Theotre of the Mind

#10: Communism

Youssef & Emmet share their communist red flags. Who did hammer & sickle graffiti in their rebellious youth? Whose grandfather lost his academic job in the Red Scare? Who's quietly cringing when you call your buddies "comrades"? We talk Karl Marx, the impact of trauma on praxis, HUAC, & reading between the lines to find our own leftist dreamboats in Fiddler on the Roof. Community Corkboard: Beetlejuice Jr.: https://sjchs.ticketsplease.ca/events/beetlejuice-jr/ [https://sjchs.ticketsplease.ca/events/beetlejuice-jr/] The Music Man: oops, it’s over :( The Maltese Falcon: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-maltese-falcon/ [https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-maltese-falcon/]Annie auditions: https://volunteersignup.org/LCAXM?fbclid=IwY2xjawRpw6pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDZk52U1I0dzhqZ0NyenV6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmaoqZPw2dlsw8FfMe7tyG4CnDR3cTgh0InElFRuDsjtfRQIBWpzrf5inZIQ_aem_rDDI_vSFpQSW1TW7JmuqVA [https://volunteersignup.org/LCAXM?fbclid=IwY2xjawRpw6pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDZk52U1I0dzhqZ0NyenV6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmaoqZPw2dlsw8FfMe7tyG4CnDR3cTgh0InElFRuDsjtfRQIBWpzrf5inZIQ_aem_rDDI_vSFpQSW1TW7JmuqVA] The Play That Goes Wrong (Carleton Place): https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-play-that-goes-wrong/ [https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-play-that-goes-wrong/] Fun Home: https://thegladstone.ca/shows/fun-home/ [https://thegladstone.ca/shows/fun-home/] BBC 4 on Marx's theory of alienation: https://youtu.be/PZ4VzhIuKCQ?si=z_TsmTqJEkl3v08K [https://youtu.be/PZ4VzhIuKCQ?si=z_TsmTqJEkl3v08K] What’s Love got to do with Communism? | Richard Gilman-Opalsky: https://youtu.be/Y58h90Tycj4?si=lNOwfz1iUDFmBQU_ [https://youtu.be/Y58h90Tycj4?si=lNOwfz1iUDFmBQU_] David Graeber on the value of work (RSA Shorts): https://youtu.be/tpoJIkqEXYo?si=sq_XQj6Rmtssm9g4 [https://youtu.be/tpoJIkqEXYo?si=sq_XQj6Rmtssm9g4] David Graeber - We are already communists: https://youtu.be/87tC_jQ9gHk?si=IvSuN2jbjKE-2O8O [https://youtu.be/87tC_jQ9gHk?si=IvSuN2jbjKE-2O8O] Fiddler on the Roof: Watch the movie: https://tubitv.com/movies/100002779/fiddler-on-the-roof [https://tubitv.com/movies/100002779/fiddler-on-the-roof] Jerome Robbins & HUAC: https://todayinclh.com/?event=dancer-jerome-robbins-names-names-before-huac [https://todayinclh.com/?event=dancer-jerome-robbins-names-names-before-huac] Joseph Stein’s politics considered in retrospect by his conservative son: https://www.city-journal.org/article/my-father-fiddler-and-the-left [https://www.city-journal.org/article/my-father-fiddler-and-the-left] The World of Sholem Aleichem & Blacklist Era Oppression: https://www.fascinatingworld.org/post/the-world-of-sholom-aleichem-and-blacklist-era-oppression [https://www.fascinatingworld.org/post/the-world-of-sholom-aleichem-and-blacklist-era-oppression] The War on Memory: Learning From the Jewish Labour Bund: https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/the-night/the-war-on-memory-learning-from-the-jewish-labor-bund [https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/the-night/the-war-on-memory-learning-from-the-jewish-labor-bund]

