…I realized that what I had been watching was a fairly remarkable hybrid storytelling form: part live theatrical event, part polished television prod… - Kristoffer Diaz

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…I realized that what I had been watching was a fairly remarkable hybrid storytelling form: part live theatrical event, part polished television production, part sports spectacular, part collaborative improvised dance — and so much more. It’s a art form that synthesizes tons of other art forms into what appears to be simple, mindless entertainment, and it’s fascinating…

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Kristoffer Diaz is an American playwright, screenwriter, and educator.

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Television has lapped theater in a lot of storytelling techniques — realism, depth of character, complicated storytelling…What we have that’s different in the theater is the audience in the space with us. And I’m not interested in ignoring the space between us.

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