Philip on Oct 15 2005 | Filed under: Productions
My first full week of rehearsals has now come to an end and here is a summary of my time so far, during this my second trip, at GVSU. When I last posted, on October 7th, I had arrived the night before, and had attended two meetings, that day, concerning marketing and production for “You [...]
Nico on Oct 14 2005 | Filed under: Annoucements, Workshops
The second part of the Ringplay/IDB Workshops begins on October 17th, 2005 in the Garfunkel Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. sharp. These workshops will take the revised script of The Children’s Teeth and put it on its feet. In the process, participants will receive training in (among other things): Acting Directing Stage management Set and costume [...]
Nico on Oct 14 2005 | Filed under: General Theatre
Philip’s been in rehearsal all week. Despite his apprehension that the cast wouldn’t be ready, he was pleasantly surprised with the progress they’d made in his absence, and has been able to block half the play so far. For those people who don’t know Horse, you should realize that that’s quite an achievement for any [...]
Nico on Oct 14 2005 | Filed under: General Theatre
Photos of the GVSU campus, including the Louis Armstrong Theatre, where Horse will be performed
Nico on Oct 14 2005 | Filed under: Annoucements, General Theatre
The title says it all, as does this story from the BBC. More on Pinter More again
Nico on Oct 13 2005 | Filed under: General Theatre
Track Road Theatre presents Devil on the Cross, an adaptation of Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o‘s Gikuyu novel, at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts on October 20-23, October 28-30. Curtain is at 8:00 p.m. Ian’s been talking about this project for a long, long time. He’s been working on an adaptation of the [...]
Philip on Oct 07 2005 | Filed under: Annoucements, General Theatre
So, I arrived in Grand Rapids last night after a very LONG day of traveling and got right to work this morning attending a meeting with the marketing department to discuss the poster and the various fliers that will be used to promote the show. My first production meeting was held this afternoon to work [...]
Nico on Oct 06 2005 | Filed under: Annoucements, General Theatre
to complete his residency at Grand Valley State University. The rehearsals of Horse will run from this weekend until November, and the play opens on (if I’m not mistaken) November 4. The writer and the director’s wife plan to attend the opening weekend. The writer will probably get to GVSU before the play opens, and [...]
Nico on Oct 03 2005 | Filed under: Annoucements, General Theatre
Last month we announced that August Wilson, premier African-American playwright, had been diagnosed with temrinal cancer. He died on Sunday, October 2, 2005. NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright August Wilson, who won a best-play Tony Award and two Pulitzer Prizes, died Sunday of liver cancer, a family spokeswoman said. He was 60. Wilson’s epic 10-play [...]
