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Lines Crossed and Jumped Over
Alyse Kittner is a member of The Long Count’s ensemble of actors. This post originally appeared on her blog.
At Saturday’s rehearsal we were finally able to combine the three primary tools of acting: movement, text, and voice. These may seem like basic theatrical principles, but they can always come with the unexpected. Over the first few weeks of rehearsal there has been a strong focus...
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Architecture of a Fable
One of the trickiest parts of organizing the sheer amount of raw material that is going into The Long Count is finding a way to draw out and align structural connections between the chunks of raw thematic and emotional content. Into this stew goes a kind of dream logic, a cross-pacific sea voyage to the end of the world, an apocalypse, and short bursts of dialogue. What is the force that balances...
Following the Flock
The combination of our 1.5 weeks of rehearsal for The Long Count and the variety of media I’ve been checking out (or re-checking out) explaining in great detail our current economic pit of despair has me thinking a lot about this idea of group mind.
This concept was first introduced to me in college during my brief time as an improvisor (and a proud member of Lincoln, Nebraska’s Huge...
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Working Script
Tonight New Leaf put together a draft of our working script for The Long Count. On the wall. In index cards.
Rehearsals start on Wednesday.
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All aboard! Let’s go!
Ladies and gentlemen: it’s time. Hoist the anchor. Raise the sails. Grab an oar, just in case.
For the last few months, we at New Leaf have been working (frantically, distractedly, doggedly) to construct this ship that is The Long Count. We have talked through story and structure, looking for whimsy and wonder, following our instincts and our impulses. Our only blueprint thus far has been...
