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Wheels in Motion.
” The wheels are in motion. There’s nothing you can do to turn it back. The only thing you can do is cooperate. To play ball. To become part of us.” – Taylor
Most of the New Leaf and Curse of the Starving Class team met up recently at one of our favorite haunts for a fantastic first read through together. We gathered ourselves around some good food...
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?”...
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...
Finishing Touches
So, here we are, in the home stretch again. Touch opens in a little over 48 hours. To continue our extended metaphor: the soup is ready, and now we are all frantically working on the garnish.
This is the time of odds and ends. The time when the “etc.” at the bottom of the list gets articulated into a million little tasks – last-minute details of design and front-of-house,...