#9: Comfort

Are we getting in a rut or planting ourselves firmly with room to grow? Emmet & Youssef talk Thornton Wilder, Thorstein Veblen, theatre seating, nostalgia, conspicuous consumption, mortality, presence, the unbearable speed of existence, haunted houses, & more! *** Community Corkboard: Blood Brothers tickets: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/ [https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/] Inaugural Perkolator resident artist Laura Mota-Juang: https://www.instagram.com/imnofiction/ [https://www.instagram.com/imnofiction/] Kitchen Theatre Project 24 Hour Play Project Participant Registration:https://forms.gle/5UxchN2PDoqe521q8 [https://forms.gle/5UxchN2PDoqe521q8]  Audience Registration: https://forms.gle/w5iTGM7JnaqNFTW36 [https://forms.gle/w5iTGM7JnaqNFTW36]  Beetlejuice Jr. at St. John’s High School: https://sjchs.ticketsplease.ca/events/beetlejuice-jr/ [https://sjchs.ticketsplease.ca/events/beetlejuice-jr/] Spring on the Mississippi lyrics: https://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=873164 [https://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=873164] Our Town: Read the script: https://archive.org/details/ourtownperennial0000unse [https://archive.org/details/ourtownperennial0000unse] 1989 Production with Spalding Gray & Frances Conroy: https://youtu.be/3k_EBbZdUO0?si=s9cplv-YgJOfzuhC [https://youtu.be/3k_EBbZdUO0?si=s9cplv-YgJOfzuhC] 2003 Production with Paul Newman: https://youtu.be/gc1o9cGQ9_Q?si=Q-WfRjvvqvwXrguz [https://youtu.be/gc1o9cGQ9_Q?si=Q-WfRjvvqvwXrguz]  https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Q2BwQ87nk/?mibextid=wwXIfr [https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Q2BwQ87nk/?mibextid=wwXIfr]  Theory of the Leisure Class - BBC 4 “In Our Time” https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m001sdrt [https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m001sdrt] Centre for Popular Economics - on Thorstein Veblen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHzhcrYsTw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHzhcrYsTw] Comfort, Stretch & Panic Zones https://www.bitesizelearning.co.uk/resources/comfort-zone-stretch-zone-panic-zone [https://www.bitesizelearning.co.uk/resources/comfort-zone-stretch-zone-panic-zone]

#8: Feminism

Youssef & Emmet are back for season 2 with an exploration of queer space, bolsheviks, suffragettes, Thatcherites, Caryl Churchill, & the mysterious meanings of character doubling on the stage & in our imaginations. Community Corkboard: Hadestown tickets: https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/hadestown-teen-edition/ [https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/hadestown-teen-edition/] 24 Hour PlaysParticipate: https://forms.gle/MGPDvuZmJo5aF9yN6 [https://forms.gle/MGPDvuZmJo5aF9yN6] Audience: https://forms.gle/ye2AqU1VocsgrAmA6 [https://forms.gle/ye2AqU1VocsgrAmA6]  Blood Brothers tickets: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/blood-brothers-musical/ [https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/blood-brothers-musical/] New Moon Magazine: https://newmoongirls.com/ [https://newmoongirls.com/] Youssef’s lecture notes: ⁠https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JkN-Ni6hb4GNaQgmXj9L95gM-s5aV7VR/view?usp=drivesdk⁠ [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JkN-Ni6hb4GNaQgmXj9L95gM-s5aV7VR/view?usp=drivesdk] “Queer in Space: Kollantai Commune Archive”: ⁠https://youtu.be/tlXIK_oqjBQ⁠ [https://youtu.be/tlXIK_oqjBQ] Judith Butler on Gender Theory (BigThink): ⁠https://youtu.be/UD9IOllUR4k⁠ [https://youtu.be/UD9IOllUR4k] Angela Davis on Mainstream Feminism: ⁠https://youtu.be/bzQkVfO9ToQ⁠ [https://youtu.be/bzQkVfO9ToQ] Patricia Hill Collins on ‘Controlling Images’: ⁠https://youtu.be/XVdbyhuAJEs⁠ [https://youtu.be/XVdbyhuAJEs] A Beginner’s Guide to the Suffragettes (Jenny Draper): https://youtu.be/gqHLkmN-HMw?si=QCjPBPgjlXDrVCLL [https://youtu.be/gqHLkmN-HMw?si=QCjPBPgjlXDrVCLL]  Top Girls, by Caryl Churchill (free to borrow online): https://archive.org/details/playsofseventies00corn/mode/1up [https://archive.org/details/playsofseventies00corn/mode/1up] Top Girls BBC production Intro & Act 1: https://youtu.be/iGWD0r0f9Go?si=M0jw9nAHhnVtc098 [https://youtu.be/iGWD0r0f9Go?si=M0jw9nAHhnVtc098] Act 2: https://youtu.be/LMoY_NthPdI?si=bbFNGRSnZ_3zkZ_u [https://youtu.be/LMoY_NthPdI?si=bbFNGRSnZ_3zkZ_u] Interviews: https://youtu.be/hK7ebGa2XXY?si=B0Vto7baBZJkhE4d [https://youtu.be/hK7ebGa2XXY?si=B0Vto7baBZJkhE4d]

