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Barter Theatre Burning Volume LIII Number 2 • Spring 2012 • $8.00 Barter Theatre Born in the Great Depression, Surviving the Great Recession Burning Man Lessons in Creativity at the World’s Largest Participatory Outdoor Drama SETC Fall Events Professional Auditions Sunday & Monday - September 9th & 10th, 2012 Application Deadlines & Cost: $35 by July 15; $45 by August 15 Representatives from professional stock, regional, repertory, touring and dinner theatres, theme parks and cruise lines across the nation seek professional actors, singers and dancers. Graduate School Auditions Saturday, September 8th, 2012 Application Deadlines & Cost: $25 by August 27 Find the best graduate program for you! FREE Workshops for Registered Attendees! For more information, visit our website: www.setc.org or call (336) 272-3645. Events will be held at the Hilton Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA. CVolume LIII Number ontents2 l Spring 2012 l Southern Theatre – Quarterly Magazine of the Southeastern Theatre Conference Features Departments Barter Theatre 8 Born in the Great Depression, 4 400 Words Surviving the Great Recession Prevent Burnout: by Karen Brewster Quit Trying to 'Save Babies' Lives' by Doug Brown 17 Barter Founder Helped Start SETC and Its Endowment 6 Outside the Box: Design-Tech Solutions by Deanna Thompson XPS Foam Flats: Easily Constructed Scenic Units Save Burning Man Money, Storage Space 22 Professor Coaxes Theatre Students by Larry Cook 'Out of Their Boxes' with Annual Field Trip 32 Words, Words, Words … to Counterculture Festival Review of Theatre, by Dawn Larsen by David Mamet Student Perspectives reviewed by Larry McDonald 25 Ashley Leamon 29 C.J. Miller Cover Actors use fabric panels to create the twister effect in a 26 What Is Burning Man? 2009 production of The Wizard of Oz on the main stage of Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA. Director: Richard The World's Largest Counterculture Festival … Rose. Choreographer/Costume Designer: Amanda or Perhaps the Worlds Largest Participatory Aldridge. Set Designer: Richard Finkelstein. Lighting Designer: Lucas Benjaminh Krech. Dance Captain: Outdoor Drama Ashley Campos. (Photo by Leah Prater; cover design by Deanna Thompson; Photoshop work by Garland Gooden) by Ward Haarbauer See story on Barter, Page 8. 3 400 Words from Doug Brown, Technical Director, Florida School of the Arts Prevent Burnout: Quit Trying to ‘Save Babies’ Lives’ s I reach my 35th – but not at the expense of making our own set, lights and other areas, so do your best A year of working careers unsustainable. in a “reasonable” amount of time and be on the production side of theatre, I also How do we do this? I only have 400 happy with that. The audience will never am preparing (for the third time in my words, but here are some thoughts: notice many of the things we do, and not career) for a convention panel on “Technical 1) If you are in an academic setting, accomplishing some of them will not hurt Director Burnout.” It seems time to put on remember your mission is to educate and the story being told. This does not mean you my old fogey hat and look at what has kept train your students, not to create a great turn out junk but does mean that sometimes me sane (relatively) for all these years. addition to your portfolio. If you are good is good enough. A few folks have criticized me for the painting the set at 2 a.m. with no students I’ll get off my soapbox now, but I would attitude I’m about to express but for the around (and they should not be around at love to start a dialogue on this. If you have most part they did so as a gut reaction, not that time), you are completely missing the thoughts on what I’ve written or on pre- from hearing my full rationale. And to be point of your mission. venting burnout in general, e-mail me at upfront here, this is what works for me – 2) If you do not find time for a life outside [email protected]. n your take could be totally different. of the theatre, you increase the risk of burn- OK, here goes: “We are not saving little out, not to mention often suffering harm to Looking for more ideas on how to prevent babies’ lives here.” What we do in theatre is your personal life. As the cliché goes, never burnout? Check your program for details on provide entertainment, education and often have someone’s last words been, “Damn, I a workshop at 1 p.m., Thursday, March 8, at the SETC Convention. an attempt to influence others into seeing wish I’d spent more time at work.” our point of view on a subject. As artists, it 3) In production, the work fills the Have an opinion you would like to share on a is our responsibility to put the same effort time allotted. There is almost always topic related to theatre? Send your column of 400 words or less to [email protected]. into our art as a doctor puts into his patients something else that could be done to the 4 s o u t h e r n heatre From the SETC President TSETC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Elizabeth N. Baun EDITOR Deanna Thompson ADVERTISING Judi Rossabi, [email protected] Charles Darwin observes, “In the long history of humankind, those who learned BUSINESS & ADVERTISING OFFICE to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” Theatre, in all its Southeastern Theatre Conference 1175 Revolution Mill Drive, Studio 14 contexts, is a reflection of the power of community, discovery and vision. This Greensboro, NC 27405 issue of Southern Theatre celebrates theatre’s innovation and resilience. 