The only reason to write is from love. Stephen Sondheim

“Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.” James Clerk Maxwell

That’s what artists do…youtu.be/nqeCZMy5GUE

“A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can’t defuse a bomb. But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth and name the liars.” Salman Rushdie

“Birds born in a cage, think flying is an illness.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky

“There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.” Dorothy Parker

”My jump is not high enough, my turns aren’t perfect, I can’t get my leg behind my ear.’ Please don’t do that. Sometimes there’s an obsession with technique that can kill your best impulses. (1/2)

...But communicating with an art form means being vulnerable. Being imperfect. And most of the time this is much more interesting. Trust me.” Mikhail Baryshnikov (2/2)

“I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.” Anton Chekhov

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“Simplicity is the result of maturity.” Friedrich Schiller

The stage has two rules: 1.Anything can happen 2.Something must happen Peter Brook

From horror show to triumph! This is the moment when pianist Maria Joao Pires realises - as the orchestra starts to play - that she has learned the wrong piece for a concert. With no sheet music to fall back on, she has to keep calm and carry on. She is AMAZING. As is conductor

This Monday, April 1st, the NIU BFA Acting class of 2024 will be presenting its showcase at Chopin Theatre (1543 West Division in Chicago) at 4:15 and 7:15. Come join us!

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Reason and Rationality: A unique summer program for high school students.