Intermish

Dearest otters, Youssef & Emmet are taking December off for some Unicorn/Hanukkah/thespian/snow/life adventures, & we'll be back in January for SEASON 2!!!

#7: Time

With a topic like time, we just couldn't rush it! *** Emmet’s new website: http://emmet.ca/ [http://emmet.ca/]  Lion in Winter: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/the-lion-in-winter/ [https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/the-lion-in-winter/] Songs mentioned in this episode: Clock of the Heart by Culture Club: https://youtu.be/8tI1_KlO6xI?si=BLua_MYVyCDkP5NP [https://youtu.be/8tI1_KlO6xI?si=BLua_MYVyCDkP5NP]  Time Trades by Jeffrey Lewis: https://youtu.be/yBdka6rahH8?si=AoWNNq5FTHqica4S [https://youtu.be/yBdka6rahH8?si=AoWNNq5FTHqica4S] Unicorn Tolerance by the Mountain Goats: https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/unicorn-tolerance-2 [https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/unicorn-tolerance-2] A 3-act, centuries-long love affair (abridged) by John Mabey: https://newplayexchange.org/script/2036314/a-3-act-centuries-long-love-affair-abridged [https://newplayexchange.org/script/2036314/a-3-act-centuries-long-love-affair-abridged] Josh Johnson robot comedy: https://youtu.be/xbOaJ2ZIOOk?si=IV762_w2_Sh7ZyF7 [https://youtu.be/xbOaJ2ZIOOk?si=IV762_w2_Sh7ZyF7]  Rastus robot image: https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1930-06-27-Richmond-IN-Item-1-rastus-illus.jpg [https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1930-06-27-Richmond-IN-Item-1-rastus-illus.jpg] Rastus & Hattie at the Cleveland Public Theatre (photos & history): https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/rastus-and-hattie/ [https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/rastus-and-hattie/] Rastus & Hattie on NPX (read the full script with an NPX account): https://newplayexchange.org/script/2003313/rastus-and-hattie [https://newplayexchange.org/script/2003313/rastus-and-hattie] Rastus & Hattie on Next Stage Press (digital edition $12): https://next-stage-press.myshopify.com/products/rastus-and-hattie-digital-version-available-dec-1 [https://next-stage-press.myshopify.com/products/rastus-and-hattie-digital-version-available-dec-1] Lynching of Laura Nelson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Laura_and_L._D._Nelson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Laura_and_L._D._Nelson] Dear Tilly Norwood: Some Blunt Advice, Actress to “Actress,” From Betty Gilpin: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tilly-norwood-ai-actress-betty-gilpin-guest-essay-1236396217/ [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tilly-norwood-ai-actress-betty-gilpin-guest-essay-1236396217/] “Another Kind of Time” - interview with Jenny Odell on Emergence podcast: https://emergencemagazine.org/conversation/another-kind-of-time/ [https://emergencemagazine.org/conversation/another-kind-of-time/] Long Now lecture on Saving Time by Jenny Odell: https://longnow.org/talks/02023-odell/ [https://longnow.org/talks/02023-odell/] Charlie Chaplin - Factory Work (Modern Times, 1936): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fOIk0-igeE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fOIk0-igeE] RSA Animate: David Harvey on “The Crises of Capitalism”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&t=97s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&t=97s] Interview with Kazu Haga on “Fierce Vulnerability” with SAND (podcast): https://scienceandnonduality.com/audio/trauma-in-a-time-of-collapse/ [https://scienceandnonduality.com/audio/trauma-in-a-time-of-collapse/] Kazu Haga on Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging from Collapse (UVic lecture): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNrrtKRkuNw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNrrtKRkuNw]