Upstart Arts
@upstartarts.bsky.social
All volunteer non profit theatrical collective. Contemporary, queer spins on the classics. Laughter is medicinal. Shakespeare rules. All volunteer non profit collective, offering opportunities, inviting collaboration. Theatre cryptids. @blinkkittylove
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Still thinking about Othello.
I was expecting Othello to seem much more of an outsider but most of that is driven by Iago, who makes himself an outsider by being an evil fuck who breaks all social contracts. I caught myself in a nervous laugh occasionally because I couldn't believe Iago kept winning. It's so on target for now
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Still thinking about Othello.
We're live
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We're live
Othello, tonight
youtu.be/mst8hYdNeLA?...
youtu.be/mst8hYdNeLA?...
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Othello, tonight
youtu.be/mst8hYdNeLA?...
youtu.be/mst8hYdNeLA?...
Othello sneak peek: youtu.be/bl9loHEqw7g?...
Othello promo 1
YouTube video by Upstart Arts
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November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Othello sneak peek: youtu.be/bl9loHEqw7g?...
Saturday!!!
Upstart Arts presents a staged reading of William Shakespeare's searing assault on the fragility of love and trust: www.eventbrite.com/e/othello-a-...
Othello, a staged reading
Shakespeare's searing assault on the fragility of love and trust
www.eventbrite.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Saturday!!!
Upstart Arts presents a staged reading of William Shakespeare's searing assault on the fragility of love and trust: www.eventbrite.com/e/othello-a-...
Othello, a staged reading
Shakespeare's searing assault on the fragility of love and trust
www.eventbrite.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Upstart Arts presents a staged reading of William Shakespeare's searing assault on the fragility of love and trust: www.eventbrite.com/e/othello-a-...
Had the whole Othello cast at the recording session last night:
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Had the whole Othello cast at the recording session last night:
Key Othello line "And when I love thee not, chaos is come again."
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Key Othello line "And when I love thee not, chaos is come again."
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For the current & future school board & city council members here: this is why playgrounds & parks are important.
Remember little kids falling out of their seats at school? Not enough play.
Humans need food and play all through primary school and beyond. Kids need it even to be able to school.
Remember little kids falling out of their seats at school? Not enough play.
Humans need food and play all through primary school and beyond. Kids need it even to be able to school.
We actually don't talk enough about how children's neurodevelopment is a requirement for readiness to learn, particularly for math 🥰 and reading 🙌🏾.
It looks like hanging/hand walking the bars at the park, swinging, and Miss Mary Mack! Big body and cross-body movements. Patterns.
It looks like hanging/hand walking the bars at the park, swinging, and Miss Mary Mack! Big body and cross-body movements. Patterns.
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
For the current & future school board & city council members here: this is why playgrounds & parks are important.
Remember little kids falling out of their seats at school? Not enough play.
Humans need food and play all through primary school and beyond. Kids need it even to be able to school.
Remember little kids falling out of their seats at school? Not enough play.
Humans need food and play all through primary school and beyond. Kids need it even to be able to school.
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Life needs play!
"By play, I mean a dynamic in which tightly coupled means/ends relations are loosened such that something new can emerge... Play is ubiquitous in the living world. It makes room for something new, for growth, for flourishing.."
-E. Kohn
books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp...
"By play, I mean a dynamic in which tightly coupled means/ends relations are loosened such that something new can emerge... Play is ubiquitous in the living world. It makes room for something new, for growth, for flourishing.."
-E. Kohn
books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp...
January 17, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Life needs play!
"By play, I mean a dynamic in which tightly coupled means/ends relations are loosened such that something new can emerge... Play is ubiquitous in the living world. It makes room for something new, for growth, for flourishing.."
-E. Kohn
books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp...
"By play, I mean a dynamic in which tightly coupled means/ends relations are loosened such that something new can emerge... Play is ubiquitous in the living world. It makes room for something new, for growth, for flourishing.."
-E. Kohn
books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp...
Today in legendary Upstart moments: recording delay due to Canadian sunset and accompanying solar storm. Good for unit morale and cohesion.
a painting of a snowy forest with the letters eaba on the bottom right
ALT: a painting of a snowy forest with the letters eaba on the bottom right
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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Today in legendary Upstart moments: recording delay due to Canadian sunset and accompanying solar storm. Good for unit morale and cohesion.
Iago had a bonus kitten for Othello rehearsal tonight.
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Iago had a bonus kitten for Othello rehearsal tonight.
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All great musicians — no, all great artists are students of their artform. Knowing this is important, and the very best respect the history and pay homage.
I think about who had to be taught this, because the people who created and enjoyed this music would already know it.
Love the photo though.
I think about who had to be taught this, because the people who created and enjoyed this music would already know it.
Love the photo though.
John Lee Hooker, 1950s, and the genealogy of the Blues.
Taken at the Folk and Jazz Roundtable at the Music Inn in Stockbridge, MA.
Taken at the Folk and Jazz Roundtable at the Music Inn in Stockbridge, MA.
