Thursday, September 25, 2014
It's all changing...
Time for a change....
After a lot of bureaucratic 'buck passing', ball dropping and impossible, ever changing demands, I have moved away from The Foreigner project. I NEVER quit a commitment... always fight for a new solution, but the situation was made creatively impossible, I couldn't bring myself to compromise my cast's and my own ethics.
Had a bittersweet, impromptu dinner with some of the cast and crew last night... so reminiscent of an end of run get together. Amazing how these great people were already bonding! Definitely one of the best cast ensembles I have ever compiled. So much potential, clearly apparent in the few rehearsals we had already put behind us. Their dynamic was apparent from the start. It's such a shame that this particular ensemble will not have the opportunity to fully develop. I am sure more will be forthcoming in future posts, but for now it is time to move on to the next project!
It is all for the best. Here comes Romeo and Juliet!
After a lot of bureaucratic 'buck passing', ball dropping and impossible, ever changing demands, I have moved away from The Foreigner project. I NEVER quit a commitment... always fight for a new solution, but the situation was made creatively impossible, I couldn't bring myself to compromise my cast's and my own ethics.
Had a bittersweet, impromptu dinner with some of the cast and crew last night... so reminiscent of an end of run get together. Amazing how these great people were already bonding! Definitely one of the best cast ensembles I have ever compiled. So much potential, clearly apparent in the few rehearsals we had already put behind us. Their dynamic was apparent from the start. It's such a shame that this particular ensemble will not have the opportunity to fully develop. I am sure more will be forthcoming in future posts, but for now it is time to move on to the next project!
It is all for the best. Here comes Romeo and Juliet!
Friday, September 12, 2014
With auditions for THE FOREIGNER now behind us, we (im)patiently await for all the offers to be accepted, so that the full company member list can become public. There is much to do over the next 7 weeks. A great many challenges and a lot of long hours of work are ready for us to get underway. The unseen obstacles are still throwing road blocks in front of us, but we are ready to overcome them.
Watch this space over the next few days for the complete list of the full Cast and Creative Team.
Monday, September 8, 2014
Auditions...
Yes, here we are again, with auditions just a day away!
Anyone wishing more information, please follow the link here... This kind of script is unlike any I have directed before and I am looking forward to all the discoveries the cast and I will make over the next few weeks.
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Larry Shue has always been one of those playwrights, whose work I never saw myself directing. It was 'guy-centric', set in the 80's (Oh dear God no), and so very physically comic. The closest I have ever done to this type of script are a few selections from the canon of Neil Simon.
I mean, I'm a deep classics kind of girl. Companies come to me to direct Wilde, or Williams, or Chekov, or Beckett. They count on the fact that I am likely to take each of these pieces out of that pretty little bowed box that they are usually delivered to an audience in, adding something unique, new or thought provoking.
Not that I don't do comedy. Just not this type of comedy. Foreigner is normally done with a unit set, often in proscenium. Of course, I will be doing it in full 3/4 thrust -- hopefully... Hopefully? Time is our guide on that particular query.
The usual pre-audition concerns and challenges are in abundance -- late start with certain administrative issues, power struggles, contractual issues, will we have enough guys to cast, will enough students audition... Same old, same old. Some have since been cleared, but others still hang in the balance. But we soldier on, prepping for the inevitable and expected concerns involved with producing any show. Collegiate theatre is 'a whole other animal'. One that is not up to me to tame. In all honesty, this has been one of the most stressful prelim preps I have ever experienced. I barely 'survived' it. The last several weeks have had me reconsidering things, making the 'hard' decisions, moving on... in theory, anyway.
All the same, we are ready to go! Open Auditions await us tomorrow -- Two women, five men, three ensemble and a brilliantly funny script will all bring this delightful romp to the stage in November.
Stay Tuned!
Anyone wishing more information, please follow the link here... This kind of script is unlike any I have directed before and I am looking forward to all the discoveries the cast and I will make over the next few weeks.
Larry Shue has always been one of those playwrights, whose work I never saw myself directing. It was 'guy-centric', set in the 80's (Oh dear God no), and so very physically comic. The closest I have ever done to this type of script are a few selections from the canon of Neil Simon.
I mean, I'm a deep classics kind of girl. Companies come to me to direct Wilde, or Williams, or Chekov, or Beckett. They count on the fact that I am likely to take each of these pieces out of that pretty little bowed box that they are usually delivered to an audience in, adding something unique, new or thought provoking.
Not that I don't do comedy. Just not this type of comedy. Foreigner is normally done with a unit set, often in proscenium. Of course, I will be doing it in full 3/4 thrust -- hopefully... Hopefully? Time is our guide on that particular query.
The usual pre-audition concerns and challenges are in abundance -- late start with certain administrative issues, power struggles, contractual issues, will we have enough guys to cast, will enough students audition... Same old, same old. Some have since been cleared, but others still hang in the balance. But we soldier on, prepping for the inevitable and expected concerns involved with producing any show. Collegiate theatre is 'a whole other animal'. One that is not up to me to tame. In all honesty, this has been one of the most stressful prelim preps I have ever experienced. I barely 'survived' it. The last several weeks have had me reconsidering things, making the 'hard' decisions, moving on... in theory, anyway.
All the same, we are ready to go! Open Auditions await us tomorrow -- Two women, five men, three ensemble and a brilliantly funny script will all bring this delightful romp to the stage in November.
Stay Tuned!
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