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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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The Short Count: Layne Manzer
The delightful Layne Manzer – whose heart can be won by loyalty (or steak) – shared these thoughts with us right before we entered tech for The Long Count. It was his first show with New Leaf – but we hope he’ll be back for more.
1. In a word, today I feel: Absorbent
2. I am a theatre artist because: I think this has changed as I’ve continued to mature in my theater...
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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...
