Have been away for awhile.
Working on writing grants for the company, seeing shows and planning for the upcoming production of Murdering Marlowe.
Tomorrow night we start rehearsals. We had a reading almost two weeks ago. Now I'm eager to get going on this new story about some classic characters: Shakespeare and Marlowe. The play is very contemporary. The themes range from envy, jealousy, fame, marriage and desire. Breaking it all down should be a wonderful challenge.
The approach is fairly typical: block the play, work it, run it through and polish it to a fine sheen. That is the hope. The excitement comes from working with the actors and seeing what they bring to the play with their ideas and talents. What I see is only a part of the whole. The key is to see what is created by all of us working together, collaborating and dissecting, devouring and digesting the play. It's an interesting process that can be exhausting, because once you see something on stage that is intrigues you, the next instinct is to explore it further, which leads to other doors, new discoveries, and really long sentences like this one.
In any case, tomorrow will be the first major step into this new world, and I'm excited to see where we end up on May 18.
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