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Summerfest Photoblog
For those of you who haven’t seen it: a view of our space from the rarely-used stage:
Circle reading at the beginning of rehearsal: Kristina Johnson in the foreground; PJ Schoeny, Marsha Harman, and Sean Fawcett in the background:
Marsha and Sean rehearsing Jon Steinhagen’s ‘The Mailman Knows Who Shovels’ …:
…with Jess Hutchinson directing:
Erin Shelton, reading...
Best. Idea. Ever.
I’ll be honest – for me, about 80% of any given general audition is about getting to know the person who’s just walked in the door. Because process is so important to me, because I really do believe that theatre is about bringing out the humanity in one another, because I will have to spend at least six weeks of my life working intimately with the folks that I cast – all these...
An hour, a day, a lifetime…
Jess wrote last week about our plans for the Mid-North Association’s annual Summerfest. If you’re just joining us, we commissioned local playwrighting geniuses and Friends of New Leaf Bilal Dardai and Jon Steinhagen to each write a short play based on memoir texts generated by long-time Lincoln Park residents.
The two plays could not have been more different: Jon’s ”The...
A foot in each season and a Fest between
This weekend we’re turning something that started as an experiment last year into an annual tradition. I like traditions. They feel like checkpoints to me – which I think is why I’m feeling especially eager about this one, since it’s a checkpoint at a time when I feel like I’ve got my feet in two different seasons, which can make a girl a little wobbly.
Summerfest,...
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