Tag: theatre
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A Sign of Growth & the Purpose of Drama
I suppose it’s a good problem to have – too many actors and not enough roles. It wasn’t always like this. This week, I had to brutally turn away 27 young actors who wanted to be in my new play. I accepted the required 13. There were 13 boys and 27 girls who auditioned. Even…
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Now Available: “The Secrets of the Magic Pool” – My first full-length play in four years.
I’m happy to announce the publication of my play: “The Secrets of the Magic Pool: A Play of Good, Evil, and the Water of Life.” Available on Amazon HERE! If you know any directors, drama teachers, or theatre lovers, please share this with them! Here’s what it is about: A witch who covets the pool.…
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The (post-show) Letdown
It happens every time. A show is finished. The tremendous weight is off my shoulder. One would think it would reduce my stress level, but it actually just depresses me. I miss it already. The adrenaline, the audience, the performers giving their all on stage. It’s precious. We wrapped up our Christmas production “Tales of…
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A Sketch Back to Our Roots
When I wrote this one: I was really going back to the roots of RLT. We started by using a lot of object theatre ideas. In our first year, we had a sketch about fruit and even had one person play a rain pipe that was dripping. I got back at it with “Tree Talk,”…
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Take a Few Days Off to Settle Your Brain (or not)
I have absolutely no scientific data to back up the following claim. But for me, it seems to work this way. Sometimes, when you take a little time away from something, it (whatever it is) seems to gel better in one’s brain. My tangible example is when I lived in Vietnam, and I spent month…
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Sketch #5: The Christmas Banquet
Here’s my next in a series of vignettes about the dramatic sketches I wrote for our show “Tales of Wonder” which opens next week. “The Christmas Banquet” is a poignant piece, an allegory of sorts, about a person who shows up at the Christmas banquet and gets asked to hand out invitations. It’s unclear who…
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Does liking serious content make you more vulnerable?
My new show coming up in two weeks is a combination of comedy and serious drama. Invariably, when I ask the actors (or even audience members) what was their favorite part of one of my shows, the answer is typically one of the comedies. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that. I enjoy a well-crafted comedy…
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Thank (or hug) a Drama Director
If you’ve ever enjoyed a theatrical production, take a minute and thank a drama director today. Now I’m not saying this so someone will thank me, but there is a tremendous amount of work that goes into a show, 99% of it is never seen. But the laughter you enjoy, the poignant moments that send…
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