The inspiration for the play I'm about to write is thanks to:
1.) Tequila
2.) Annette Auger
Those two elements were key in the discovery of the idea this evening.
That is all I say for now...
- Celene "Hey look I'm blogging when I should be writing a script" Ramadan
14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival Blog
Showing posts with label 1448. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1448. Show all posts
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Saturday Rehearsals
The second day of 14/48 always feels like someone picked up all the players from the night before, shook them up in a Yahtzee cup, and poured them out on the board again. Some of the players are still joined (Mark Boeker & Shawn Law, I notice, are still together - so are Tina LaPlant & Troy Fischnaller & John Lutyens). But almost everyone else has been rearranged, regrouped, refamilied.
Today, the two worst rehearsal spaces from yesterday have been switched up. Elevators are required. And by the time I get there, most of the playwrights have already cut out and table work is happening everywhere in the building.
I first find Brian Faker in the Microsoft Lobby with Aaron Washington, Erin Stewart, and Andrew McMasters. Playwright Louis Broom is also at the table. They are discussing a big Broadway musical number. When the costume people come Brian says, "If we could have three canes and three top hats" and Beth Matthiesen says, "It's always good to ask. If you could only have one or the other, which would it be." Brain says. "Hats. Canes. Hats."
In the blue lobby George Mount and his cast are discussing what sounds like a biblical piece - or Mafia - or something like that. It's hard to hear exactly what's going on. This is one of the most frustrating rehearsal spaces because people walk through during the day. Later, I notice they've moved into the main lobby.
Upstairs in the buster lobby Tina LaPlant and her cast are have a raucous good time. It almost sound like (and this is from a sensitive playwright's point of view) that they are writing the script on the spot. Are they adding lines? Re-writing? Saying whatever comes to mind? But it's just rehearsal and they're laughing. It's wild. Troy admits there is "a part of me that always wants to go too far." Tina says, "Just don't upstage. You can do that in the 10:30 show." And she says, "I'm already out of control. I can tell."
In the Allen Theater Lobby space David Grossman has Charles Smith, Michael Patten, and Jennifer Jasper. There are blonde wigs and ballet movement and hands in pants and no lines. Excellent!
The added rehearsal space on the 8th floor is by far the best space in the building. Gorgeous, light, huge. There is a five women cast and Opal Peachy at the helm. They are still just chatting, telling stories from past 14/48, Kate Jaeger is saying some of her students may have been in the audience last night seeing her pull sex toys out of her cleavage. They are still casting.
In Buster they are not only cast but on their feet and blocking it. Peggy Gannon, Chuck Leggett and Megan Ahiers are working with Don Fleming. They're laughing and discussing and trying things out. Lisa Viertel and Shane Regan wait for their turn.
Finally, in the echo chamber, is Nicole Boyer Cochran and the two person cast for tonight - Anthony Winkler and Katie Warren. They are also on their feet, working through the internals of the scene, walking, holding their ground, discussing what this means to their characters. Man, I love watching rehearsal.
Becky Hellyer
Today, the two worst rehearsal spaces from yesterday have been switched up. Elevators are required. And by the time I get there, most of the playwrights have already cut out and table work is happening everywhere in the building.
I first find Brian Faker in the Microsoft Lobby with Aaron Washington, Erin Stewart, and Andrew McMasters. Playwright Louis Broom is also at the table. They are discussing a big Broadway musical number. When the costume people come Brian says, "If we could have three canes and three top hats" and Beth Matthiesen says, "It's always good to ask. If you could only have one or the other, which would it be." Brain says. "Hats. Canes. Hats."
In the blue lobby George Mount and his cast are discussing what sounds like a biblical piece - or Mafia - or something like that. It's hard to hear exactly what's going on. This is one of the most frustrating rehearsal spaces because people walk through during the day. Later, I notice they've moved into the main lobby.
Upstairs in the buster lobby Tina LaPlant and her cast are have a raucous good time. It almost sound like (and this is from a sensitive playwright's point of view) that they are writing the script on the spot. Are they adding lines? Re-writing? Saying whatever comes to mind? But it's just rehearsal and they're laughing. It's wild. Troy admits there is "a part of me that always wants to go too far." Tina says, "Just don't upstage. You can do that in the 10:30 show." And she says, "I'm already out of control. I can tell."
In the Allen Theater Lobby space David Grossman has Charles Smith, Michael Patten, and Jennifer Jasper. There are blonde wigs and ballet movement and hands in pants and no lines. Excellent!