336-272-3645 C With many theatres struggling in our difficult economy, it seemed a good PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Chris Hardin, Chair, Austin Peay State University (TN) time to take an in-depth look at Barter Theatre, a professional theatre in the Jimmy Bickerstaff, Valdosta State University (GA) mountains of Virginia that started in the midst of the Great Depression. Today, Sam Sparks, Independent Theatre Artist (TX) Scott Phillips, Auburn University (AL) Barter uses a true rep system, a year-round acting company, careful branding and EDITORIAL BOARD an entrepreneurial approach as part of its strategy for survival. Karen Brewster Jesse Bates, Alabama School of Fine Arts tells the success story of the Barter, which is the only League of Resident Theatres Sonya/Tim Bixler, Washington School/Delta Center Stage (MS) Doug Brown, Florida School of the Arts (LORT) theatre offering a 52-week contract. Barter’s founder, Robert Porterfield, Tessa Carr, Lees-McRae College (NC) was also one of SETC’s founders and was the first contributor to the SETC H. Duke Guthrie, Valdosta State University (GA) Kendra Johnson, Clemson University (SC) Endowment. Southern Theatre Editor Deanna Thompson shares Porterfield’s SETC Jen Nelson Lane, Alabama Shakespeare Festival connections and information on the many scholarships now offered through the Jerry Lapidus, Independent Theatre Artist (FL) Ray Paolino, University of Georgia Endowment. Scott Phillips, Auburn University (AL) Moving to less traditional forms of theatre, the Burning Man counterculture Richard St. Peter, Texas Tech University Steve Willis, Bennett College for Women (NC) festival in the Nevada desert is the focus of several stories in this issue. Dawn Amile Wilson, Pippin & Maxx Arts and Entertainment (MS) Larsen shares how she uses field trips to this event to get students to “come out PROOFREADERS of their boxes, even if it is to only look around quickly and go back in again.” Judi Rossabi, SETC Communications and Marketing Manager Denise Halbach, Independent Theatre Artist (MS) Two of her students provide insights into how the experience inspired greater PRINTING creativity and made them better theatre artists. For those who aren’t familiar with Clinton Press, Greensboro, NC this event, Ward Haarbauer goes behind the scenes at Burning Man to provide NOTE ON SUBMISSIONS Southern Theatre welcomes submissions of articles pertaining a picture of a festival that is theatre itself. to all aspects of theatre. Preference will be given to subject Those working in the design-tech area will find helpful advice in our regular matter closely linked to theatre activity in the Southeastern United States. Articles are evaluated by the editor and “Outside the Box: Design-Tech Solutions” column. Larry Cook details how you members of the Editorial Board. Criteria for evalua tion can save time, money and storage space by using XPS foam and a wide-crown include: suitability, clarity, significance, depth of treat ment and accuracy. Please query the editor via e-mail before stapler to build profile flats. sending articles. Submissions are accepted on disk or via In this issue’s “400 Words” column, Doug Brown discusses techniques to e-mail. Stories should not exceed 3,000 words. Color photos (300 dpi in jpeg or tiff format) and a brief identification help technical directors avoid burnout – and urges others to share what works of the author should accompany all articles. Please note for them via e-mail. any photos, disks and other materials to be returned and include SASE. Send stories to: Editor, Southern Theatre, 1175 Finally, in our “Words, Words, Words …” book column, Larry McDonald Revolution Mill Drive, Studio 14, Greensboro, NC 27405. reviews David Mamet’s new collection of essays, Theatre. E-mail: [email protected]. Whether you are a seasoned or an emerging theatre practitioner, we hope Southern Theatre (ISSNL: 0584-4738) is published quarterly by the Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc., a nonprofit you’ll find intriguing new ideas and inspiration in these pages. Enjoy! organization, for its membership and others interested in theatre in the Southeast. Copyright © 2012 by Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc. All rights reserved.
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