Our 2022 season is evolving with the pandemic. Our first 2022 mainstage show was The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Directed by Corinna Christman May 6-8, 13-15 Up Next! Summer Shakespeare in Nichols Park Much Ado About Nothing directed by Susan Harris July 22-24, 29-31 13th Annual Evening of Horror & Suspense in […]
Thanks For Coming To The Theater
Our show closed yesterday. It was a wonderful run. All four shows were excellent, and we had good houses for all of them. All the physical objects were where they were supposed to be, doing what they were supposed to do—thank you Bobbie and Corinna for making sure of that—and the ever-loving snake bracelet/brooch went […]
The Pulse
Typically, the day after the show closes, the director’s blog entry is about how great the show was, how sad it is that it’s over, what wonderful memories we all have of it, and so on. All of these things are true, and I will indeed write that post, right after I finish this one. In […]
It Can Be Used As A Bracelet
So we open tonight. We are ready to do it. I look forward to it. And before we do that, a few things have to be done. I have already crossed off the first item on my List Of Things To Do: I have done battle once again with the most important, the most beautiful, […]
Melos+ Drama
So we had our tech rehearsal last night. Apart from the fact that I forgot to rehearse what is perhaps our most important sound cue–never mind, we’ll get it tonight–it really went much better than I had feared. The set changes are going very well. Also, Irish playwrights love language so much that they don’t […]
That Was A Flash Of Genius
Constant readers of this blog will recall that about a month ago, I posted about the fact that we were getting to work on incorporating the frame. I expressed some trepidation about the fact that we were adding something new to Wilde’s work of art, and my occasional wish that I had not decided […]