![A black and white photograph of John Lee Hooker at the “Folk and Jazz Roundtable” at the Music Inn, in Stockbridge, MA. Hooker is shown seated with both elbows on the table and his right hand on his forehead. He leans over a mug, and there are papers on the table next to his left elbow. Behind him, hanging on the wall, is a blackboard diagram of the roots of mainstream Blues. The chart lists "MARCH," HYMN," "RING-SHOUT CRIES / WORKSONG," AND "REEL-JIG" as the oldest influences, with Ragtime, Spirituals, Jug Bands, Dance-games, New Orleans Brass Bands, Gospel, Early Blues, Vaudeville, Coon Shout, Minstrel, New Orleans Jazz, and 12-bar Blues branching out and cross-pollinating into [MAIN STREAM (1920)]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4eedw4y6ei2dqjgspjeskzlk/bafkreidzjcith3rgrplsw6jawht777427sdllssng5t3wu727merfjhmau@jpeg)
May 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
All great musicians — no, all great artists are students of their artform. Knowing this is important, and the very best respect the history and pay homage.
I think about who had to be taught this, because the people who created and enjoyed this music would already know it.
Love the photo though.
I think about who had to be taught this, because the people who created and enjoyed this music would already know it.
Love the photo though.
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Ella Fitzgerald &
Louis Armstrong
“Dream a Little Dream of Me”
youtu.be/OAVZuSoP8dk?...
#Jazz #Music #JazzSky #MusicSky
#NowPlaying
Louis Armstrong
“Dream a Little Dream of Me”
youtu.be/OAVZuSoP8dk?...
#Jazz #Music #JazzSky #MusicSky
#NowPlaying
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ella Fitzgerald &
Louis Armstrong
“Dream a Little Dream of Me”
youtu.be/OAVZuSoP8dk?...
#Jazz #Music #JazzSky #MusicSky
#NowPlaying
Louis Armstrong
“Dream a Little Dream of Me”
youtu.be/OAVZuSoP8dk?...
#Jazz #Music #JazzSky #MusicSky
#NowPlaying
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Business of theatre day.
For our Othello staged reading, we are going with a G.I. Jane take on Iago. The actress playing her wrote her master's thesis on regendering Shakespeare so I'm letting her play. Now have the difficult business of switching pronouns and nouns (husband) where Iago is the referent. Fun with Shakespeare
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Business of theatre day.
Our fundraiser for the York County Food Bank just got approved. Stay tuned for how you can support the arts and the York community.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Our fundraiser for the York County Food Bank just got approved. Stay tuned for how you can support the arts and the York community.
First rehearsal for our staged reading of Othello
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
First rehearsal for our staged reading of Othello
Queer creepy scary fun with our modern, lesbian take on Edgar Allen Poe's Morella: open.spotify.com/episode/7kx8...
Morella
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October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Queer creepy scary fun with our modern, lesbian take on Edgar Allen Poe's Morella: open.spotify.com/episode/7kx8...
Next on our trip into the Twilight Thriller Radio Archives: will Sherlock survive his encounter with the Devil's Foot? open.spotify.com/episode/31ia...
The Adventure Of The Devil's Foot
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October 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Next on our trip into the Twilight Thriller Radio Archives: will Sherlock survive his encounter with the Devil's Foot? open.spotify.com/episode/31ia...
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Another haunting tale from the cellars: will Sherlock Holmes survive? open.spotify.com/episode/31ia...
Spotify – Web Player
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October 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Another haunting tale from the cellars: will Sherlock Holmes survive? open.spotify.com/episode/31ia...
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So many artists do this.
Thinking about Glenn Ligon (quotes on textiles, neon, etc).
Even choreographer Bill T. Jones who created a narrator for one of his pieces, Curriculum II, who quotes text from Sylvia Wynter and other theoriststhat informed the work. Dance piece was about race and tech.
Thinking about Glenn Ligon (quotes on textiles, neon, etc).
Even choreographer Bill T. Jones who created a narrator for one of his pieces, Curriculum II, who quotes text from Sylvia Wynter and other theoriststhat informed the work. Dance piece was about race and tech.
Anyone have any experience with stitching citations onto textiles, or otherwise making citations into physical representations??
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So many artists do this.
Thinking about Glenn Ligon (quotes on textiles, neon, etc).
Even choreographer Bill T. Jones who created a narrator for one of his pieces, Curriculum II, who quotes text from Sylvia Wynter and other theoriststhat informed the work. Dance piece was about race and tech.
Thinking about Glenn Ligon (quotes on textiles, neon, etc).
Even choreographer Bill T. Jones who created a narrator for one of his pieces, Curriculum II, who quotes text from Sylvia Wynter and other theoriststhat informed the work. Dance piece was about race and tech.
Another haunting tale from the cellars: will Sherlock Holmes survive? open.spotify.com/episode/31ia...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Another haunting tale from the cellars: will Sherlock Holmes survive? open.spotify.com/episode/31ia...