Join New Leaf at Theatre Seven of Chicago this Saturday
We are lucky to live in a community where we're friends with some really exciting artists - and where our friends support our work AND make theatre we're excited to see. During Curse of the Starving Class, the cool kids from Theatre Seven of Chicago came and had a playdate with us. Many of them saw the show, and then we headed to our favorite post-show hangout for get-to-know-you-better beers. Not only were we thankful for T7's support in the house that night, but it was such a blast to get to spend some time with a company I've ...
New Leaf Turns 9
New Leaf celebrated its ninth year of operations on Friday, April 23rd with our artistic family - old and new. Pictures say it all. It snuck up on us, but we hadn't just been building a number of great ensembles over the years at New Leaf - we built one big one. Thanks to Austin Oie (The Man Who Was Thursday) for capturing the event for us. [nggallery id=4]
New Adventures – our partnership with Neighborhood Nutrition Centers
[caption id="attachment_457" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fresh, real food is missing from many neighborhoods in Chicago. What can we do to change that?"][/caption] Last fall and into the winter, we started to think about our company and ourselves as members of the larger community. In this thinking, it became clear that we were interested in broadening and deepening our civic engagement, how we as a company interact with the world outside the walls of the LPCC. We want to continue our focus on renewal, and of course keep our work tied to the work on our stage. So a ...
from the Emerging Theatre Award finalists
Hi Chicago! Our five companies - Caffeine, Dog & Pony, New Leaf, Steep, and Theatre Seven of Chicago - are so collectively thrilled to be considered for this year's Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theatre Award. It truly is an honor to be nominated, and we're sending out this message because we are just so pleased - all of us - to be in the company of so many committed, visionary, talented artists within our broad community and within these five companies specifically. We know each other, respect one another's work, see each other's shows ...
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 and a few drinks and listened to these incredible actors breathe life into the dangerously beautiful words of Sam Shepard. Rehearsals start on March 2nd and we can't wait to roll up our sleeves and dig. Special thanks ...
Full and Heavy Nets
// May 30th, 2008
When you put out a casting call, especially for generals, you (well, I anyway) cross your fingers and hope that you’ll get a good number of responses, that you’ll have full days of seeing great people. After all, I think that as a director my most important job is casting. When I do it right, [...]
Casting our nets wide… (revisited)
// May 13th, 2008 Yesterday I posted the lamest blog entry ever. I will admit that I just did a quick “cut & paste” from our entry on ChicagoPlays.
So I wanted to take a sec and elaborate a bit on this announcement of our season auditions. We’re not quite ready to announce our plays for next year, but I can [...]
Birthdays and Presents
// May 3rd, 2008 Tonight we are having a birthday party for New Leaf Theatre. We are 7 years old. We are learning to write cursive, riding our bicycle – without training wheels – with a skinned left knee, and missing two front teeth. Also, I just had a birthday. I am 20 years older than New Leaf. I’ll [...]
Sneaking Up on T.O.P.
// Apr 29th, 2008 A week ago we had our second official “playdate” to brainstorm for the original piece we are creating for next season. At this early stage, it is still termed “The Original Play” (TOP).
Nick has been doing a great job of trying to keep us focused on small-step goals during these sessions, and trying to keep [...]
Finding the Words
// Apr 17th, 2008 Writing is hard.
Even in the best circumstances, when you’re inspired, or writing something purely creative, imaginative, fluid or formless, it’s still tricky business. There’s the self-doubt, the “violence of articulation” (as Momma Anne says) when you take that first step into the void, discovering tone, word choice, grammar, punctuation - so many things can derail you from [...]
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