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 ReportZoom Set-Up Step by Step
To play Cold Reads online, you need to see both the words of the script and the faces of your fellow readers. There are three ways to do this. You can print out paper copies of the script and view the faces on your device (not recommended); or you can use two devices, whether PC/Mac desktop or lap, tablet, or phone. The third option lets you see both words and faces side by side on a single screen, as shown below.
Continue reading Zoom Set-Up Step by StepBy George #1
Random Thoughts
It’s time to put aside my vain search for the words for Why Read Plays and ramble on a stream of consciousness, whatever topics come to mind, and see what happens. These will appear as By George posts as often as I find the time.
Come 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
Cold Reads/International 