Norwescon 34 - 2011 Panels of G.Robin Smith - Living Stage and SF/F

Living Stage & SF/F and other panels.
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Norwescon 34, 2011, SeaTac Washington G.Robin Smith – Alymere@gmail.com
PANEL: Is the Living Stage Any Place for Science Fiction/Fantasy?
8:00 PM Cascade 10
Question: The Living Stage – i.e. The Legitimate Theatre – is
home to Shakespeare, Absurdist, Greek Chorus and ‘Our
Town’ at your local high school, but can it hold a candle (or
a light saber) to film/video for special effects and the essence
of what makes a SciFi hit a hit?
Answer: Is that what you are after?
More in-depth Answer: IF you are after the opening of Star
Wars in your little theatre, it’s going to be hard (but could be
done with Puppets!) IF you are after getting people involved
in an alternative universe, the passions and conflicts of
Humanity facing other-worldly forces or simply of Strange
People in Strange Lands, welcome to the Living Stage.
As for traditional SciFi subjects, yes, even they are addressed. Here are some
resources you may find of interest.
www.cirquedusoleil.com
http://dreams.zinzanni.org/
Little Eagles http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/little-eagles/
RSC The Space Race
Visit to a small planet – Gore Vidal
http://www.enotes.com/visit-small
Check out Kurt Vonegut’s plays.
R.U.R. 1938, 1948 and now under production
again. Introduced the word “Robot” to the world.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/capek/karel/rur/
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13083
1921 Premier.
Forbidden Planet is based on “The Tempest”
Ray Bradbury Plays
 (1953) The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men
 (1963) The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics
 (1965) A Device Out of Time: A One-Act Play
 (1966) The Day It Rained Forever: A Comedy in One Act
 (1966) The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act
 (1972) Leviathan '99: A Drama for the Stage
 (1972) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays
 (1975) Pillar of Fire and Other Plays for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow
 (1975) Kaleidoscope
 (1976) That Ghost, That Bride of Time: Excerpts from a Play-in-Progress Based on the Moby Dick Mythology and Dedicated to Herman Melville
 (1984) Forever and the Earth
 (1986) The Martian Chronicles
 (1986) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
(1986) Fahrenheit 451
 (1988) Dandelion Wine
 (1988) To The Chicago Abyss
 (1988) The Veldt
 (1988) Falling Upward
 (1990) The Day It Rained Forever
 (1991) Ray Bradbury on Stage: A Chrestomathy of His Plays
 (2010) Wisdom 2116 (US) or Ray Bradbury's 2116 The Musical (UK)
X-1 X minus One and other Radio Plays
War of the Worlds
The Queen of Light
http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/plays/queen_description.html
5591 Shady Brook Trail • Sarasota, Florida 34243 • USA
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