Tag: theatre
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Experiencing the Finale
Experiencing the Finale Last night was the finale of the limited three-show run world premiere run of “The Secrets of the Magic Pool.” It was everything I had hoped for and more. First off, the crowd. It was a sell-out! I give it an “A”! Excellent, engaged crowd that got the raucous, rolling laughter going…
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The Purpose of Dress Rehearsals (REDUX)
Yesterday, I wrote this about our final rehearsal BEFORE dress rehearsal for my new show that opens at Penangpac on May13. Here were my last minute thoughts: You come to the point when constraints within and constraints without shape the product of your show whether or not you are satisfied with it. Am I? Satisfied?…
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The Actors Speak #2
Here are the rest of my talented actors and what they have to say about themselves and our new play. World Premiere: May 13-14 @ the Penang Performing Arts Centre.
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The Actors Speak #1
Here are some promo sheets I made for my upcoming show. I’m really excited about this one: “The Secrets of the Magic Pool.” The script is available for purchase HERE! And now the thoughts of some of my incredibly talented actors.
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Monologue #2: A Battle Cry
Here’s the second monologue added to the PAGES on the right of my site. In my play “Life with Stewart”, Nicholas Stewart, an aged Hollywood movie star, is asked to deliver again his famous speech as the unforgettable protagonist Wellesly Green from the movie “Surrender has no Tomorrow”. (Of course, all of this is fictional.)…
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4 Weeks Off! Do you remember your lines?
Typically, when I’m directing a play, we will meet to do (hopefully) the whole play once a week. Then in the last month before the show, we ramp up the number of hours significantly and we’ll be ready. This time was strange. In the past four weeks, there are certain scenes we haven’t practiced at…
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Our Annual Readers’ Theatre
One of the major units of my Intro to Theatre Arts class is a readers’ theatre which the entire class has to produce. The script doesn’t need to be memorized, but the story needs to “pop” on stage as if it is memorized. A staged reading might be a synonym for what we do. We…
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What really happens at drama practice
You might think that drama practice is all about working lines, practicing blocking of scenes, digging in deep into the themes of the piece, and pushing the script further than you had it a week ago. Well, that’s not really true. Here’s what really goes on. Yes. Drawing caricatures of the director and actors on…
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“The Secrets of the Magic Pool”
A new, full-length play. I’m already waste deep in the production of this show. I’m working with the actors on character development right now, and I must say that I’m very pleased with how the characters need to be formed. There’s a lot of substance here for interpretation and a lot of underlying themes and…
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What a pretentious paragraph of copyright gobbledygook
A while back, I attended a high school drama performance, and the following statement was printed in the program: “The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights, and actionable under…
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