Tag: Theatre
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Silent Sky‘s Closing Night
(Written September 16) I have a lot to say tonight, on two different subjects. It was our closing performance of Silent Sky, and yes, I do tend to gush at moments like these. Je ne regrette rien, Gentle Reader. Part 1: On Producing Silent Sky Producing a show this big was a first for me.…
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3 Impossible Questions
Given that it’s mentioned in the Fishnapped! program, I believe I can safely announce this now: A play I’m in the latter stages of writing, called 3 Impossible Questions, will be the fourth play in Olympia Family Theater‘s next mainstage season. It adapts fables from all over the Islamic world and introduces Western audiences to…
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Art of Noise
Now that THE CREDEAUX CANVAS has closed and its set has been struck, I wanted to highlight some of the music we used in the show…
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Naked
More than anything, I’ve been concentrating on The Credeaux Canvas, a Keith Bunin dramedy I’m directing for Theater Artists Olympia in the Midnight Sun Performance Space. Producing this play has been a dream of mine since I first heard L.A. Theatre Works’ audio production four years ago…
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Ten Things I Know About Acting
Next month, I’ll help guide actors through the grinder of Olympia Audition League generals, a summer event that recruits actors for productions all over the South Sound. Ergo, this seems an appropriate time to offer a list of ten guidelines for less experienced actors. Feel free to disagree; actors are good at that. But this…
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#TBT
The night of first read-through on Laughing Stock at OLT, I decided to wear a shirt I owned in 1993. I dug this one out of a drawer and put it on…
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All In
When directing for community theatre, it’s often a given that one will wear numerous hats. That has certainly been the case with LAUGHING STOCK at Olympia Little Theatre. Of course, I don’t mean to give the impression that I’m doing it all alone. No, fourteen actors and four hardcore crew members have been busting their…
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A Straight Meditation on National Themes, Part 2
I spent February in the skin of a monster…
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A Straight Meditation on National Themes, Part 1
Unless you’re an actor, it’s probable you know nothing about Tony Kushner’s landmark 1993 play Angels in America…
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Happier Trails
Yes, it has been a pleasure being a theater critic. Sometimes. On the other hand, it’s also been a pain in the keister…