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Well, ladies and gentlemen, tonight is our second Open Rehearsal for The Long Count.
”Open rehearsal?” you ask. “What’s that?”
”Well, because the focus of this project is so much about the process of developing, cultivating, and nuturing the show, we wanted to continue that process even after we opened.”
“Wait, you’re rehearsing after you...
The Short Count: Alyse Kittner
Acting ensemble member Alyse Kittner – who we’ve cross-posted once before – took our questions and used them as the starting point of a post on her blog. We’re happy to share her thoughts here, too!
In a word, today I feel lazy. I fell asleep on my couch yesterday after rehearsal around 5pm, moved to my bed around 2am, moved from my bed to the couch around noon today, and...
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Endings and Beginnings
So. Here we are. Opening night.
A year ago, one of the Leafs made a casual suggestion: “If we can’t find a script that has everything we want, why don’t we write one ourselves?” And so The Long Count was born. From the beginning, this process has been all about, well, process. As we ask ourselves the question that frames our season — How do we build a future...
The Short Count: Mark Jacob Chaitin
Mark Jacob Chaitin joined us for last year’s Summerfest new play readings and is back for his first full-length production with New Leaf. He is an actor, director, teaching artist, and love him some summer. He says this is entirely due to Chicago’s Pizza Fest in June. Mmm. Pizza…
1. In a word, today I feel: soulful.
2. I am a theatre artist because: it gets me out of bed...
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The Short Count: Joel Reitsma
Joel recently wrote about his experience with The Long Count’s group mind – and now he’s back with answers to our Short Count questions. Also, we’ve learned that his favorite Saturday morning-style cartoon was “Recess.” Says Joel, “I always watched it because it was very funny, but one of the main kids, TJ, reminded me of me – even the way he dressed....
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