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Artistic Director of Crow City Theater Company in Rochester, NY. 🎭 🐦‍⬛ Also director, performer, scribbler, Chapman stick tapper and board gamer.
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Announcing the full promotional trailer for Crow City Theatre's production of Pomona, by Alistair McDowall. Full film direction and editing credit goes to Kiyomi Oliver. Pomona runs March 27-30 @ MuCCC. Tickets on sale now at muccc.org. www.youtube.com/shorts/UtGhK...

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#inksky #drawing #fountainpen

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"I cannot comprehend how some people are just cool with all this." He said as he gestured around wildly.

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Everyone, I know the world is trash, and so it feels like an important time to support artists, and women, and transgender artists, and queer artists, and ANYWAY, this is a long way of saying my friend Penny is in a one-woman show and you should go see it: rochesterbeacon.com/2025/02/21/r...

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One month until Crow City Theatre presents Pomona, by Alistair McDowall! Subliminal messaging is not beneath us!🐦‍⬛This is going to be an emotional show full of incredible performances. Mark your calendars and don't forget to secure your tickets! www.muccc.org/.../pomona-a...

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I mean, I got bad feelings for the future just by catching a little daytime TV 5 years ago...

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active in your community>active online

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I can care deeply about people, politics, and suffering in the world but I need to mind my own mental health if I am going to continue surviving in it.

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As a theatre artist I am only truly happy working in real life, face to face with other people. The Internet seems to suck empathy out of the human soul.

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A dog to hug, a cool breeze in the shade, a waterside to visit, warm food, a cozy cafe, a sketchbook, theatre rehearsal...the rest seems like madness.

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If you're arguing with people agreeing with you.. maybe you should redirect that rage towards the current administration instead.

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Social media is just a dopamine game. It's super depressing, honestly. I don't see how this place is different from all the others.

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Reminder: Black history is American history.

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Theatre isn't just entertainment. It can be a force for the community, for social change. It is ancient and primal. It's counterculture. It conjures gods and demons in the flesh and bends reality; subversive and dangerous. It's a safety net for the vulnerable. Seeing plays makes the world better.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I wish getting stronger was as easy as a Shonen montage.

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I get to start rehearsals on the play I am directing tonight! Despite everything I am so lucky and grateful and get to work on something special.

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Monoculture is simply awful.

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If you see dark clouds gathering on the horizon, maybe it's time to figure out who you are and bring it hard.

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Listened to the song The Last Amethyst Deceiver by the band Coil while driving home at night in a snowstorm. It was the first time I had ever heard the song. It was..a moment.

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Sometimes it gives me peace to remember all the great art that emerged during times of struggle. Even during the so-called dark ages incredible painting and writing thrived, including many of the fairytales we still tell today. Art is helpful solace.

submitted 98 days ago • 43 comments

Meditate today. Even if only for five minutes. Be kind to yourself, then connect with your community.

submitted 99 days ago • 3 comments

Joyfully reading Theatre of the Sphere by Luis Valdez. Community activism, Mayan metaphysics, theater and movement. Badass if you ask me. 📚🎭

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The more I "analog" my life the happier I am. Live music and theatre, physical books, boardgames, vinyl records...they resonate with a warm energy. I still enjoy the odd Anime, Film, and videogame..but they don't have the same luster they once did.

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Make no mistake: creating in the face of hate and despair is an act of defiance.

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