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How do the stories we tell rewrite what we become?
That is the question guiding our 2009-2010 season, the one we’re launching at our home in the Lincoln Park Cultural Center right now!
Last season, as you know, we asked “How do we build a future from a present we didn’t expect?” Continuing our commitment to unify our seasons around a single question, this year we’ll examine “How do the stories we tell rewrite...
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keeping secrets – but only until Saturday…
If you’ve been following New Leaf, Nick Keenan, or me on Twitter (and if you’re not – how come?), you’ll have noticed the string of taunting little nuggets that have been leaking out over the past few weeks in regards to our season. As much fun as it is to build suspense – and it is – for me, this has been just as much about not wanting to explode from excited...
Tags: 09-10
homesick
Summer is a rare time of dispersion for New Leaf. This summer, much of the company is out of town or technically in town and working on other great big projects, or – you know – in Japan for a considerable amount of time. Actually, I’m the only one who hasn’t gotten out of the city for a bit over the past couple months. Hmm. I should look into that.
So – as we...
A Change of Season…..well, for me at least.
So, I am just over my 4 year New Leaf-aversary and (as with all relationships) I have pushed, pulled, laughed, cried and searched for who I am in this “we.” Most of it has been the internal struggle of what I want to do vs. what I am doing and whether or not I even know for myself! You know what I mean, especially when it comes to the “What do I want to be when I grow up?”...
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...
