Ric Zank and his company, the Iowa Theater Lab exerted a significant influence on me as well as on many of my colleagues during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The work was physical, imagistic,… more

On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we're spotlighting a few artists who are some of our newest alumni. Shanna May… more

Here at SITI Company my staff and I spend a lot of time encouraging the Company members to share their process either through blogs, videos or in person with our donors and board members.  I firmly… more

As a midyear transfer student at Bard College, I stood on a long line to sign up for a popular theater class taught by Bill Driver, the chair of the theater department who would soon become my first… more

On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we have the great pleasure of spotlighting Shura Baryshnikov. Shura is an… more

On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we have the great pleasure of introducing you to Travis Russ. Travis is the… more

Many years ago my T’ai Chi Chuan teacher Jean Kwok made a trip to Hong Kong. On her first morning in the city she walked into a nearby park to practice her form. The large park was filled with many… more

On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we have the great pleasure of introducing you to Jessica Burr. Jessica is the… more

Are you successful?  Do you feel successful?  What does success even mean to you?  Do these questions feel familiar to you? Does it seem like I’m about to try and sell you something? The question… more

It occurs to me that there is nothing inherently valuable about authenticity.  I recently attended a screening of City Of Gold; the excellent documentary about Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan… more

SITI Alum Selena Vela is starting a web-thing and she did an interview with me on it. Here are a couple of excepts: Theatre is inherently dynamic. That’s why its ephemerality is not a bug. It’s a… more

People sometimes wonder why we are called the SITI Company. What is SITI?  When we originally came together in 1993, we called ourselves the Saratoga International Theater Institute. And the… more

You are free to choose what you want to make of your life.  It’s called free agency or free will, and it’s your birthright.(Sean Covey) The moment that Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanatta first… more

Dear  friends; Please allow me to re-post my personal Skidmore summer memory here again. (I posted this in March 2015 on facebook.) I edited a bit this time. smile *****Before Joining SITI company,… more

Starting today on the SITI Company blog, every other Friday we'll be spotlighting an alum of SITI's many training programs. Today, we have the great pleasure to introduce you to Kim Ima. Kim has a… more

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.(Elie Wiesel)Poet and activist Maya Angelou wrote, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” In small quotidian… more