The added rehearsal space on the 8th floor is by far the best space in the building. Gorgeous, light, huge. There is a five women cast and Opal Peachy at the helm. They are still just chatting, telling stories from past 14/48, Kate Jaeger is saying some of her students may have been in the audience last night seeing her pull sex toys out of her cleavage. They are still casting.
In Buster they are not only cast but on their feet and blocking it. Peggy Gannon, Chuck Leggett and Megan Ahiers are working with Don Fleming. They're laughing and discussing and trying things out. Lisa Viertel and Shane Regan wait for their turn.
Finally, in the echo chamber, is Nicole Boyer Cochran and the two person cast for tonight - Anthony Winkler and Katie Warren. They are also on their feet, working through the internals of the scene, walking, holding their ground, discussing what this means to their characters. Man, I love watching rehearsal.
Becky Hellyer
Friday, January 9, 2009
14/48 is Morse Code for LOVE.
Lunch, tech design, and rehearsal photos: (things are picking up speed so forgive the lack of captions - just enjoy, and come see 14/48 tonight and tomorrow at 8pm and 10:30pm! Get your tickets HERE.
Photos from 14/48 Artist Meeting
Live from the Central Heating Lab at ACT:
As Becky hath reported, all the artists of this weekend's 14/48 Festival met last night, in ACT's beautiful Bullitt Cabaret. Names were exclaimed. Slips were drawn at random. Beers were fetched. Photos!
Jodi-Paul Wooster, host of last night's Artist Meeting, shows us what we're missing if we're not on Facebook: his renegade rocker of a son, Harvey.
Me, one of your proud bloggers. I work here at ACT as well, so I have even more keys than the stage manager, James Frounfelter. Come see everything at ACT! Especially 14/48, tonight and tomorrow, at 8pm and 10:30pm. Can't come this weekend? We're doin' the same thing all over again NEXT Fri and Sat, 1/16 and 1/17. Get your tickets HERE and find out more about 14/48 HERE.
Jodi lines up the 14/48 virgins, to declare ourselves and be hazed. I was one of them. It's...really not appropriate to say what they did to us. I'll never forget it. And my dreams of being a nipple model are over.
Veterans like Andy Jensen sip their beer in general disgust of us pitiful 14/48 virgins. It's like boot camp, but funnier and more sitting down.
Also, after introducing John Ulman, the 'virgin photographer' who took all these beautiful pics, Jodi stopped us and declared, "I'm sorry, you can't say 'virgin photographer'..."
He was just trying to keep things appropriate.
As opposed to Shawn Belyea here, who joined us via satellite to say good luck, welcome virgins, and fuck Paul Mullin. Sorry Paul, i love your work, but i'm here to report the news.
Brian Faker accepts the Mazen Award, awarded to "veteran participants of 14/48, for their contribution to the spirit of risk-taking and camaraderie embodied in our process". I tried to upload the video of Brian's inspiring speech, but it didn't work. I'll try again later. If i make it happen, you better fucking watch it, cuz it's better than when Cuba Gooding Jr. freaked out at the Oscars.
Brian stands directly in front of the projector and reaches into the pile of slips. Guess what he's doing? 
If you said 'Drawing the Theme', you win a prize: buy one ticket to 14/48 for the price of two and get the second one FREE! Click here to buy tickets. Here's Peter Dylan O'Connor, displaying the theme of tonight's shows: NEUTRALIZE THE THREAT. I predict at least one show in which someone wakes up after a one-night stand and applies anti-each cream. 
Beer. I've waited my whole life to see "Free Keg in Rehearsal Room" as an official rule of the theatre. It's always on tap during 14/48 rehearsal, tech, and performance. Jodi tells us, "Hey, if you show up tomorrow morning at 9am, shaking, and you just need a beer, we're not going to ask questions."
The downside: Whenever a 14/48 veteran holds their cup aloft like above, a virgin has to get them a refill.
ACT's Event and Venue Manager, Alyssa Byer, lays the rules of the theatre down: TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVE. Perhaps I heard her wrong. Alyssa had a huge role in bringing 14/48 to the Central Heating Lab here at ACT. Round of applause, please. Thank you.
