Theater in times of confinement: How a play about the Romanian Revolution of 1989 turned into a Zoom production in U.S.
As theaters were forced to close their doors because of the coronavirus pandemic, British playwright Caryl Churchill’s 1990 play Mad Forest, about the Romanian Revolution of 1989, was turned into a Zoom livestream performed by acting…
As theaters were forced to close their doors because of the coronavirus pandemic, British playwright Caryl Churchill’s 1990 play Mad Forest, about the Romanian Revolution of 1989, was turned into a Zoom livestream performed by acting students from the Bard College Theater & Performance Program.
Romania-Insider.com has talked to director Ashley Tata about how live performance and video technology blended in the making of the complex production, the adjustments made in switching from a stage version to a Zoom one, and the particularities of the hybrid video - drama format.
