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Thanks to the Tumblr fairies, we’re a featured blog on Tumblr’s NYC Spotlight!

Here’s a handy dandy guide to everything about the Tank in this digital cloud space we call the internet:

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The President wants you to come to The Tank.  Real talk though! If you’re an artist, we want you to fill that seat and use this stage. We’ll make sure that people are there in the other 62 seats to see it when you do. You also might see this photo floating around our new Linkedin and Twitter page designs.

The President wants you to come to The Tank. 

Real talk though! If you’re an artist, we want you to fill that seat and use this stage. We’ll make sure that people are there in the other 62 seats to see it when you do. You also might see this photo floating around our new Linkedin and Twitter page designs.

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FAQs: Twitterplays

This is super fun to read every week! We should try some out…

nyneofuturists:

What are Twitterplays?
Every Tuesday morning, we post an assignment on Twitter (@nyneofuturists) for our followers to write a 1-tweet play that…. Sometimes the prompt includes a prop or character to feature, sometimes a sound effect or stage direction, sometimes a setting. 

Can we read these plays?
Yes! On Wednesday, we post the previous day’s Twitterplays on this blog. Search for “twitter” on our Tumblr, and you should find them.

Can we write these plays?
Absolutely! Check our Twitter account each Tuesday for the Assignment. With that is a hashtag (e.g. #tp178). The number in the hashtag changes each week, btw, to reflect what week we’re in. Thus, #tp178 represents the 178th week of Twitterplays. Include that hashtag in your 1-tweet play and pow, you’ve made a Twitterplay! 

Why did you start doing this?
We didn’t mean to. One day in March 2009, as we (and most of the world) were just trying to figure out Twitter, we posted a simple playwriting prompt: Write a short play that uses at least 2 roles and a significant prop. We didn’t really mean for anyone to

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