THE O'NEILL WRITER'S CONFERENCE, Artist in Residence, July 2003.

In July of 2003, I was an artist in residence working on Theatre for One at The O'Neill Writer's Conference. In order to share the project with the community, EARLSTREETMAN, by Courtney Baron, was performed by Michael Chernus, during one of the conference hours. As time was limited, one person was chosen from the audience by lottery to go into the booth, which was placed in the middle of the stage. A camera pointed at the actor allowed the audience outside the booth to watch the monologue inside in monitors outside. The Theatre for One audience member was not filmed, as I believe it is important that the viewer feel safe enough to have a genuine response to the performance.
 

Thank you to all the staff and artists at the conference that summer, and especially to James Houghton and Beth Whitaker for the invitation to be there.

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