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Writer - Artist - University Instructor Still working my way over here. https://www.amazon.ca/NO-SHORTCUTS-Chambers-Practical-Creative/dp/B0CLQB7WJ7?dplnkId=7bd3d1a2-7960-4137-aad5-a31d3a6639ec

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@mcz_paintings

14.09.2025 19:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CHECKIN' IN (green).

30.08.2025 14:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy to announce NO SHORTCUTS was nominated for a @rndyounghowze theatre award!! Book of the year!

Grateful.

#the5chambers #NoShortcuts ##creativeprocess #creativity #booksforartists #creativethinking #readinglist #booksforcreatives #artpractice #creativeread #artphilosophy

12.03.2025 23:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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World Premiere
AFTER MOURNING, BEFORE VANGOGH.
Shadow Theater, Edmonton, AB.
#JohannaBonger #vanGogh #theovanGogh #Vincent #arthistory #fineart #theatre #surrelism #yyctheatre ##canadiantheatre #forgottenwomen #strongwomen #shadowtheatre

18.02.2025 20:02 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opening next month!!
WORLD PREMIERE!
After Mourning, Before VanGogh.
#shadowtheatre #yycarts #theatre #johannabonger ##vangogh ##arthistory #fineart #forgottenhistory #strongwomen #forgottenwomen #newwork

16.02.2025 02:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Mike Czuba is a writer with a BFA and MFA in Playwrighting. Originally from Montreal, he is currently an instructor at the University of Calgary and co-founder of the performance collective Dancing Monkeys Laboratories. Most recently, he released a book called NO SHORTCUTS — The Five Chambers, a Practical Guide to Finding Your Own Creative Process. His play I AM I (Original Works Publishing) has been internationally produced. A scene from his play REPRISE is published in Playwrights Canada Press' new anthology, Refractions: Scenes (2020). Multiple plays have been presented in Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Texas and Amsterdam. His most recent play AFTER MOURNING, about Johanna Bonger, the woman who saved van Gogh's art, has had staged readings in Calgary, Red Deer, Beaumont, Texas, Ontario and Chicago. The next reading is in May 2024 in Edmonton, with a full production by Shadow Theatre scheduled for April 2025.

Mike Czuba is a writer with a BFA and MFA in Playwrighting. Originally from Montreal, he is currently an instructor at the University of Calgary and co-founder of the performance collective Dancing Monkeys Laboratories. Most recently, he released a book called NO SHORTCUTS — The Five Chambers, a Practical Guide to Finding Your Own Creative Process. His play I AM I (Original Works Publishing) has been internationally produced. A scene from his play REPRISE is published in Playwrights Canada Press' new anthology, Refractions: Scenes (2020). Multiple plays have been presented in Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Texas and Amsterdam. His most recent play AFTER MOURNING, about Johanna Bonger, the woman who saved van Gogh's art, has had staged readings in Calgary, Red Deer, Beaumont, Texas, Ontario and Chicago. The next reading is in May 2024 in Edmonton, with a full production by Shadow Theatre scheduled for April 2025.

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21.05.2024 21:34 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Satie et Cocteau: A Rehearsal of a Play of a Composer by a Poet.
#eriksatie #jeancocteau #2hander #theatre #surrelism #arthistory #parishistory #modernclassicalmusic #avantgarde
Cover design by @ordinarypressco

03.12.2024 01:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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No Shortcuts - The Five Chambers.
Link in bio
#the5chambers #creativeprocess #creativity
#booksforartists #creativethinking #readinglist #booksforcreatives #booksforwriters #newbooks #artpractice #creativeread #artphilosophy #artistbooks #handbookforartists #artistsguidebook #adviceforartists

13.11.2024 23:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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