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May 5, 2011
As You Like It: RSC Performance Tips
Again, when I was i...
As You Like It: RSC Performance Tips
Again, when I was in England, I got to perform as Rosalind in 3.2 - her first scene as the boy Ganymede having a very strange conversation with Orlando. I'd like to share some of the notes my teachers, Vivien Heilbron and Bernard Lloyd gave to me.
Rosalind is an enchantress. She controls a situation and takes over it. She gives commands. There's
Again, when I was in England, I got to perform as Rosalind in 3.2 - her first scene as the boy Ganymede having a very strange conversation with Orlando. I'd like to share some of the notes my teachers, Vivien Heilbron and Bernard Lloyd gave to me.
Rosalind is an enchantress. She controls a situation and takes over it. She gives commands. There's
As You Like It: RSC Hints
When I was in England, the sho...
As You Like It: RSC Hints
When I was in England, the show my teachers (former RSC actors) kept circling around to was As You Like It. Some of their wisdom here:
Tony Church said that when he played Duke Frederick all those years ago, they took intermission in a very strange place. They ended just after his final scene - when he's throwing about Oliver and demanding he go in search of
When I was in England, the show my teachers (former RSC actors) kept circling around to was As You Like It. Some of their wisdom here:
Tony Church said that when he played Duke Frederick all those years ago, they took intermission in a very strange place. They ended just after his final scene - when he's throwing about Oliver and demanding he go in search of
May 4, 2011
As You Like It
Preliminary Thoughts: Performances
It's t...
As You Like It
Preliminary Thoughts: Performances
It's that time of year again to look towards the Summer Shakespeare show...this year, As You Like It. In this post, I'm going to talk about a few performance thoughts, from seeing various versions of the show to being in it myself.
A Disclaimer: All the recorded versions are really awful and I don't particularly recommend any of them. However.
Preliminary Thoughts: Performances
It's that time of year again to look towards the Summer Shakespeare show...this year, As You Like It. In this post, I'm going to talk about a few performance thoughts, from seeing various versions of the show to being in it myself.
A Disclaimer: All the recorded versions are really awful and I don't particularly recommend any of them. However.
April 15, 2011
It's gonna be a long long time...
So, since January, I h...
It's gonna be a long long time...
So, since January, I had four world premieres, two readings, and begun work on a fifth world premiere - all of original plays. Since February, I've either been in the week before tech or tech/performance. And frankly...I'm kaput! But here's the most recent work: A Comedy of Murders.
Mood: Chill and chilly
Music: Mental "French Riviera" playlist...currently
So, since January, I had four world premieres, two readings, and begun work on a fifth world premiere - all of original plays. Since February, I've either been in the week before tech or tech/performance. And frankly...I'm kaput! But here's the most recent work: A Comedy of Murders.
Mood: Chill and chilly
Music: Mental "French Riviera" playlist...currently
January 31, 2011
With Pandora playing the theme from ET
And myself in nee...
With Pandora playing the theme from ET
And myself in need of sleep for the fourteen-hour day before me, and the thirteen-hour day after that, I present the official poster for Curses! Yaaaaaaaaaay!
Mood: Concerned that I won't finish all the things I need to finish, but fairly optimistic about life as it's progressing.
Thought: I should probably make/have made that sandwich for myself for the
And myself in need of sleep for the fourteen-hour day before me, and the thirteen-hour day after that, I present the official poster for Curses! Yaaaaaaaaaay!
Mood: Concerned that I won't finish all the things I need to finish, but fairly optimistic about life as it's progressing.
Thought: I should probably make/have made that sandwich for myself for the
January 13, 2011
Heirs & ErrorsCast Breakdown
Louisa Vandelay – the second...
Heirs & ErrorsCast Breakdown
Louisa Vandelay – the second daughter of Lord DeLourde and fiancée of Sebastian Cartwright. In a constant battle with her sister, Primrose, she stole Sebastian's affection, but now is having second thoughts about marriage after being told by Aunt Euphrasia that there's a deadly curse on her engagement ring.
Primrose Vandelay – the eldest daughter of Lord DeLourde,
Louisa Vandelay – the second daughter of Lord DeLourde and fiancée of Sebastian Cartwright. In a constant battle with her sister, Primrose, she stole Sebastian's affection, but now is having second thoughts about marriage after being told by Aunt Euphrasia that there's a deadly curse on her engagement ring.
Primrose Vandelay – the eldest daughter of Lord DeLourde,
January 8, 2011
When Chesterton was down on his money
He would sigh, pic...
When Chesterton was down on his money
He would sigh, pick up his pen and say, "I had better write some more Fr. Brown mysteries." Then he would march them down to the publisher and be able to pay his creditors.
I needs the money.
Today, I went to PAC (incorrectly as it turned out) for the first class of my Advanced Musical Theatre class that I teach (it starts next week - oops!) - and as I
He would sigh, pick up his pen and say, "I had better write some more Fr. Brown mysteries." Then he would march them down to the publisher and be able to pay his creditors.
I needs the money.
Today, I went to PAC (incorrectly as it turned out) for the first class of my Advanced Musical Theatre class that I teach (it starts next week - oops!) - and as I
December 31, 2010
Joyeux Nouvelle Annee!
Or howsomever one says that in Fr...
Joyeux Nouvelle Annee!
Or howsomever one says that in French. Yes, folks, it's time for Emily's Year End review (aka the Look At Your Good Year, you Dumkoff! Laundry List). And everything is made even more beautiful by two instances:
The other day, I was at Borders (natch) and since I was having difficulty writing a play longhand, I bought Writer's Digest magazine's year end tips to
Or howsomever one says that in French. Yes, folks, it's time for Emily's Year End review (aka the Look At Your Good Year, you Dumkoff! Laundry List). And everything is made even more beautiful by two instances:
The other day, I was at Borders (natch) and since I was having difficulty writing a play longhand, I bought Writer's Digest magazine's year end tips to
November 25, 2010
Things I am thankful for
...despite my blue car, Belle, ...
Things I am thankful for
...despite my blue car, Belle, being certified near-death (exhaust gone after a major gas leak - carbon monoxide, how I loathe thee!), my computer continuing to be oddly on the fritz, and finances always in flux, there are many things that I am thankful for at present:
Tartuffe. Even though I'm a little panicked over costumes and other production-y things, and we're
...despite my blue car, Belle, being certified near-death (exhaust gone after a major gas leak - carbon monoxide, how I loathe thee!), my computer continuing to be oddly on the fritz, and finances always in flux, there are many things that I am thankful for at present:
Tartuffe. Even though I'm a little panicked over costumes and other production-y things, and we're
September 14, 2010
Theatrical Musings
So, we just started ATTWN - very ex...
Theatrical Musings
So, we just started ATTWN - very exciting, first play in the round! - and I just finalized the calendar for Tartuffe - which play I've been waiting fourteen years to put on. Longer than the eleven years I waited to put on Hamlet, or the twenty-three years I waited to put on Romeo and Juliet (still waiting on Les Mis, twenty-two years and counting, as well as Man of La
So, we just started ATTWN - very exciting, first play in the round! - and I just finalized the calendar for Tartuffe - which play I've been waiting fourteen years to put on. Longer than the eleven years I waited to put on Hamlet, or the twenty-three years I waited to put on Romeo and Juliet (still waiting on Les Mis, twenty-two years and counting, as well as Man of La
