For Worse: Watched this video of a 2006 University of Kansas production of The Bacchae. The performances strike me as uneven, but nonetheless it is compelling to watch. A good reminder that theatre does not require elaborate stage machinery or even suspense in the plot. Dionysus tells you what he’s going to do and does...
Tag: Infrastructure
Seeking and managing funding and productions.
fingers crossed
It’s All Good: Emailed a long shot for the stage manager.
effulgence, flink, whelming
Mother Antonia: Phone call with Anya to hear her thoughts & questions. A foray into the CSJ’s digital archive to try to get a better handle on the limits on where and when the Sisters could leave the house; the Sister at the reading last night pointed out that the community tended to be pretty...
and again, go team!
It’s All Good: The quest for a stage manager continues (as does the quest for a title). Lisa Conley will design costumes & Sadie Ward will coordinate set – this is great news. Mother Antonia: Next reading tomorrow night. Director Anya Kremenetsky will be with us.
switcheroo #2
Infrastructure: The rejection I got last week came with a handwritten note telling me the panel had had lots of “great discussion” about my application, so I got in touch with the staff to see if they could share any more detailed feedback. They made an appointment to talk with me today. I was expecting...
bacchae
The Last Game: Put a few last touches on the new draft and sent it to Heather H. It’s All Good: Bought a used casebook copy of Lord of the Flies. Have learned that Golding was a schoolmaster (!!! – like Stacey’s character, Michelle) and that one of his sources was The Bacchae (!!!!). In...
go Finches!
The Last Game: Put in a chunk of time revising. (The Darwin Prep Finches are the home team, hence the post title.) It’s All Good: Still working on recruiting the creative team. Still need a title for the pair of monologues.
teams
The Last Game: Finished reading Collision Course. Among many painful ironies is that in the 2000’s, the FAA had to scramble to replace the controllers who were retiring in a body, having all been hired in a body to replace the strikers in 1981. It’s All Good: Drafting a budget and recruiting a design team.
prunestone
Mother Antonia: 6 hours at the Sisters of St. Joseph Archive. A little while ago, the archivist got in touch to ask if the play would include anything about Mother Antonia’s relationship with Sister Ste. Helene? Because they just happen to be working on processing Ste. Helene’s papers….So spent most of the day reading Ste....
back to baseline
Erika: Watched a video on optimization. It’s All Good: Worked on rehearsal schedule.