{"id":799,"date":"2008-02-23T08:18:55","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T16:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/23\/quack-whats-my-motivation\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:44:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:44:48","slug":"quack-whats-my-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/23\/quack-whats-my-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"quack, what&#8217;s my motivation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard of a play which feature an oboist as its main character?  Now you have &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/www.pcs.org\">Portland Center Stage<\/a> is presenting (on their studio stage) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcs.org\/feminine_ending\/\"><em>A Feminine Ending<\/em><\/a> now through March 23, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s their excellent, and eye-catching poster for the production:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/feminine_ending_150.jpg?resize=150%2C229\" alt=\"feminine_ending_150.jpg\" class=\"imageframe\" height=\"229\" width=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a photo from the production, avec hautbois (click photo to enlarge):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/2212507647_b2cf3eeaeb_b.jpg\" title=\"2212507647_b2cf3eeaeb_b.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/2212507647_b2cf3eeaeb_b.thumbnail.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"2212507647_b2cf3eeaeb_b.jpg\" class=\"imageframe\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A note about the PCS website &#8211; it features opportunities for the public to comment on performances &#8211; you&#8217;ll see that at the bottom of the play&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcs.org\/feminine_ending\/\">page<\/a>.  Essentially, the whole website functions like a giant blog, with opportunities for patrons to offer feedback to the company and to their fellow audience members about the past, current, and possible future productions.  This really engenders a sense of community, and is something that the Oregon Symphony should consider integrating into their next website design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard of a play which feature an oboist as its main character? Now you have &#8211; Portland Center Stage is presenting (on their studio stage) A Feminine Ending now through March 23, 2008. Here&#8217;s their excellent, and eye-catching poster for the production: And a photo from the production, avec hautbois (click photo to enlarge): [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[424,604],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instruments","category-theater"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-cT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13769,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/20\/no-fancy-title\/","url_meta":{"origin":799,"position":0},"title":"no fancy title","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's about 2:20 in the afternoon here in New York, and I've sat here in the lobby with my laptop struggling to think of a title for this post. 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