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!
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