Its been a while, but I am back and in full effect.
So first off I would like to just say - wow!
This process will have special meaning for me for a long time. Since it has been a while I will start off from about a week ago. We started to build the set - I haven't done tech work in about four years so it was nice to get a drill and screws back into my hand. From the beginning I knew this was going to be something special but it didn't really hit me until I went to Boston Playwrights' Theatre for the first time and saw the most breathtaking sight i have possibly seen in my life...(dramatic pause)
ARTiculation is on the MARQUEE!!!
Outside of the theatre, we are literally the only thing on the marquee, and in that moment I realized just how big of a deal this is. When you're 18 and you say "this is what I want to do," whether it is college, a job, a career, or in my case a production, and about four years later you are standing in front of your name lit up in lights - it's pretty cool.
Now back to the set. Myself and Nik Walker had an unspoken agreement that our work on ARTiculation doesn't end with the words or rehearsal but it continues into all other areas. That's one of the things that I love about the people involved with this production - it's not about vanity or who has the most lines or who gets paid the most - it's about the family atmosphere. I love the fact that I can leave a 6 hour rehearsal and show up at the theatre an hour later ready to put up lights , sweep floors, and run errands side by side with the same people who I share the stage with. So, long story short, the set has been built and it looks amazing. Like I said in an earlier post, it is a sidewalk playground on steroids filled with poles and grates and just a lot of cool scenery.
We had our first dress rehearsals this week and they felt really good, with the exception of one where I froze and completely forgot MY LINES! I'm pretty positive it was noticeable and I was so down on myself about that because I don't forget lines! But anyway, at one point while I was sitting backstage halfway through the opening where Nik Walker is delivering "Dinner and a Conversion" I realized that we truly have a show on our hands. We have always had a performance, but we have never had a production, and this ladies and gentlemen is a production. It is the absolute best version of ARTiculation and I cannot wait to open officially in about 5 hours!
More post-opening,
Tory
So first off I would like to just say - wow!
This process will have special meaning for me for a long time. Since it has been a while I will start off from about a week ago. We started to build the set - I haven't done tech work in about four years so it was nice to get a drill and screws back into my hand. From the beginning I knew this was going to be something special but it didn't really hit me until I went to Boston Playwrights' Theatre for the first time and saw the most breathtaking sight i have possibly seen in my life...(dramatic pause)
ARTiculation is on the MARQUEE!!!
Outside of the theatre, we are literally the only thing on the marquee, and in that moment I realized just how big of a deal this is. When you're 18 and you say "this is what I want to do," whether it is college, a job, a career, or in my case a production, and about four years later you are standing in front of your name lit up in lights - it's pretty cool.
Now back to the set. Myself and Nik Walker had an unspoken agreement that our work on ARTiculation doesn't end with the words or rehearsal but it continues into all other areas. That's one of the things that I love about the people involved with this production - it's not about vanity or who has the most lines or who gets paid the most - it's about the family atmosphere. I love the fact that I can leave a 6 hour rehearsal and show up at the theatre an hour later ready to put up lights , sweep floors, and run errands side by side with the same people who I share the stage with. So, long story short, the set has been built and it looks amazing. Like I said in an earlier post, it is a sidewalk playground on steroids filled with poles and grates and just a lot of cool scenery.
We had our first dress rehearsals this week and they felt really good, with the exception of one where I froze and completely forgot MY LINES! I'm pretty positive it was noticeable and I was so down on myself about that because I don't forget lines! But anyway, at one point while I was sitting backstage halfway through the opening where Nik Walker is delivering "Dinner and a Conversion" I realized that we truly have a show on our hands. We have always had a performance, but we have never had a production, and this ladies and gentlemen is a production. It is the absolute best version of ARTiculation and I cannot wait to open officially in about 5 hours!
More post-opening,
Tory
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