Theotre of the Mind

Emmet F. Cameron
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Youssef is a sociology professor. Emmet is a perpetual dropout. Youssef is a father of theatre kids. Emmet is 3 theatre kids in an opera cloak. They both want to make their disciplines more approachable to "outsiders" -- starting with each other. Each episode, they bring each other an offering from the spheres of theory & theatre on a common theme. Think of it as 2 good friends conducting an open seminar in the green room.

  1. 10h ago

    #13: Solidarity

    This month we're talking My Name is Rachel Corrie, the bonds of similarity & difference, community & aloneness, responding to complicity we never asked for, martyrdom, & more. *** COMMUNITY CORKBOARD No Strings Attached: https://smithsfallstheatre.com/online-tickets-plays1/ (shows from August 14 - 23 in Smiths Falls) Camera Obscura audition info: https://www.facebook.com/emmlf/posts/pfbid0PtPrTZJgTG8exQkdcL8Ucr6okyN3vbBgLRsc533zZjRr9JK6cNdKKJFfrRaRR6L5l Sign up for your slot: https://volunteersignup.org/9X9J3 Sides: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tSYeXFlCQk3QIX2QxL42aOcJc8kP3zOZU7GN7VbAA58  ASSOCIATIONS Pride (2014) trailer: https://youtu.be/kZfFvsKDuUU?si=UUtaxPXyy6fonLWi  THEATRE My Name is Rachel Corrie: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/57384/my-name-is-rachel-corrie My Name is Rachel Corrie video (multi-actor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vm5MoBCgsU Cindy Corrie reads the words of her daughter Rachel Corrie (People’s History of the United States): https://youtu.be/7Qu6KqGzhhc?si=dD_gaxkr0tKWhO2y  International Solidarity Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Solidarity_Movement Katharine Viner’s Afterword to My Name Is Rachel Corrie: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/apr/08/theatre.israelandthepalestinians Katharine Vine remembers Alan Rickman: https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-the-most-loyal-playful-and-generous-of-friends Obituary of Rachel Corrie: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-18-na-corrie18-story.html Was This House Worth Her Life?: https://www.thestranger.com/news/was-this-house-worth-her-life-13822/ Interview with Rachel Corrie’s parents: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-anti-imperialist-archive/id1651719521?i=1000648727337 Rachel Corrie Foundation: https://rachelcorriefoundation.org Rachel Corrie’s family loses wrongful death lawsuit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/12/rachel-corrie-family-appeal-israel-court Democracy Now! Debate over why the play is not opening in NYC: https://www.democracynow.org/2006/3/22/my_name_is_rachel_corrie_a THEORY Mechanical vs organic solidarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGargZd9KkQ [more notes will be added]

  2. Jul 12

    #12: Fantasy!

    Join Youssef & Emmet on a fantastical journey to the land of Oz & beyond, as we consider the perks of imagining best case scenarios every once in a while, along with our descriptive dystopic daydreams. We're talking adrienne maree brown, Omar El Akkad, Octavia Butler, & Wicked: the musical. *** SHOW NOTES COMMUNITY CORKBOARD: The Play The Goes Wrong: it's over now! don't worry, nothing went wrongTwelfth Night: https://bardunderglass.com/ (shows on July 29, 30 & 31, 8pm at Crystal Palace in Perth)No Strings Attached: https://smithsfallstheatre.com/online-tickets-plays1/ (shows from August 14 - 23 in Smiths Falls)Woman in Black auditions (Studio Theatre): https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1629634145838593&set=pb.100063760680079.-2207520000Camera Obscura auditions: follow https://www.facebook.com/studiotheatreperth1 &/or https://www.instagram.com/kitchentheatreproject/you can buy a digital copy of the play here to study up: https://www.patreon.com/emmlf/posts/script-perk-135311214?source=storefront or if you’re an NPX member, download it here: https://newplayexchange.org/script/2790818/camera-obscura-a-complicated-connection-in-2-actsEmail Emmet if you need a small family member walked or sat in Perth this summer, or creative coaching from any distance: emlfcameron@gmail.com Emmet’s Patreon poll: https://www.patreon.com/emmlf/posts/pledge-drive-for-162532034Matilda auditions Mississippi Mudds: https://www.mississippimudds.ca/auditionsTHEORY: Emergent Strategy - a masterclass with author, adrienne maree brown: https://youtu.be/pF3oR7v5Dc0?si=KYaeN8QEuyxpkH0VWhat Strange Paradise - interview with author, Omar El Akkad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLzlDQgVcEMParable of the Sower - interview with author, Octavia E. Butler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWmeEmEBbAIHomework for next episode on “Solidarity” 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGargZd9KkQTHEATRE: Wicked, music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire. The movies are currently streaming on Amazon Prime, & also probably available at your local library or something else more ethical.Jenna Bainbridge, Nessarose on Broadway: https://www.instagram.com/bainbridgejenna/FOREVER THINGS: Kitchen Theatre Project: https://www.instagram.com/kitchentheatreproject/ or email kitchentheatreproject@gmail.com Emmet’s website: emmet.caEmmet’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmlfYoussef’s UOttawa profile: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/view/profile/members/1270/topicYoussef’s LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jesawanYoussef’s photography: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ysawan/Youssef’s dissertation, “Understanding (De)alienation in Social Movements: Resident Activism and Anti-poverty Organizing in the Toronto-area”: https://utoronto.scholaris.ca/items/6995e9b1-4b1b-4cd5-84e9-ce6195ca27b9

