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Year End Report
It’s been a year since I created Cold Reads/Online—a Facebook group whose member hosts create events in which anyone, anywhere, can read plays together via video chat. In that time I’ve hosted well over a hundred such events, attended by friends (and strangers) coast to coast.
Continue reading Year End ReportCome Read with Us
Hello Readers
For the past year, I’ve been working to develop the Facebook group Cold Reads/Online (CR/O), through which anyone can read with others anywhere via video chat rooms. I announced it it in a lengthy post here last April 19, and featured it on the home page. Since then I’ve read nearly 200 plays with 50-60 friends in nine states coast to coast, three to a dozen at a time. Continue reading Come Read with Us
Protected: ZIT (Zoom into Theatre)
Unaffiliated Groups
A few of the very few found via Google. More to come. Continue reading Unaffiliated Groups
Protected: Merle Reagle Irregulars
Charlotte Readers Past & Present
More Than a Hundred over a Dozen Years
Some came once or twice, others attended regularly for years. Many have moved (or passed) away (or on to other things). Our current Cold Reads/Charlotte group has nearly 300 enrolled, most of whom have (sadly) yet to read..
Continue reading Charlotte Readers Past & Present
MTA Post Mortem
Last Sunday I had the opportunity to present Cold Reads to members of the Metrolina Theater Association. We broke the ice by pairing up to read and ramble on 10-minute plays, then shared thoughts as a group. I talked for a while about how a cold read happens, referring to this web site; then we brainstormed on the reasons people do (and don’t) read plays. To wrap it up, the whole group started reading a full-length play we knew we wouldn’t finish.
A full account, including a transcript of my discourse, is posted on the Cold Reads blog. Continue reading MTA Post Mortem
MTA Event
On Sunday afternoon, October 12, I was invited to present Cold Reads to members of the Metrolina Theatre Association. Because I tend to ramble, I scripted the first half of of my presentation as follows, amended to suit a general (non-theatre) audience, with cues to prompt responses during the talkback.
I authorize and encourage (beg) anyone to use it as a guide to pitch the practice. Continue reading MTA Event
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