September 01, 2012
The digital home of Jake Orr
It was about time that I had a personal website that put my work, my writings and general opinions outside of my work on A Younger Theatre. That's not to say that I won't still write feverishly on AYT, but it's good to make an official home of Jake Orr (whatever that means). Creating this website has been a challenge for me, it is something that I have started and put down repeatedly for the last three years. Trying to ...
May 27, 2012
Writing with Emotion and Death in Theatre
It seems to me that if I am to write or respond to anything that the theatre world has to offer me, it has to come through the conditions of my being. It feels impossible to see the world through rose-tinted glasses when the reality is quite different. Right now, as I sit with the sun warming the back of my neck, with children and families playing around the park, I am full of grief. The loss of a family member is always ...
