AmandaRose V. PhD

A gold, lapis, and turquoise compass star with downward pointing arrow. The icon in whole appears to be a golden capital D. Text reads: “the Descent. December 7-13 New York City $2,700 per 3”

will you brave THE DESCENT?

More details from the ensemble behind Makers Dozen to come! Uncover those details here: discord.gg/74r2Nv9F9Y

#larp #theDescent #Descent-larp #MakersDozen #theDescentLarp #DescentLatp

Sen. Warren: The Trump administration can’t explain why we entered this war or what the goals are. One thing is clear: while there’s no money for the 15 million Americans who lost their health care, there’s $1 billion a day to spend on bombing Iran.

“To make matters worse, the US crossed another red line… by attacking the water desalination plant at Qeshm Island. (This is incidentally a war crime according to Article 54 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions.)

A pinkish background with a blurred smattering of color. Black text reads: “THE FOUR TENETS OF CONSENT BASED PEDAGOGY. THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY BY AMANDA ROSE VILLARREAL AND KIM SHIVELY”

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize recentering the space on student growth3 two hands frame the silhouette of a person, surrounded by a spotlight of orange and green. Text reads: TENET 3 RECENTERING THE SPACE BY PRIORITIZING THE LEARNING OR ARTISTIC PROCESS RATHER THAN THE END PRODUCT, WE MODEL PERSISTENCE IN COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES AND PROBLEM-SOLVING WHILE SUPPORTING LEARNERS IN TAKING CREATIVE RISKS THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 16

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize generous accommodation: a silhouetted adult in dark blue and a silhouetted adult in orange. Text reads: TENET 4 GENEROUS ACCOMMODATION GENEROUS ACCOMMODATION REQUIRES PROACTIVELY CREATING SPACES AND PRACTICES THAT ANTICIPATE AND PROVIDE FOR A VARIETY OF ACCESS NEEDS, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR A NEED TO ARISE. THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 16

A book cover. Goldenrod tones, featuring illustrations of neurons and synapses in the background and illustrations of students doing various theatrical activities. The book’s title is THE THEATRE ARTIST’S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY and authors are Amanda Rose Villarreal and Kim Shively.

Many artists are trained in their craft but not taught to teach. We’ve inherited an industry that uses shock & manipulation to direct performance, which trains young artists their boundaries are invalid. No more. We can’t help what we’ve inherited, but we can choose what to pass on from here.

I’m so proud of our little team! We spent so much time devising the narrative and dynamic experience that became MONSTROSITY.

I never anticipated we’d be seen and recognized at this level of nomination. I’m floored 🧡🥰

#larp #games #theatre #immersive

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor”—Tupac

I was so happy to get the chance to see this (and in this lovely setting)! Final performance is March 8:

In black-and-white photography, mixed-race cishet couple gaze lovingly into each others’ eyes, holding hands, smiling in a soft “I got you” moment of encouragement; a photo from a rehearsal of an upcoming play. Superimposed in yellowish text: “SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA. Geffen Playhouse. Performances begin Feb 4”

Facing today’s world, I falter in thinking that my work matters.

But stories that call out sexism, explore fear & mourning & resilience & resistance around childbearing & career & miscarriage—in the face of authoritarian movements which seek to suffocate women—remains important.

On the left, a full-height image of sticks and leaves in an orange-and-white colorway. On the right, a chapter title: “The Devil's Advocate: Applying Kink Perspectives for Top Drop and Aftercare in Larp” And below the title, the authors’ names: Ilan Norwood Amanda Rose Villarreal

I always enjoy the proofing phase, getting to see the work tangibly for the first time. Here’s a sneak peek of today’s proofs: a collaboration with a new writing partner!

As a side delight, I’m incredibly amused that the editors seem to have intuited my adoration for creamsicle coloring.

wait no this is actually incredible youraislopbores.me

Before I found the pod! Amazing.

A Knight’s Tale is deliciously anachronistic and not at all accurate. But may be more of a “bad period movie” than bad history, because aside from Chaucer’s existence I don’t think there’s an attempt at historically accurate storytelling

I’m so proud of our little team! We spent so much time devising the narrative and dynamic experience that became MONSTROSITY.

I never anticipated we’d be seen and recognized at this level of nomination. I’m floored 🧡🥰

#larp #games #theatre #immersive

The 2026 NoPro Audience Award Nominees It's award season and that means its time for The Immies – our annual No Proscenium Audience Awards. Like last year, this crop of nominees was put together by the globe spanning and globe trotting No...

Hey #immersive & #larp friends, it’s time: if you’re a member (or are keen to be), I’d love your support in voting for MONSTROSITY in the mid-Atlantic category!

I created a new suite of consent mechanics for this larp; please support our tiny team of designers!
www.noproscenium.com/the-2026-nop...

Trump’s Title IX regulation was explicitly designed to offer perpetrators impunity and punish victims who came forward.

It isn’t a coincidence that we’re seeing an uptick in these cases.

