PreProduction Work

I keep reading my scripts. Getting new ideas ... solidifying other ideas .. etc.

I recall something on of my Russian Instructors said during my course in Moscow, the first idea - often - isn't the best one. ;o)

Rehearsal units have been created.
Shakespeare research continues ... making sure I score my script before I even get out to Seattle, that way I can concentrate on the fun stuff while I'm out there.
Set ideas ... I've got a few things in mind, I need to get them off to The Admiral theatre tomorrow to see what the TD thinks of them, and what other ideas he might have.

I think I've got definitions for all the words, in all the scripts, that might prove a challenge to the kids.

Interesting, all the scripts are minimal prop scripts, and most (if not all) can be done with very minimal sets as well.

Aristocats ... I think I'm going to work with some moving scenery, rather than the moving character, to show when they are leaving Paris and getting into the country - on the motorbike - and also when they return to O'Malley's alley.

Shadow puppetry ... I think I've found another few places in Into The Woods for shadow puppetry, and I'm thinking that the cow(s) might be puppet's (not shadow puppets).

Tomorrow I will literally start to block out the Aristocats and Into The Woods, or at least work on it the best I can ... until I get set details.

Other than that ... that is all (for today)!

Job Offer

I've been offered a Stage Manager's job for the month of October, SM'ing a TIE Tour (TIE = Theatre In Education ... though that's the English term, at the moment I'm not sure what the American term is ... gone completely out of my brain). Hopefully I can work it out around/with Drama Kids. I'm waiting on more information about the job, hours and exact dates and such ... cross your fingers for me!

Worked on my scripts some more today.

And I guess that's all for now.

My Bio makes me sound impressive ... no?!

Margaret is an International Director and Equity Stage Manager. Recent directorial work includes ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ and ‘The Wizard of Oz’, as well as producing and directing ‘24 Hours: in a Library’ with her company, HallWay Productions, 24 Hour Theatre Series. This past spring Margaret worked with WAM Theatre as stage manager for their ‘O Solo Mama Mia Festival’ and their 24 Hour Theatre Project, and works as a drama teacher during the school year with Drama Kids International of the Capital District. She is also a proud member of Conflict Relief, the Arab Israeli Theatre Collaboration.(www.conflictrelief.org). Her skills and training have taken her to Bali, Scotland, Austria, Russia, England, Romania, and to several U.S. States. Margaret holds a BA in Theatre Arts from SUNY New Paltz, and an MFA in Theatre Directing from the University of Essex in London.

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So this is the bio I just wrote up for my summer gig's program. Not to toot my own horn (toot toot) but I think it makes me sound pretty cool! :o) If only everyone who saw my resume (and or bio) thought I was pretty cool and therefore desired to HIRE ME 'cause I ROCK!!!

hahaha...

No Title For Today

Happy Anniversary to my Parents, 38 years! ;o)

*I'm the worst blogger ever, haha! I've got nothing to write for today ... save I made a Chocolate Souffle for my folks Anniversary. It was gooey and chocolatey and yummy!

Tomorrow's Mission:
~Read scripts and listen to the musical numbers again. Keep working on my ideas and thoughts for all of my scripts. And look into jobs to apply too (it's been a while now since I actually did apply to anything).

Goodnight, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

Musical Staging

Staging a musical is a different animal from a straight play, well partly. There are places in musicals where it is just dialogue, so those moments / scenes are exactly the same as a straight play ... but then there are the actual musical numbers, the moments leading up to those numbers, the exits from those numbers ... etc., etc., etc.,

"The Aristocats" has a lot of musical numbers, though many of them are only 30'ish seconds long (no, I'm not joking). And then there are the scenes that go around them. And "Into The Woods" is very similar, though the songs in "Into The Woods" don't seem to lend themselves to dance numbers as the ones in "The Aristocats" do.

My mind is a whirl ... I've got the music now to go with the scripts ... and I'm beginning to "see" bits of the shows in my head, how they should be staged etc...

As for Stone Soup scripts ... I'm still working on them too, but I have to have my blocking plans before rehearsals start with The Admiral Theatre, so I am concentrating on the two musical scripts more ...

Hopefully tomorrow's posting will be more interesting than this one. I'm sort of babbling to myself here aren't I?!?!?!?!!!

I guess that's all for today.

'Night!

Travel

Today I dealt a wee bit with my travel arrangements for my time out in WA.

And I'm feeling like Cap Rep is yet another silent NO. Even with the email I sent out a few weeks ago ... inquiring about the Resident SM position ... oh well.

That's all for today ...

Baby Your A Firework ... hahaha!

Happy Fourth of July All!!!
Has everyone BBQ'd up??? Perhaps a little watermelon to follow?

Any fireworks? (Not for me this year.) I do hope no one was tortured with that Katy Perry song all day long ... hahaha!!!

Job Front:
Today all I did, aside from BBQ, was to ask some questions about my shows so I can continue the director's pre-production work. :o)

Goodnighty Aphrodite!