Entries by Daniel Kucan

Early January 2019, we began our rehearsal process for Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl with a very unusual day of activities … unusual because they were all experienced in voluntary silence.

February 12, 2019 /2 Comments/in , /by

The premise of Small Mouth Sounds is this: six characters arrive at a retreat center to participate in a 5-day silent meditation workshop. All the characters are suffering and in pain; mental, emotional and/or physical, so they are looking for some kind of relief from their agony by leaving behind their normal lives and making […]

“Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice. It is the view that humans define their own meaning in life, and try to make rational decisions despite existing in an irrational universe.”

October 15, 2018 /0 Comments/in , /by

    Mark Gorman came to Vegas  about 3 years ago from Charleston, South Carolina where he had been the artistic director of a theater company called South of Broadway and the Board President for the League of Charleston Theatres. Before that, he was a performer and director in a bunch of fancy pants companies in […]

There’s No Real Culture In Las Vegas

September 10, 2018 /4 Comments/in /by

Today’s guest blogger is David Adler. David does all the show art for APF and has been an integral and valued voice in our company for a long while. I’ve known David since we were about 10 years old. He’s a dear and valued friend. He’s an art director, designer, costume designer (Rainbow Company, UNLV, New […]

Theater and The Strip; Like Ships Passing in the Night

July 23, 2018 /1 Comment/in /by

    Today’s blog is from Timothy Cummings. Cummings sorta came with the slab. He was in our first full stage production and I’m pretty sure he’ll be in our last, right before we lock up for good and toss the keys back over our shoulder on our way to the greener pastures of obscurity […]

The Birth of Atrocity (A response to “Daniel is Always Wrong”) by Lee Scrivner

March 21, 2018 /4 Comments/in /by

Today’s blog post was kindly written by Lee Scrivner. Dr. Scrivner is a writer and academic from Las Vegas, who has written extensively about literature, technology, and insomnia. He has taught at UNLV, the University of London, Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, and American University in Washington, DC. He currently lives in Amman, Jordan with his wife and children. […]

Daniel Is Always Wrong

January 27, 2018 /4 Comments/in /by

An Ongoing Conversation between Joe and Daniel Kucan    DANIEL: I’ve always been a little more into political theater than you have, I think. But I’m completely frozen in regards to the jackass who just shot up our hometown. Do we do something? Do we make a piece of theater? What role, if any, do […]

I know a guy who likes to gleeful pronounce that “Theater is dead!” in the rounded tones of his fake, transatlantic speech affectation.

December 19, 2017 /1 Comment/in /by

He thinks it makes him sound hip and cynical, I suspect. Whatever, man, he’s a theater guy. But a new article in Forbes would, um, support otherwise. Forbes is doing what Forbes does; basically breaking everything down to dollars and cents. But when the numbers are this big, it’s hard to argue with the details. […]