So I’m leaving Portland soon for 14 weeks of field research. I’m studying the wild long form improviser in its native habitat, an urban center. I picked up my Portland State University business cards which read Brad Fortier Anthropologist I giggled a bit picturing myself in a pith helmet in Rochester finding an interpreter whoContinue reading “Business Card reality.”
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My first big film role
Well, not that big, but fun nonetheless. Take the four minutes to check it out.
Brody Theater hits cable access.
Sooner or later, you hit it big……on cable access.
Brody in the News
Check it. Some props for the Brody Theater, yo.
Out on my own.
Well, I’m setting my own deadlines on school work these days. It’s disorienting suddenly realizing that I actually need to get to preparing my first serious ethnographic project. I’ve got the next couple of weeks to firm up all of my ideas and methods for my research in Rochester this fall. Then I have toContinue reading “Out on my own.”
The Crushing Weight of Too Many Committments
Things going on: 8 credits of Graduate coursework requiring about 45 pages of writing and 2000 pages of reading over the next 8 weeks. Teaching, Rehearsing for Brody (2 nights a week). Performing and Rehearsing with “The Feast”. Rehearsing weekly with 2 other friends for a new project. My grad assisting for a class onContinue reading “The Crushing Weight of Too Many Committments”
Middle School Improv
My week at Alki Middle School was a blur. I had 30 6th, 7th, and 8th graders for 47 minutes a day for 5 days. It was a mad dash to impart some basics while providing plenty of opportunity for practical and active involvement from the students. They had some great success with this silentContinue reading “Middle School Improv”
Reflections on Amsterdam
Well, it’s back to normal life. The week after a festival is always the hardest. If it weren’t for the fact that the wonderful and handsome Rene Vega is arriving Friday for a long weekend visit, I’d be staring out a window longing for better days. I loved the whole Italian team. I wanted toContinue reading “Reflections on Amsterdam”
Amsterdamned Afterbirth
Well I just trapsed in after about 25 hours of travelling. There were some rerouts because of bad weather in Germany. I’m home but exhausted. I’ll recap later. Briefly, it turned out to be amazing and special in so many ways.
Amsterdamned 25.1.07
We Fucking Nailed it tonight and blew them away….thank god. No. Thanks to the Italians showing up last minute and getting us excited. I love all of the Italians from Belleville in Bologna Italy. We thought they weren’t going to be able to catch our show because of their own show at the the ItalianContinue reading “Amsterdamned 25.1.07”
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