• Notes to Dearie | A project about Optimism and Serendipity

    Notes to Dearie | A project about Optimism and Serendipity

    ALL OF MY LIFE, I have loved hiding notes for people to find. With so much anxiety, tension, and conflict in the world right now, I’ve decided to play a little game and scatter some optimism for folks to discover, if they’re paying attention. So, if you find a note to ‘Dearie‘, that’s from me!…

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  • And, Not Or | A podcast

    And, Not Or | A podcast

    And, Not Or is a conversational podcast created and curated by Jeffrey Puukka. Episodes consist of casual chats as well as five ritual questions with down-to-earth actors, creatives, and arts-educators who are indeed currently making, learning, and living a life in their disciplines.  Listen for conversations meandering around: Acting and theatre Insights about actor training Life stories…

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  • The Monday Night Acting Lab

    “First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.” {Epictetus} About The Monday Night Acting Lab The purpose of The Monday Night Acting Lab is to empower actors across all degrees of experience to unlock—and continually free—the actor within themselves. Through group and solo exercises, projects, challenges, and games,…

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  • (In Collaboration) – BARDO

    (In Collaboration) – BARDO

    This event has already happened. Winter/2020 Collaboration: Jeffrey Puukka collaborated with Lyra Butler-Denman, focusing on the text and spoken segments of her devised, dance theater piece BARDO, which premieres 27 February, 2020 at Shaking The Tree. About Bardo – A conversation and a conjuring, BARDO embodies the transition states of dying, of grieving, of a…

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  • A LETTER:  Regarding the censorship of STREETCAR in Sandy, Oregon.

    A LETTER: Regarding the censorship of STREETCAR in Sandy, Oregon.

    This article references a past production. #STREETCARinSandy #Censorship #Fear #SexualViolence #Community #Catharsis 7 September, 2019 As some of you know, I have been more than busy since June, directing A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE for Sandy Actor’s Theatre.  This ride has been a series of ‘firsts’ for me.  It is my first time collaborating with S.A.T.,…

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  • (Production) A Streetcar Named Desire

    (Production) A Streetcar Named Desire

    Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. This page regards an event that happened in the past. Sandy Actors Theatre presentsA Streetcar Named DesireBy Tennessee WilliamsDirected by Jeffrey Puukka Summer in New Orleans. Stanley and his wife Stella are intoxicated by each other, and just beginning their lives together. Then Stella’s…

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