TDF Theatre Dictionary to Collaborate with Off-Off-Broadway Theatre Companies

In celebration of the beginning of the third year of TDF's fun and informative online Theatre Dictionary (www.theatredictionary.org), the not-for-profit service organization has commissioned four off-Off Broadway theatre companies (Clubbed Thumb, New York Neo-Futurists, the PIT, and F*It Club) to collaborate with TDF to create a series of humorous and inventive Theatre Dictionary videos. Three of these new videos are being premiered today, with three additional videos to be released each month over the next several months.

Today's premieres include videos that define "Experimental Theatre" (with Clubbed Thumb), "Heckling" (with F*It Club & the PIT), and "Understudy" (with New York Neo-Futurists). As always, these videos will be accompanied by in-depth essays on the Theatre Dictionary site, which will provide more information to those who want to learn more about the term being defined.

"This was a liberating and exhilarating way to collaborate," says Mark Blankenship, TDF's online content editor and producer of the Theatre Dictionary. "The Theatre Dictionary has always been dedicated to giving theatre artists a chance to show what they can do in the online world, and I'm delighted all these great companies came on board. Even better, they're all funny!"

For this project, TDF commissioned a group of artists from each company to come work with Blankenship and a professional videographer. Together, the team started from scratch, quickly writing and filming a series of short, humorous definitions of theatre slang. All told, the project resulted in 13 new videos. When these new videos are all released, TDF's theatre dictionary will boast 72 theatrical phrases and expressions

To see the full list of theatrical phrases and expressions on the TDF Theatre Dictionary, go to: http://dictionary.tdf.org/dictionary/browse-all