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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...
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...
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...
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...
Uncharted Waters
Now that Touch is up and running (with only two weekends left), we New Leafs are diving wholeheartedly into The Long Count.
For those of you new to the blog, or you long-time readers who need a refresher, a quick re-cap: this season, we’re exploring the question, How do we build a future from a present we didn’t expect? We zoomed out with Six Years as we followed one family through...
