Saturday, July 31, 2010

First Moments Even More Continued...

More from the frontline!

The Band: When I sat in they were jamming to a famous spy theme, followed by foley work capturing the sound of ticking and a gas leak. I can only speculate that the results come showtime will be nothing short of "explosive."

Play #3: Director Brian Faker, sitting at the table with his actors and playwright, seemed to be on the hunt for a specific sound-scape with his casting: "All three of you are great, so when you switch the combinations it makes a different song." However, by the time I ducked out, he seemed to have settled on role assignments. To one actor he instructed, "It's a corpulent creature in danger of swallowing creation." This blogger will leave it to you, the audience, to guess which actor he was talking to...

Play #6: M. Elizabeth Eller (I'm told the "M" stands for "Mystery") seated her two actors, David Anthony Lewis and Deb Pralle, on couches across from one another as they read through Jerry Kraft's script exploring a wealthy couple in the first discussions of divorce. M kept instructing the actors to smile more, which, suffice to say, made things seem that much nastier.

Play#4: The actors in Becky Bruhn's "Volunteer Night" were already up on their feet when I popped in. Director Shanga Parker gave Imogen Love permission to "really not be nice" to a particular character, a note which Imogen seemed to take to with gusto. James Weidman plays a world-weary security guard with an unfortunate name; you'll have to come see tonight to find out what his name is...

Play #7: I "peeked" in (pun intended) just in time to witness Chris Bell unzip his pants and "dig deep for his character." I had to leave shortly after because I was laughing too loudly, but I'd hazard a guess that tonight's Stephanie Timm play may very well be a tribute to a certain by-gone establishment with a famous marquee.

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