Writers select the breakdown of actors vs actresses for each show. Lucky Louis Broome got 0 men, 5 women. His play is called Revelations. Enough said. From Left: Celene Ramadan, Paul Mullin, Glenn Hergenhahn, Jerry Kraft, Peter Dylan O'Connor (Artist Liaison), Louis Broome, Paul S., Brian Neely, and Anita Montgomery. Anita is also ACT's Education and Outreach Director, and head of their amazing Young Playwrights Program.
Tim Hyland practices putting the smack down.
Opal Peachey broke both handles off the women's restroom. She says they 'just came off', but I sense some deception. Watch out for this one.
The star of the night: Harvey Brown Wooster, with his dad Jodi-Paul.
Come to the Bulllitt Cabaret, tonight and tomorrow, 8pm and 10:30pm, for 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival! Get tickets NOW!
As Becky hath reported, all the artists of this weekend's 14/48 Festival met last night, in ACT's beautiful Bullitt Cabaret. Names were exclaimed. Slips were drawn at random. Beers were fetched. Photos!
Jodi-Paul Wooster, host of last night's Artist Meeting, shows us what we're missing if we're not on Facebook: his renegade rocker of a son, Harvey.
Me, one of your proud bloggers. I work here at ACT as well, so I have even more keys than the stage manager, James Frounfelter. Come see everything at ACT! Especially 14/48, tonight and tomorrow, at 8pm and 10:30pm. Can't come this weekend? We're doin' the same thing all over again NEXT Fri and Sat, 1/16 and 1/17. Get your tickets HERE and find out more about 14/48 HERE.Jodi lines up the 14/48 virgins, to declare ourselves and be hazed. I was one of them. It's...really not appropriate to say what they did to us. I'll never forget it. And my dreams of being a nipple model are over.
Veterans like Andy Jensen sip their beer in general disgust of us pitiful 14/48 virgins. It's like boot camp, but funnier and more sitting down.
Also, after introducing John Ulman, the 'virgin photographer' who took all these beautiful pics, Jodi stopped us and declared, "I'm sorry, you can't say 'virgin photographer'..."
He was just trying to keep things appropriate.
As opposed to Shawn Belyea here, who joined us via satellite to say good luck, welcome virgins, and fuck Paul Mullin. Sorry Paul, i love your work, but i'm here to report the news.
Brian Faker accepts the Mazen Award, awarded to "veteran participants of 14/48, for their contribution to the spirit of risk-taking and camaraderie embodied in our process". I tried to upload the video of Brian's inspiring speech, but it didn't work. I'll try again later. If i make it happen, you better fucking watch it, cuz it's better than when Cuba Gooding Jr. freaked out at the Oscars.
Brian stands directly in front of the projector and reaches into the pile of slips. Guess what he's doing? If you said 'Drawing the Theme', you win a prize: buy one ticket to 14/48 for the price of two and get the second one FREE! Click here to buy tickets. Here's Peter Dylan O'Connor, displaying the theme of tonight's shows: NEUTRALIZE THE THREAT. I predict at least one show in which someone wakes up after a one-night stand and applies anti-each cream. Beer. I've waited my whole life to see "Free Keg in Rehearsal Room" as an official rule of the theatre. It's always on tap during 14/48 rehearsal, tech, and performance. Jodi tells us, "Hey, if you show up tomorrow morning at 9am, shaking, and you just need a beer, we're not going to ask questions."The downside: Whenever a 14/48 veteran holds their cup aloft like above, a virgin has to get them a refill.ACT's Event and Venue Manager, Alyssa Byer, lays the rules of the theatre down: TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVE. Perhaps I heard her wrong. Alyssa had a huge role in bringing 14/48 to the Central Heating Lab here at ACT. Round of applause, please. Thank you.Writers select the breakdown of actors vs actresses for each show. Lucky Louis Broome got 0 men, 5 women. His play is called Revelations. Enough said. From Left: Celene Ramadan, Paul Mullin, Glenn Hergenhahn, Jerry Kraft, Peter Dylan O'Connor (Artist Liaison), Louis Broome, Paul S., Brian Neely, and Anita Montgomery. Anita is also ACT's Education and Outreach Director, and head of their amazing Young Playwrights Program.Tim Hyland practices putting the smack down.Opal Peachey broke both handles off the women's restroom. She says they 'just came off', but I sense some deception. Watch out for this one.The star of the night: Harvey Brown Wooster, with his dad Jodi-Paul.
Come to the Bulllitt Cabaret, tonight and tomorrow, 8pm and 10:30pm, for 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival! Get tickets NOW!
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