“... the modern drama, operating through the double channel of dramatist and interpreter, affecting as it does both mind and heart,is the strongest force in developing social discontent, swelling the powerful tide of unrest that sweeps onward and over the dam of ignorance, prejudice, and superstition.” MindHeartDoeForceSocialPowerfulModernIgnoranceDramaPrejudiceTheaterDevelopingStrongestTidesSuperstitionsHeart And MindDiscontentInterpreterUnrestDamsSwelling Book:Anarchism: Top Crime Collections Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches.” PeopleEnoughHomeForceChurchRaceBreakArmyTheaterGentlemanSouthernSwimmingPoolTroopsBreaking DownSegregationLadies And GentlemenSwimming Pool Author:Strom Thurmond
“We carve on our body what society teaches us and continue this task, not knowing the identity they force us to have. This identity is carved on our faces and our skins. Not knowing our bodies have become "the paper made of human meat," we stuff our bodies and make them a theater where cultural symbols or suppressed symbols play.” HumansMadePlayBodyFacesForceStuffTeachKnowingIdentityPaperTasksSkinsTheaterSymbolsMeatNot Knowing Author:Kim Hyesoon
“My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself to go get my ass kicked in a rehearsal room and do one of those plays at some point.” NeedsFeelsFirstsPlayForceRoomsActingGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkTheaterAssRehearsal Author:Paul Dano
“We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.” PeopleIfsMenWarStatesHelpingScienceUsedForceSpaceUnitedKnowledgeTechnologyUnited StatesRightsProgressSeaPositionDependsOceanConscienceTheaterIllNuclearPresidentialSailScience And TechnologyNew KnowledgeOcean SeaKnowledge GainedSpace Science Author:John F. Kennedy
“During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved.” ActionLastsFallForceAirMetsTravelTheaterBraveryBraveSoldierIraqMedicalSavedHospitalsFunny TravelHospitalityAir ForceBrave Soldiers Author:Melissa Bean
“A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived” ShouldWellsMeanWholeAbleGivenForceGenerationsTheaterDeprived Author:Vanessa Redgrave
“The League of Independent Theater represents a coming together of actual artistic and theatrical forces that may yet undo the difficulty of our times in maintaining the highest artistic standards in a period of economic crisis. Who can save us from the downhill trend of our economy except the vigor of our arts? Theatre, music and education are our only hopes to lift our times beyond their despair and create a viable, prosperous culture.” MayArtTogetherCultureForceEconomyEconomicPeriodsDespairHighestStandardsDifficultyTheaterIndependentCrisisTheatreArtisticLiftsLeagueOur TimeTrendsMaintainingProsperousTheatricalVigorComing TogetherEconomic Crisis Author:Judith Malina