  3. Jun 8

    #11: Social Theory

    Youssef & Emmet share big news & big questions this month. Tune in for Wattsian wisdom, what Emmet said when they saw a copy of Youssef's thesis at their old job, & the cautionary tale of a man, his mother, & a 638 page manifesto on internuclear matrixes. *** COMMUNITY CORKBOARD Twelfth Night (Bard Under Glass): At Crystal Palace in Perth on July 29, 30 & 31. More info at: https://www.barndoorproductions.ca/  The Show That Goes Wrong (STP): Info and tickets at https://studiotheatreperth.com/event/the-play-that-goes-wrong/ No Strings Attached (Station Theatre): https://smithsfallstheatre.com/ Pride in Lanark County (QCL): https://www.queerconnectionlanark.ca/ Annie (PCC): Follow on Facebook for show info at https://www.facebook.com/PerthCommunityChoir and http://www.perthcommunitychoir.com/  Camera Obscura & The faucet is leaking (STP + KTP): Not yet posted, keep an eye on studio theatre's website for the 2027 season announcement https://studiotheatreperth.com/ Mississippi Mudds 26/27 Season:https://www.facebook.com/Themississippimuddscp/ and https://www.mississippimudds.ca/ Riversong Players: https://www.riversongplayers.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578873583848  THEATRE: LATW audio version of “At Long Last Leo” by Mark Stein on the Libby app: https://libbyapp.com/search/odmc/search/query-At%20Long%20Last%20Leo/page-1/911612 Or buy it: https://www.latw.org/title/long-last-leo Craig Manson: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWJaE4pCFF4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Access Theatre: https://youtu.be/PxOkcUYMl3o?si=akr8rCIplnlzb594 https://atarchives.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/atlonglastleoprogram.pdf https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-16-vl-2582-story.html THEORY: Reggie Watts - A Song About Apples (Always Love Yourself) - from his Netflix special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO1CCXXMzBI A Good Book in Theory, 3ed, by Alan Sears and James Cairns: https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781442600775 What is positivism? (PHILO-notes on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yCpTe9e-MI FOREVER THINGS: Kitchen Theatre Project: https://www.instagram.com/kitchentheatreproject/ email: kitchentheatreproject@gmail.com  Emmet’s website: emmet.ca Emmet’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmlf Youssef’s UOttawa profile: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/view/profile/members/1270/topic Youssef’s LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jesawan Youssef’s photography: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ysawan/  Youssef’s dissertation, “Understanding (De)alienation in Social Movements: Resident Activism and Anti-poverty Organizing in the Toronto-area”: https://utoronto.scholaris.ca/items/6995e9b1-4b1b-4cd5-84e9-ce6195ca27b9

