May 30
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Full and Heavy Nets

When you put out a casting call, especially for generals, you (well, I anyway) cross your fingers and hope that you’ll get a good number of responses, that you’ll have full days of seeing great people.  After all, I think that as a director my most important job is casting.  When I do it right, […]

Author: Jessica
May 13
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Casting our nets wide… (revisited)

Yesterday I posted the lamest blog entry ever. I will admit that I just did a quick “cut & paste” from our entry on ChicagoPlays.
So I wanted to take a sec and elaborate a bit on this announcement of our season auditions. We’re not quite ready to announce our plays for next year, but I can […]

Author: Jessica
May 03
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Birthdays and Presents

Tonight we are having a birthday party for New Leaf Theatre.  We are 7 years old.  We are learning to write cursive, riding our bicycle - without training wheels - with a skinned left knee, and missing two front teeth.  Also, I just had a birthday.  I am 20 years older than New Leaf.  I’ll […]

Author: Jessica