What are you reading right now?

[shksprtx]

the chicago manual of style (yes, copy geeks actually read this)

I'm an MLA geek myself...I guess that means we can't be friends...

[shando]

the chicago manual of style (yes, copy geeks actually read this)

I'm an MLA geek myself...I guess that means we can't be friends...

That is the funniest post I've read here in a long time.

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

I have not. Good, eh? Have to add that to my list.

Did not know there were so many comics readers here, but that sholdn't surprise me. Can I just say, as improvisors, we should all be reading Naruto. Oh my god, it's so fricking addictive.

i think you would especially like it, Shannon. it's very gritty and urban...but also so many different kinds of urban. the artwork is gorgeous, the amount of layering and juxtaposition of story and graphics is astounding. and the way they build the mystery and intertwine the characters in and out of each other's lives is so incredibly compelling. best of all in my opinion, Azzarello has a real love of language and plays with it all the time in a very weirdly lyrical fashion that owes as much to noir as it does to hip hop. my highest recommendation.

and i've heard good stuff about Naruto. but i have to finish my Lone Wolf and Cub collection before i can start into another manga. is it done in western style or "true" manga style? (that is, does it read from left to right or right to left? because the latter has always given me trouble).

I would desperately love to improvise narrative longform in the style of Miyuzaki (Spirited Away in particular). It's totally doable -- just gotta find an opportunity to work it.

now this sounds like a lot of fun. i love seeing improv play with and incorporate different storytelling styles and conventions from different media. if y'all end up doing something like this here in Austin, let me know how it goes! and if not...i'm stealing your idea, Crouch.

[ratliff]

the chicago manual of style (yes, copy geeks actually read this)

I'm an MLA geek myself...I guess that means we can't be friends...

Sean, I think we could bring new meaning (and a new, unsought-after demographic) to the Styles Show.

[shksprtx]

the chicago manual of style (yes, copy geeks actually read this)

I'm an MLA geek myself...I guess that means we can't be friends...

Sean, I think we could bring new meaning (and a new, unsought-after demographic) to the Styles Show.

HA! Your puny footnotes can never withstand the might of my parenthetical citations!

[shando]

is it done in western style or "true" manga style? (that is, does it read from left to right or right to left? because the latter has always given me trouble).

True Japanese style. Right to left, you start reading at what to our point of view is the back of the book. I got the hang of it after about half a volume.

[valetoile]

the chicago manual of style (yes, copy geeks actually read this)

I'm an MLA geek myself...I guess that means we can't be friends...

Sean, I think we could bring new meaning (and a new, unsought-after demographic) to the Styles Show.

Not to mention "Chicago Style"

[F.C. Glasses]

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

is it done in western style or "true" manga style? (that is, does it read from left to right or right to left? because the latter has always given me trouble).

True Japanese style. Right to left, you start reading at what to our point of view is the back of the book. I got the hang of it after about half a volume.

yeah, i've tried a few that are written in that style, but i just can't get my brain to work that way. which is a damn shame, cuz i want to read those damn Cowboy Bebop manga to see if they're as good as the anime. :sniff: it's a hard knock life, man...

[Evilpandabear]

as i'm leaving the country...

[Miggy]

(as I'm still new to the forums) but I know a number of people in the community have read 'Everything is Illuminated'. A friend of mine, who is an excellent playwright wrote this piece inspired from that book. I will be going this evening if anyone wishes to go.

-Michael

YELLOW TAPE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PRESENTS:
>
> Dandelion Momma
>
> BY GREG ROMERO
>
> WHEN: August 25th and 26th at 8pm
> WHERE: Silica House, Austin, TX
> CONTACT: Jonathon Morgan, 512.466.5221, contact@yellowtape.org
> MORE INFO: At our website, www.yellowtape.org
>
> Directed by: Juliane Taylor
> Performed by: Lana Dieterich, Michael Kranes, Ann Taylor, and Faith
>Taylor
>
> An eight-year-old takes care of wayward dandelions. A young couple
>struggles through the Great Depression. An old woman desperately re-creates
>her life through pieces of broken memories.
>
> Yellow Tape Construction Co presents a staged reading of DANDELION
>MOMMA, a new play by Greg Romero. Performing August 25th and 26 th at
>Silica House, 3302 Sanderling Trail, Austin, TX
>
> DANDELION MOMMA is presented as part of Yellow Tape's UNDER CONSTRUCTION
>series for the advancement of new work. UNDER CONSTRUCTION is a part of
>our GROUNDPLANS initiative -- an aggressive, multi-faceted approach to
>ensuring that performance continues to be an interactive experience.
>
> Says Jonathon Morgan, Yellow Tape Co-Artistic Director, "Our GROUNDPLANS
>initiative is all about finding new ways to create performance and
>discovering new models for working plays in progress. Not only is Greg a
>fantastically talented playwright, but he's a genius when it comes to
>taking a script, turning it on it's head, re-discovering what makes it
>really connect with an audience. We're delighted he's chosen to base
>himself in Austin, and even more excited to be working with him."
>
> ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Most recently, Greg Romero's work has been
>presented by Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, and City Attic Theatre in NYC.
>In Austin, Greg's work has been presented by Salvage Vanguard Theater, Rude
>Mechanicals Theatre Collective, Austin Script Works, rm 120 theatre, the
>University of Texas, a chick and a dude productions, Gobotrick Theatre
>Company, Shrewd Productions, and Cliff Diver Productions. His play, The
>Shelter, was selected as a semi-finalist for the National Playwright's
>Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. His short piece, The
>Eulogy, appears in Monologues For Men By Men (Vol 2) (Heinemann). His
>play, The Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard was selected as the
>winner of City Attic Theatre's Playwriting Competition and will be produced
>Off-Off Broadway in January 2007.
>
> For more information about Yellow Tape, GROUNDPLANS, and our UNDER
>CONSTRUCTION SERIES, please visit our website, www.yellowtape.org
>
> * * *
>
>
> Greg Romero
> Playwright, rm 120 theatre
> Member, Austin Script Works
> Member, The Dramatists Guild of America
> Member, The Playwrights' Center
> Member, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
>
> "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"
> -- Pablo Picasso

[shando]

The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa
by Michael Kimmelman

It's about visual art, but there's a lot in here for improvisers. Highly recommended.

[Asaf]

Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

Humorously written book about punctuation of all things.

[nadine]

Tiny ladies in shiny pants by Jill Soloway.

Rather funny feministic writing. Light hearted and depressing at once.

[Wesley]

Kareem got me Story by Robert McKee for my birthday and I'm about 100 pages into that. It's about the art of story and storytelling (admittedly from a screenwriting perspective, but most of the insights are universal or easily adapted to the stage).