What is it?

The Awareness Project is an online initiative intended to raise...awareness...of one of New York City's most enagaging cultural attractions, Off-Off Broadway, also know as Indie Theatre. We are thrilled to include the Awareness Project as part of our documentary Burning to Communicate.. The documentary traces the the development of the revolutionary Off-Off Broadway scene in NYC. We are exploring the creative question through archival footage and firsthand interviews with those there at the beginning and who currently create independent theater.

What's Up Next?

In addition to posting videos, we'll be adding resources, pictures and exclusive excerpts from our interviews, so check back often.

What is Off-Off Broadway?

We weren't very surprised that not many people could define Off-Off Broadway. It is a dynamic cultural experience that is always changing. What surprised us was that even many native New Yorkers don't take more advantage of this exciting form of entertainment.

Each year there are nearly 1,000 shows mounted in the New York City area alone. This includes musicals, straight plays, solo performances, and performance art.

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Define Creativity

Something from nothing. Taking what the universe has presented you and rearranging it into something new.

Society is in the midst of change. Change causes many to experience a sense of alienation and purposelessness. We have two choices: either to withdraw and panic, or to develop the courage to create a better society. — Rollo May, The Courage to Create

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Can you Define the Term 'Black Box'?

Theatre as a concept is not about the building in which it is performed or even the play or the text. Theatre is defined by its purpose for existence, and by how that purpose manifests. — Peter Brook,The Empty Space

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If you could create one thing, what would it be?

How we express ourselves in what we want to create says a lot about our view of the world. What is is missing and what we desire it to have. Most creativity theories see creativity as a process through which the individual finds relationship with their environment.

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