a piece of music would have..."

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"I once said that I thought that the two most painful things two human beings can do together are a double-ax murder or an artistic collaboration."

[Sophie Haigney @SophieHaigney]

I interviewed John Adams (!) about learning Spanish, the pains of collaboration, and his attempt to write his own "Messiah"

https://t.co/dF3a9x8V2P

[Guthrie Theater @GuthrieTheater]

Today marks the official opening of RICHARD II, HENRY IV and HENRY V.

Congratulations to the cast, crew and creative team for making this historical feat possible. Special thanks to The Roy Cockrum Foundation and Ameriprise Financial for their generous support.

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

“'There’s probably a Venn diagram of people who play GTA and people who like Shakespeare,'” Oosterveen admits, “'and the crossover is very small.'”

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

I wrote about the struggle to make cinema out of life when life has become resolutely uncinematic https://t.co/XKlzAIYSNF

[Reduced Shakespeare Company @reduced]

On our 900th episode (!), @GoodTickleBrain's Mya Gosling and her pocket dramaturg @KatePitt discuss "A Stick-Figure Hamlet," their definitive comic retelling filled w/ jokes, insights, & facts both bonkers & obscure. HEAR HERE! @AmericanTheatre #Podnation
https://t.co/oiCbLQs3s5

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"We may never have heard the word “enseamed,” but when we hear an actor—wild with distress, disgusted to the point of nausea—stretch and hiss its syllables as if retching poison, then we learn something by feeling it..."

[LDS @LinZ_PhD]

My favorite Shakespeare artist and my favorite dramaturg?? Fantastic!

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"The opera’s first words drew Cohen’s professional attention: 'Matter can be neither created nor destroyed, but only altered in form...' The text did not reflect scientists’ knowledge in 1945. Oppenheimer would have known better." via @librarycongress https://t.co/4Vw46ydUEk

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"We sincerely apologize in advance to any inconvenience this may cause you..."

[Meena Venkataramanan @mvenk82]

I wrote a story for @washingtonpost on the strange letter sent by Jan. 6 insurrectionists to @FolgerLibrary — and the long history of Shakespeare's cooptation by white nationalists

https://t.co/idYtwXLhE9

[Lily Janiak @LilyJaniak]

What does it mean to be a Shakespeare company in 2024?

What if Shakespeare isn't an origin story, but a synthesis moment — one we can try to recreate?

On the exciting doings at @MarinShakes: https://t.co/TV2ydPQOv6

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"As the Shakespearian scholar Jonathan Bate has observed, “ecclesiastical law as shaped by the Bible says nothing about the clubbing of baby seals.” We have yet to see a conservationist production of Hamlet take advantage of this variant (although its time will surely come). "

[Kate Maltby @KateMaltby]

This November marks 400 years since the publication of William Shakespeare's First Folio, the posthumous anthology with which his friends established his legacy

For @prospect_uk, I had a ball writing this long feature on how it shaped theatre history
https://t.co/sjCWPOY0U6

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

.@bkadams on Richard II: "The play sharply examines fundamental questions we all have about nations: who has the right to lead; who is considered a legitimate citizen; and who we are willing to stand by in a time of political crisis and social upheaval."

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Six scholars on the 400th anniversary of the first folio. https://t.co/Q1DDauWN3t

[JSTOR Daily @JSTOR_Daily]

In 1710, Queen Anne of England feted four Native American dignitaries—would-be political allies. Their presence at a performance of Macbeth caused a stir. https://t.co/2YT4LhyspJ #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

“...the role of stage director is critical, as the gender profile of directors has a snowball effect on the gender breakdown of creative teams. By hiring more women directors, companies are likely to see an increase in women designers across productions."

[OperaWire @OperawireNews]

New Study Finds Gender Inequality & Non-Standard Work in US Opera Production

https://t.co/VZPLEjt1sR

[Kate Pitt @KatePitt]

"I realized that the job of dramaturgy isn’t to identify what’s wrong with plays & help fix them; rather the work was to encourage or inspire writers back to their desks, to embolden them to go the rest of the way..." –Todd London via @HowlRound https://t.co/gLQTnOANUM

[Lily Janiak @LilyJaniak]

What a joy to learn that @SantaCruzShakes is thriving enough to *grow* and talk to its incoming and outgoing leaders about some theories re: why it might be bucking nationwide trends. https://t.co/4yq72oimyX