Directing Through Darkness
Directing III
Welcome to Directing Through Darkness, my blog for Fadi Skeiker's Directing III course at The University of the Arts in spring 2021.

..but the clouds... Promo
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"Performance Practice as a Site of Opposition" by bell hooks
I am a huge fan of the bell hooks' work and so was very excited to read and dig into this article. She details the ways in which...

Shakespeare Behind Bars
I had a lot of trepidation going into this film, predicting what it would be about, and unfortunately, a lot of them were spot on. This...

"Tragedy and the Common Man" by Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller explores in this article the nature of the genre of tragedy and its roots in Greek theater and how it has evolved and...

"What is Performance?" from Performance Studies: An Introduction by Richard Schechner
Performance studies have been in my periphery for about a year now as something that feels close to the areas of theory around theater...

The Living Theatre and "Violence" from A Director Prepares by Anne Bogart
The work of The Living Theatre has been talked and written about since its inception largely because of its provoking nature unfamiliar...

Peter Brook: The Tightrope
Peter Brook's tightrope exercise draws a lot of attention and practically applies a lot of what Anne Bogart wrote about in "Resistance."...

"Resistance" from A Director Prepares by Anne Bogart
In this chapter, Anne Bogart discusses the benefits of and variety of methods of achieving healthy resistance and utilizing obstacles to...

"Embarrassment" from A Director Prepares by Anne Bogart
This was not my first reading of this chapter nor my first encounter with Anne Bogart. However, its information and analysis remain true...

Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
I have not had much experience with performance art in my life—perhaps only a few mentions of the artform and some artists. Really my...

...but the clouds... by Samuel Beckett: Installation and Presentation
The piece I will be directing this semester is ...but the clouds... by Samuel Beckett. This is a short "play for television" featuring...








