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Andrew Hungerford

@luxtheatrum.bsky.social

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Theatrical designer / director / storyteller. Astrophysics enthusiast. Recovering Artistic Director. I want to design all the plays. (Except Mamet & LaBute.) he/him also: @[email protected] | was hungerf9 @ bird site. https://andrewhungerford.com

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · Jul 17

FYI, The Light Chasers, the sci fi musical that @jesshutchinson.bsky.social and I made based on the album Light Chasers by Cloud Cult is still available as Video on Demand!

vimeo.com/ondemand/the...

It's a photo from the stage production of The Light Chasers! No spoilers, but the cast is in jump suits, looking on as a young woman seems to have just crossed through a homemade stargate!

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 1h

I wondered why I hadn't been getting new issues of Lower Decks comics and then realized that Things From Another World shut down their website back in April.

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 6h

83% of local nonprofit news organizations have increased revenue growth by at least 10% over the last three years, compared to 71% of state and regional publications and 76% of national and global outlets.

Nonprofit news is growing strong — especially local nonprofit news, a new report shows

Nonprofit news outlets of all types are enjoying revenue growth — but those that focus specifically on local news, rather than state, national, or global news, are doing especially well, according to…

www.niemanlab.org

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 6h

*or until civilization collapses/money ceases to have meaning/etc.

Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 6h

If the top 100 billionaires each gave a one time contribution of a billion dollars to an endowment for the arts, every performing arts non profit in the country could be substantially funded forever.

And even the bottom billionaire on that list would still be worth over $11 billion.

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 6h

www.forbes.com/sites/ellama...

America’s Richest Billionaires Keep Getting Richer. They’re Not Donating Much More

The members of The Forbes 400 are $1.2 trillion wealthier than a year ago. But how much of their fortune have they given back?

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 6h

Here's the list of most philanthropic billionaires:

Edythe Broad, Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates, Bill Gates, Reed Hastings, Amos Hostetter Jr., Dustin Moskovitz, Lynn Schusterman, MacKenzie Scott, Marilyn Simons and George Soros.

Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 6h

It currently takes 3.8 billion to make it onto the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.

In 2025, only 11 of the 400 have a "Philanthropy Score" of 5 out of 5 (a donation of 20% or more of their wealth).

74% of the list scored either a 1 or a 2 on that metric, having donated less than 5%.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 21h

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 1d

I've had the Foxy Shazam song from the season 2 opening of Peacemaker stuck in my head for the last two weeks.

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 2d

ANYWAY, I got some very cool news at the end of last week regarding a personal theatre project I've been hoping to tackle for a while, and the prospect of getting to play and experiment in a space again with something brand new is very exciting.

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 2d

I certainly didn't take it for granted, but having that kind of artistic home for 17 years (7 as resident designer, 10 as Producing AD) was an amazing thing... though it was also a truly crushing, unsustainable workload.

Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 2d

The things I miss most about being an artistic director of a theatre are:

1) Finding cool scripts or people with exciting ideas for shows and saying YES, let us make that and also pay everyone.

2) Brainstorming cool ideas and then making them reality with a collaborative team while paying people.

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 2d

And, of course, train would take 70 hours.

Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 2d

Not feeling great about getting on a plane next week!

Regrettably with only 36 hours between a final dress on one coast and a designer run on the other, there's not really enough time to drive.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 3d

And, IMO, 99% of bad theatre can be improved by More Thoughtfully Staging Transitions... which is also pacing.

(the 1% exception are the shows that don't really have transitions.)

Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 3d

90% of bad theatre could be improved if the actors would Act Faster.

10% would be improved if they Acted Slower.

Knowing the difference is Directing!

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 4d

We just watched Naked Gun and I have not laughed that hard at a movie in a very long time.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 4d

One of the things we are going to have to be very, very aware of is that a lot of people who are being heavily armed right now will simply not be willing to accept the results of a democratic election because they will go to jail.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 4d

also he did this while everything was very very obviously being recorded

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 5d

In memoriam...

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 5d

So many of the best pieces of theatre I've made in my career were seen by fewer than 1000 people.

Some of the shows I'm most proud of were seen by fewer than 500.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 5d

This is just brutal. Oscar winners out of work for a year and a half. So many of my friends who have been constantly employed by the film industry for more than a decade are completely out of work - and resources. www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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