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Ep. 17: New Rochelle’s Anthony Stirpe on creating art in the cradle of COVID
I really enjoyed this podcast chat with Anthony Stirpe, who teaches English and theater at New Rochelle High School.
Among the takeaways:
Tight budgets force directors to get creative. Stirpe talked about his long-planned production of “Pippin” and the big finale moment, in which a parachute was unfurled over the audience — like a circus bigtop — and flames were projected onto it. It came about, he said, because he didn’t have the budget for a big set.
“I’m almost happy that I don’t, because it does force me to think outside of the box,” he says.
Leaning on upperclassmen as mentors. Budget…
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