  4. May 8

    #10: Communism

    Youssef & Emmet share their communist red flags. Who did hammer & sickle graffiti in their rebellious youth? Whose grandfather lost his academic job in the Red Scare? Who's quietly cringing when you call your buddies "comrades"? We talk Karl Marx, the impact of trauma on praxis, HUAC, & reading between the lines to find our own leftist dreamboats in Fiddler on the Roof. Community Corkboard: Beetlejuice Jr.: https://sjchs.ticketsplease.ca/events/beetlejuice-jr/ The Music Man: oops, it’s over :( The Maltese Falcon: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-maltese-falcon/Annie auditions: https://volunteersignup.org/LCAXM?fbclid=IwY2xjawRpw6pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDZk52U1I0dzhqZ0NyenV6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmaoqZPw2dlsw8FfMe7tyG4CnDR3cTgh0InElFRuDsjtfRQIBWpzrf5inZIQ_aem_rDDI_vSFpQSW1TW7JmuqVA The Play That Goes Wrong (Carleton Place): https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-play-that-goes-wrong/ Fun Home: https://thegladstone.ca/shows/fun-home/ BBC 4 on Marx's theory of alienation: https://youtu.be/PZ4VzhIuKCQ?si=z_TsmTqJEkl3v08K What’s Love got to do with Communism? | Richard Gilman-Opalsky: https://youtu.be/Y58h90Tycj4?si=lNOwfz1iUDFmBQU_ David Graeber on the value of work (RSA Shorts): https://youtu.be/tpoJIkqEXYo?si=sq_XQj6Rmtssm9g4 David Graeber - We are already communists: https://youtu.be/87tC_jQ9gHk?si=IvSuN2jbjKE-2O8O Fiddler on the Roof: Watch the movie: https://tubitv.com/movies/100002779/fiddler-on-the-roof Jerome Robbins & HUAC: https://todayinclh.com/?event=dancer-jerome-robbins-names-names-before-huac Joseph Stein’s politics considered in retrospect by his conservative son: https://www.city-journal.org/article/my-father-fiddler-and-the-left The World of Sholem Aleichem & Blacklist Era Oppression: https://www.fascinatingworld.org/post/the-world-of-sholom-aleichem-and-blacklist-era-oppressionThe War on Memory: Learning From the Jewish Labour Bund: https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/the-night/the-war-on-memory-learning-from-the-jewish-labor-bund

  5. Mar 21

    #9: Comfort

    Are we getting in a rut or planting ourselves firmly with room to grow? Emmet & Youssef talk Thornton Wilder, Thorstein Veblen, theatre seating, nostalgia, conspicuous consumption, mortality, presence, the unbearable speed of existence, haunted houses, & more! *** Community Corkboard: Blood Brothers tickets: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/ Inaugural Perkolator resident artist Laura Mota-Juang: https://www.instagram.com/imnofiction/ Kitchen Theatre Project 24 Hour Play Project Participant Registration:https://forms.gle/5UxchN2PDoqe521q8  Audience Registration: https://forms.gle/w5iTGM7JnaqNFTW36  Beetlejuice Jr. at St. John’s High School: https://sjchs.ticketsplease.ca/events/beetlejuice-jr/ Spring on the Mississippi lyrics: https://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=873164 Our Town: Read the script: https://archive.org/details/ourtownperennial0000unse 1989 Production with Spalding Gray & Frances Conroy: https://youtu.be/3k_EBbZdUO0?si=s9cplv-YgJOfzuhC 2003 Production with Paul Newman: https://youtu.be/gc1o9cGQ9_Q?si=Q-WfRjvvqvwXrguz  https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Q2BwQ87nk/?mibextid=wwXIfr  Theory of the Leisure Class - BBC 4 “In Our Time” https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m001sdrt Centre for Popular Economics - on Thorstein Veblen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHzhcrYsTw Comfort, Stretch & Panic Zones https://www.bitesizelearning.co.uk/resources/comfort-zone-stretch-zone-panic-zone

