RE: 5/8 Pick Up Rehearsal

NW14: Tuesday 5/8

PICK UP 

Detailed Schedule

3:45p*

Called:  Full Company

Agenda:  Crew Prep, Actor Prep

4:15p^

“GO”

7:30p

Release

*This will be in full costume, though no need to tend to make-up.  Hair should be done, however.

^Actors and crew may watch when not on stage or prepping.  Though we want this to be a run that’s taken very seriously and performed with full intent, we can also make it a sort of “final get together” to share in our wonderful collaboration - and to see how everyone has grown since dress rehearsals.  And please think about food.  You need to consider having a snack already with you, given the 7:30p release time.

Let’s come together and have a celebratory rehearsal as we prepare for what will be a magnificent closing week!  

Pre-Show Playwrights Panels

The 14^th Annual New Works Festival

Eye to Eye

Pre-Show Discussions with the Playwrights

Wednesday 5/9   6:45p - 7:15p

Teen Naturalism with a Surreal Edge

with Playwrights Rory Hays and Tucker Litch

Rory Hays (Revisions) and Tucker Litch (Spectral) are tackling complex relationships between high school students in their work.  Both approach their pieces with a desire to portray the authentic - but with a hint of surrealism and poetry.  Come listen to them discuss their delicate approach to the topics explored in their most relevant plays.

Thursday 5/10  6:45p - 7:15p

When Darkness and Comedy Collide

with Playwrights Michael Walsh and Barrett Kent

Michael Walsh (Kit-Kat) and Barrett Kent (B²) have imbued their plays with their incredibly unique comic voices - injecting absurdist, satirical, farcical, and cartoonish elements into their stories - and yet at the same time, are investigating incredibly dark issues.  Join them and learn how they used comic flare and approached the topics “side-ways”.

Friday 5/11  6:45p - 7:15p

Highly Theatrical Storytelling

with Playwrights Bowen Hampton and Sammy Martin

Bowen Hampton (Split Division) and Sammy Martin (Blank) both turned to highly theatrical methods with which to tell stories - utilizing sound, light, repetition, and rhythm so as to convey content in ways that elicit a most visceral response.  Both will discuss the use of theatrical devices and how employing such techniques helps create catharsis for both actors and audience.

Show 3 Calls

We have shortened crew times a bit, given they've been so efficient.  Because they are AWESOME!!!

CREW CALL:  5:30p 

CAST CALL:  6:00p (in 169 for brief meeting)

GO:  7:30p

NOTE:  It looks like we had wrong information when we spoke last evening about the Timbers game.  This is not a home game, but out of town.  That is good news for parking and noise.  

It was a terrific show last evening.  And it was moving to see Principal Chapman staying so late to talk with so many of you.  She told me it was her "favorite New Works so far...every single piece was strong...made me look at things in a different way..."  She was blown away!

You are all really kicking some major buttocks!  :)

Show 2 Stuff!

A few things as we gear up for show #2....

ONE

Though we are no longer having full dinners, for those who want some, at around 5:00p today, there will be salad and rolls or breadsticks in 169 to nibble on.

TWO

Your call times are as scheduled going forward unless you hear otherwise.  So once again:

CREW:  5:00p

CAST:  6:00p

THREE

At top of cast call tonight (6:00p), I want to make a couple of very brief observations / notes to the actors in 169.

FOUR

At the end of the above notes, I want playwrights to come talk to me - again, very briefly...

You had a marvelous and successful opening!

RE: Thurs 5/3 - OPENING

NW14: Thursday 5/3

OPENING!

Detailed Schedule

3:45p

Called:  Full Company

Agenda:  Notes - Opening Circle

5:00p

Opening Dinner

6:00p

Called:  Full Company

Agenda:  Crew Prep, Actor Prep, Warm Ups, Etc.

7:30p*

GO Show #1

*Please make sure all rides know that the show will always end around 10:30p, and that you will then have to get out of costume / make-up.  You need to move swiftly after the show so that we may close the building. Please do not dawdle.  And please keep things clean and organized.

Going forward, the calls will most likely be as previously published:

Crew Call: 5:00p

Cast Call:  6:00p

But should notes be necessary, schedule adjustments will be posted to the blog.  Also note that dinner will not be provided going forward - so plan accordingly.

No Preview, But...

We are not having an official "preview" tonight.  Given collective exhaustion and the need to remain fresh, I decided to start earlier this evening and forego an official run that starts at 7:30p.

That said, if you know someone who would like an early viewing and who would not be able to afford a ticket - or who is already buying tickets but would like a preview, they may come tonight.  

There will be no adult house management.  It will be super casual. So they would need to be in the lobby around 6:30p.  We can then let them in.  We will start around 6:45p.

You need to let me know if you have invited anyone.  Feel free to invite staff too.  It's a good chance for them to see it.  If our amazing parent volunteers wanted to stick around and watch tonight, that would work too!

Grace - this would be your only chance to see it as HM - so I hope you plan to stay.

RE: Wed 5/2

NW14: Tuesday 5/2

Detailed Schedule

3:30p - 4:15p

Called:  Rory, Johnny, Justin, Grace

Agenda:  Misc. fittings, notes, house management issues

4:15p - 5:00p

Called:  Devising Ensemble

Agenda:  Echo Chamber, Enjoy

5:00p - 5:30p

Dinner

5:30p - 5:45p

Called:  Full Company in 169

Agenda:  Back Stage Etiquette

5:45p - 6:45p

Called:  Full Company

Agenda:  Crew Prep, Actor Prep (full costume, hair, make-up)

6:15p - 6:30p

Called:  B²

Agenda:  Timing Issues Second Half - Discussion

6:45p - 10:00p*

Called:  Full Company

Agenda:  Dress #3

*Inform your rides that, given this is final dress, I may need to hold you slightly past 10:00p.  I ask for flexibility.  I will not hold you for long.  Also note that I will give notes from final dress in person at 3:45p tomorrow.  So…you are now officially called for that note session at 3:45p on Thursday 5/3.  This is the trade for me not starting at 7:30p tonight (show time), ending the show at 10:30p, giving notes until 11:30p, and then sending you home.  I want you to sleep.  But I want my final notes session to be in person.