Leslie Browne (Bette Brennan) is a life long Hyde Parker taking on her first lead role in The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Leslie has had parts in the staged readings of HPCP’s A Raisin in the Sun, The Bluest Eye, and Yeats’ At the Hawk’s Well/Dreaming of the Bones. As Mrs. Marchmont, she fanned her […]
Another Opening Of Another Show
Corinna and crew are down at the University Church right now doing the first rehearsal In The Space. I went in briefly to drop off Gravy 2.0. You know, I was never a theater kid in high school. I never did theater in college. I don’t come from Theater People. I mean, I take that […]
Paul Takes The Cake
So at last weekend’s prop build, I made the saddest prop cake in the entire world. And not on purpose, either. This week I took another crack at it and it came out much better. There are two cakes in The Marriage of Bette and Boo. The most important one is the sad cake that Emily makes […]
Hitting the Gravy and Dropping the Babies
As the prop person, my active involvement in the production is coming to an end. The vast majority of the props have now been assembled; there are a few I forgot to bring yesterday, and a few that are still being tracked down by the prop elves. We don’t know yet how the gravy will […]
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT THEN? TELL ME! WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT?
Corinna said it was OK for the production team to contribute to the Bette and Boo Blog. So I, who am in charge of props for the show, am posting about my scientific investigation of the Gravy Problem. Emily has to spill the gravy. The gravy has to sit there on the floor, ugly and […]
The Birds Have Flown And The Bones Are Quiet.
Tonight’s staged reading has come and gone. This is my first experience doing one, and I have to say it’s nice to get to direct something without having to give your entire life to it. With basically four weeks, only two rehearsals with the musicians and actors together, and only one run-through in the space […]