  6. Jan 25

    #8: Feminism

    Youssef & Emmet are back for season 2 with an exploration of queer space, bolsheviks, suffragettes, Thatcherites, Caryl Churchill, & the mysterious meanings of character doubling on the stage & in our imaginations. Community Corkboard: Hadestown tickets: https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/hadestown-teen-edition/ 24 Hour PlaysParticipate: https://forms.gle/MGPDvuZmJo5aF9yN6 Audience: https://forms.gle/ye2AqU1VocsgrAmA6  Blood Brothers tickets: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/blood-brothers-musical/ New Moon Magazine: https://newmoongirls.com/ Youssef’s lecture notes: ⁠https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JkN-Ni6hb4GNaQgmXj9L95gM-s5aV7VR/view?usp=drivesdk⁠ “Queer in Space: Kollantai Commune Archive”: ⁠https://youtu.be/tlXIK_oqjBQ⁠ Judith Butler on Gender Theory (BigThink): ⁠https://youtu.be/UD9IOllUR4k⁠ Angela Davis on Mainstream Feminism: ⁠https://youtu.be/bzQkVfO9ToQ⁠ Patricia Hill Collins on ‘Controlling Images’: ⁠https://youtu.be/XVdbyhuAJEs⁠ A Beginner’s Guide to the Suffragettes (Jenny Draper): ​​https://youtu.be/gqHLkmN-HMw?si=QCjPBPgjlXDrVCLL  Top Girls, by Caryl Churchill (free to borrow online): https://archive.org/details/playsofseventies00corn/mode/1up Top Girls BBC production Intro & Act 1: https://youtu.be/iGWD0r0f9Go?si=M0jw9nAHhnVtc098 Act 2: https://youtu.be/LMoY_NthPdI?si=bbFNGRSnZ_3zkZ_u Interviews: https://youtu.be/hK7ebGa2XXY?si=B0Vto7baBZJkhE4d

  7. Season 1, Episode 8 Trailer

    Intermish

    Dearest otters, Youssef & Emmet are taking December off for some Unicorn/Hanukkah/thespian/snow/life adventures, & we'll be back in January for SEASON 2!!!

  8. 11/17/2025

    #7: Time

    With a topic like time, we just couldn't rush it! *** Emmet’s new website: http://emmet.ca/  Lion in Winter: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/the-lion-in-winter/ Songs mentioned in this episode: Clock of the Heart by Culture Club: https://youtu.be/8tI1_KlO6xI?si=BLua_MYVyCDkP5NP  Time Trades by Jeffrey Lewis: https://youtu.be/yBdka6rahH8?si=AoWNNq5FTHqica4S Unicorn Tolerance by the Mountain Goats: https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/unicorn-tolerance-2 A 3-act, centuries-long love affair (abridged) by John Mabey: https://newplayexchange.org/script/2036314/a-3-act-centuries-long-love-affair-abridged Josh Johnson robot comedy: https://youtu.be/xbOaJ2ZIOOk?si=IV762_w2_Sh7ZyF7  Rastus robot image: https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1930-06-27-Richmond-IN-Item-1-rastus-illus.jpg Rastus & Hattie at the Cleveland Public Theatre (photos & history): https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/rastus-and-hattie/ Rastus & Hattie on NPX (read the full script with an NPX account): https://newplayexchange.org/script/2003313/rastus-and-hattie Rastus & Hattie on Next Stage Press (digital edition $12): https://next-stage-press.myshopify.com/products/rastus-and-hattie-digital-version-available-dec-1 Lynching of Laura Nelson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Laura_and_L._D._Nelson Dear Tilly Norwood: Some Blunt Advice, Actress to “Actress,” From Betty Gilpin: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tilly-norwood-ai-actress-betty-gilpin-guest-essay-1236396217/ “Another Kind of Time” - interview with Jenny Odell on Emergence podcast: https://emergencemagazine.org/conversation/another-kind-of-time/ Long Now lecture on Saving Time by Jenny Odell: https://longnow.org/talks/02023-odell/ Charlie Chaplin - Factory Work (Modern Times, 1936): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fOIk0-igeE RSA Animate: David Harvey on “The Crises of Capitalism”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&t=97s Interview with Kazu Haga on “Fierce Vulnerability” with SAND (podcast): https://scienceandnonduality.com/audio/trauma-in-a-time-of-collapse/ Kazu Haga on Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging from Collapse (UVic lecture): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNrrtKRkuNw

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Youssef is a sociology professor. Emmet is a perpetual dropout. Youssef is a father of theatre kids. Emmet is 3 theatre kids in an opera cloak. They both want to make their disciplines more approachable to "outsiders" -- starting with each other. Each episode, they bring each other an offering from the spheres of theory & theatre on a common theme. Think of it as 2 good friends conducting an open seminar in the green room.

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  • Creator
    Emmet F. Cameron
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Emmet F. Cameron
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    Theotre of the Mind