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

A pinkish background with a blurred smattering of color. Black text reads: “THE FOUR TENETS OF CONSENT BASED PEDAGOGY. THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY BY AMANDA ROSE VILLARREAL AND KIM SHIVELY”

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize transparency features orange and blue overlapping circles and an eye. Text reads: TENET 1 RADICAL TEACHING TRANSPARENCY “RADICAL TEACHING TRANSPARENCY MEANS PRIORITIZING TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE HOW AND THE WHY OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING...” THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 11

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize participatory agency: a circle with multiple hands reaching towards the center from different directions. Text reads: TENET 2 PARTICIPATORY AGENCY THIS MEANS THAT TEACHERS CREATE INVITATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND ACTMITIES THAT FOSTER EXPERIMENTATION, THEN SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS... THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 13

Given the news about interlochen and other arts schools, I think we really need to acknowledge that many teaching artists are not taught to teach. We’ve inherited an industry that uses shock and manipulation to direct performance, which trains young artists their boundaries are invalid. No more.

Pleased to have a little essay in this book, looking at a very specific element of TTRPG design that can (and should) be studied by videogame designers!

www.routledge.com/The-Theatre-...

#theatresky #theatre

A pinkish background with a blurred smattering of color. Black text reads: “THE FOUR TENETS OF CONSENT BASED PEDAGOGY. THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY BY AMANDA ROSE VILLARREAL AND KIM SHIVELY”

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize recentering the space on student growth3 two hands frame the silhouette of a person, surrounded by a spotlight of orange and green. Text reads: TENET 3 RECENTERING THE SPACE BY PRIORITIZING THE LEARNING OR ARTISTIC PROCESS RATHER THAN THE END PRODUCT, WE MODEL PERSISTENCE IN COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES AND PROBLEM-SOLVING WHILE SUPPORTING LEARNERS IN TAKING CREATIVE RISKS THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 16

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize generous accommodation: a silhouetted adult in dark blue and a silhouetted adult in orange. Text reads: TENET 4 GENEROUS ACCOMMODATION GENEROUS ACCOMMODATION REQUIRES PROACTIVELY CREATING SPACES AND PRACTICES THAT ANTICIPATE AND PROVIDE FOR A VARIETY OF ACCESS NEEDS, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR A NEED TO ARISE. THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 16

A book cover. Goldenrod tones, featuring illustrations of neurons and synapses in the background and illustrations of students doing various theatrical activities. The book’s title is THE THEATRE ARTIST’S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY and authors are Amanda Rose Villarreal and Kim Shively.

Many artists are trained in their craft but not taught to teach. We’ve inherited an industry that uses shock & manipulation to direct performance, which trains young artists their boundaries are invalid. No more. We can’t help what we’ve inherited, but we can choose what to pass on from here.

A pinkish background with a blurred smattering of color. Black text reads: “THE FOUR TENETS OF CONSENT BASED PEDAGOGY. THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY BY AMANDA ROSE VILLARREAL AND KIM SHIVELY”

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize transparency features orange and blue overlapping circles and an eye. Text reads: TENET 1 RADICAL TEACHING TRANSPARENCY “RADICAL TEACHING TRANSPARENCY MEANS PRIORITIZING TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE HOW AND THE WHY OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING...” THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 11

An illustrated icon meant to symbolize participatory agency: a circle with multiple hands reaching towards the center from different directions. Text reads: TENET 2 PARTICIPATORY AGENCY THIS MEANS THAT TEACHERS CREATE INVITATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND ACTMITIES THAT FOSTER EXPERIMENTATION, THEN SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS... THE THEATRE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO CONSENT-BASED PEDAGOGY, PAGE 13

Given the news about interlochen and other arts schools, I think we really need to acknowledge that many teaching artists are not taught to teach. We’ve inherited an industry that uses shock and manipulation to direct performance, which trains young artists their boundaries are invalid. No more.

Dear Bluesky: I appreciate the lack of Grok but on Intercon weekend & a few other select times annually when I know I’m missing out on cool art & scholarship, I really miss my old #larp, #theatre, and #performancestudies -saturated Twitter feed that let me catch glimpses of east coast gatherings

Voting to confirm this woman is an act of obedience to 45 & the far right.

How is it that “understanding of decades of established & supported research” is not a minimum requirement for the position of surgeon general?

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

I might laugh, but the guys who get off on being "early adopters" predominate in Academic Senates - & one gets called "AI-hesitant" or a Luddite by faculty who've never had an original idea & think churning out a litany of mediocre articles makes them great scholars....AI can NOT bust paradigms.

I want to stress that I want AI to do my dishes and house work so that I can write and think, not all the other way around.

live free or die

Not 10k people fighting over a Guggenheim? Strange.

When an AI CEO tells us that one day their product will do something, we should immediately call BS. They are simply trying to prop up their dying product with the promise of something that will never be. They and their shareholders benefit from false promises, the rest of us should be skeptical.

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich