<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">The newest episode of Heads Up Arts Radio is up!<br><br>HUAR is a weekly internet radio show, highlighting guests from the arts community of Northeast Ohio. The show will cover topics ranging from the state of the arts in NE Ohio to do-it-yourself music producing to avant-garde theatre to in-depth discussions about artistic theory.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Episode 3: Poor Theatre for a Poor Company</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>“It <em>really</em> is all about your body.”</div>
<ul><li>Hosts TJ Jozsa and Benjamin Rexroad discuss the influential article “Towards a Poor Theatre” by Jerzy Grotowski.</li><li>“Towards a Poor Theatre” is one of the most influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century.</li><li>Grotowski worked with Heads Up mentor Jim Slowiak. (See his work at <a title="New World" href="http://www.nwpl.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">www.nwpl.wordpress.com</a>.)</li><li>Benjamin thought Jim’s assignments were “weird.” Then Benjamin learned something.</li><li>Grotowski hated having his ideas writen down. Learn it from transmission rather than books.</li><li>It’s about being able to make a total gift of oneself. (It requires more than a bow.)</li><li>Actors have blocks. Not wooden blocks, but habits, responses, fears and insecurites that have developed within a person.</li><li>“If you hesitate before performing a summersault, you will hesitate before performing the pivitol momenot of any role.”</li><li>Where do blocks come from?</li><li>We must erradicate blocks because they prevent us from <em>doing.</em></li><li>Rich theatre vs Poor Theatre</li><li>Method acting is bad for the soul.</li><li>Great theatre artists never stop researching! – Stanislavski started that dialogue for everyone else.</li><li>“This podcast is the pinacle of modern theatre.”</li><li>Why do we concern ourselves with art?</li><li>You can only win by sharing your light.</li><li>Every audience member will feel and experience something different. (And that’s okay!)</li><li>Organicity!</li><li>Directors: Notice when your actors start inhibiting themselves! (You can’t check out!)</li><li>Actors: Learn to listen to your bodies! (Know when you’re blocking yourself!)</li><li>Upcoming Show: <em>Summer Series</em> July 15th at The Market Path at 6pm (Bring $5 so we can eat!)</li><li>Upcoming Show: <a title="The Pillowman" href="http://headsupproductions.wordpress.com/shows/current/the-pillowman/" target="_blank"><em>The Pillowman</em></a><br mce_bogus="1"></li><li>Upcoming Show: PNR fundraiser on July 16th. $5 at the Quirk Cultural Center in Cuyahoga Falls.</li><li>We are now on itunes! Search “Heads Up Arts Radio” in the itunes store. Subscribe!</li><li>Theme Song by Amy Spencer and Sharon Pritt</li></ul><div><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Check out <a target="_blank" title="www.headsupproductions.net/huar" mce_href="http://www.headsupproductions.net/huar" href="http://www.headsupproductions.net/huar">www.headsupproductions.net/huar</a> to listen. <br><br>We are now on itunes. Search "Heads Up Arts Radio" on itunes to subscribe!</span><br></div><div></div></span></body></html>