We’d love to introduce you to one of our incredible TBG teaching artists, Arlene Hutton! Read our interview with her below…
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What do you enjoy most about teaching?
AH: The students! Experiencing the “aha” moments. Watching a playwright find their voice. Connecting my students with theatres. And, most of all, learning from them.
What is a TBG tool you love to use in your own acting and writing journey?
AH: I was an actor before I became a playwright, and when I first started teaching at The Barrow Group I took the acting and script analysis classes, which have informed both my teaching and my own writing. The tools I use include what I call, “thinking like an actor,” and asking the same questions in my script that actors will ask in their preparation and rehearsal: What does the character want, and what’s keeping them from getting it?
What is a project that you’ve been a part of that you are proud of?
AH: Blood of the Lamb, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last August, garnering four- and five-star reviews, and just won an award at the Adelaide Fringe. The play received development with TBG’s FAB Women and had a reading at TBG.
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To take a class with Arlene, try ONLINE Advanced Playwriting Intensive starting 4/1, ONLINE Playwriting Master Class starting 4/2, ONLINE Advanced Playwriting Intensive starting 4/3, or ONLINE Playwriting Master Class starting 4/3.
Check out TBG’s full schedule of classes!