Order Erythromycin Over The Counter http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/ Renewing Artists and Audiences since 2001 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Order Erythromycin Over The Counter http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Endings and Beginnings - New Leaf Theatre Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:43:28 +0000 http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/#comment-266 [...] the Chaos Monster.  The iPod scene.  The customs office.  All bay leaves that flavored the soup, but didn’t belong in the bowls we’re serving up [...] [...] the Chaos Monster.  The iPod scene.  The customs office.  All bay leaves that flavored the soup, but didn’t belong in the bowls we’re serving up [...]

]]> Order Erythromycin Over The Counter http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Finishing Touches - New Leaf Theatre Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:22:57 +0000 http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/#comment-201 [...] here we are, in the home stretch again.  Touch opens in a little over 48 hours.  To continue our extended metaphor:  the soup is ready, and now we are all frantically working on the [...] [...] here we are, in the home stretch again.  Touch opens in a little over 48 hours.  To continue our extended metaphor:  the soup is ready, and now we are all frantically working on the [...]

]]> Order Erythromycin Over The Counter http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Making a layer cake. Out of soup. - New Leaf Theatre Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:03:28 +0000 http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/#comment-195 [...] love Marsha’s soup metaphor and have been thinking about that quite a bit as we get closer and closer to opening night next [...] [...] love Marsha’s soup metaphor and have been thinking about that quite a bit as we get closer and closer to opening night next [...]

]]> Order Erythromycin Over The Counter http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Mark Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:57:02 +0000 http://www.newleaftheatre.org/blog/2008/in-the-thick-of-it/#comment-169 I keep chewing on your metaphor Marsha. I love the idea of a "serving" of theatre. This summer I had the pleasure of doing a workshop on Commedia with Larry Grimm. He used a phrase called "giving food". Giving food literally means giving focus either to the audience or to your fellow actor. In the short scenes we did, the actor would deliver the line or movement directly facing and engaging with the audience, and then turn and give food or full attention the his or her stage partner. It was physicalized, but this concept of giving food means much more. We are make stories to nourish ourselves, our audiences and our community. Kristin Linklater wrote in one of her books about text coming from the mouth and being sensual. The mouth had "hitherto been used for appetite-related functions: chewing, biting, licking sucking. Appetite and communication presumably occupied the same brain cells until the tongue, the teeth and the lips were fully adapted to new demands. Taste, smell and texture- pleasure, desire and satisfaction... speaking would have been on par with sex and eating- an extreme experience." Along with Jess's thoughts on touch, theatre is an entirely sensorial process, much like food. Combining taste, smell, touch, sight, and sound for the hope of a full meal. I have been taught to take care of the audience. They are your guests, invited to share in the evening you have prepared. I am glad to say as a guest at New Leaf, I had healthy serving of Six Years, I was satiated and very full on my way home, moreso than I will be thanksgiving day full of feast and tryptophan and wine. Congrats and Happy Thanksgiving. Cheers. Mark I keep chewing on your metaphor Marsha.
I love the idea of a “serving” of theatre.
This summer I had the pleasure of doing a workshop on Commedia with Larry Grimm.
He used a phrase called “giving food”.
Giving food literally means giving focus either to the audience or to your fellow actor. In the short scenes we did, the actor would deliver the line or movement directly facing and engaging with the audience, and then turn and give food or full attention the his or her stage partner. It was physicalized, but this concept of giving food means much more.
We are make stories to nourish ourselves, our audiences and our community.

Kristin Linklater wrote in one of her books about text coming from the mouth and being sensual. The mouth had “hitherto been used for appetite-related functions: chewing, biting, licking sucking. Appetite and communication presumably occupied the same brain cells until the tongue, the teeth and the lips were fully adapted to new demands. Taste, smell and texture- pleasure, desire and satisfaction… speaking would have been on par with sex and eating- an extreme experience.” Along with Jess’s thoughts on touch, theatre is an entirely sensorial process, much like food. Combining taste, smell, touch, sight, and sound for the hope of a full meal.

I have been taught to take care of the audience. They are your guests, invited to share in the evening you have prepared.
I am glad to say as a guest at New Leaf, I had healthy serving of Six Years, I was satiated and very full on my way home, moreso than I will be thanksgiving day full of feast and tryptophan and wine. Congrats and Happy Thanksgiving.

Cheers.
Mark

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