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I had a great meeting with Dave Z. today. We talked about the next couple of seasons--I started off by pitching, hard, Hair, a show that I really want to do right now and have been thinking about for the past couple of weeks. I have most of it blocked in my head already! In particular I know exactly how I want to do the finales of both acts. I can already hear myself doing over the history with the cast. "Okay, this play takes place in late 1967. What just happened? [The Summer of Love] What's about to happen? [The Tet Offensive] What will happen next spring? [The assassinations of MLK and RFK] Remember, Woodstock and the Manson murders--the high and low points of the counterculture--haven't happened either--this lifestyle is very new to most of these kids." We discussed the pros and cons--he can't do it this season, obviously, and he already has strong ideas for next, but the one after that is a possibility.
We also talked about Duncan's one-act for the Hudson County One-Act Festival, "Patrick and Lisa's Wedding." Thankfully it will not be terribly difficult to block. But I'm worried about when to find ANY time to rehearse. Did I mention it goes up in mid-September? Yeah. Gonna have to cast ASAP and make time before the R&J tech week hits the fan. Thank God Mercutio dies early, all I can say.
I gave him what I have so far of the Christmas Carol script. I'm not done with it yet, I'm about 2/3 of the way. I added a half-scene here and there (Dick & Caroline, Child Scrooge reading to himself) and I'm still fiddling with the concept of the Readers, and the Ghost of the Future. I sent an excerpt to Dave a few weeks ago and what he's read, he said he really liked, said it flowed better.
And we talked about The Secret Garden for which I would looooove to audition, but it's a question of time. So far in September I have to perform in and produce R&J, and direct Patrick and Lisa. And in October I have to audition A Christmas Carol, start directing it, and MOVE.
We also talked about Duncan's one-act for the Hudson County One-Act Festival, "Patrick and Lisa's Wedding." Thankfully it will not be terribly difficult to block. But I'm worried about when to find ANY time to rehearse. Did I mention it goes up in mid-September? Yeah. Gonna have to cast ASAP and make time before the R&J tech week hits the fan. Thank God Mercutio dies early, all I can say.
I gave him what I have so far of the Christmas Carol script. I'm not done with it yet, I'm about 2/3 of the way. I added a half-scene here and there (Dick & Caroline, Child Scrooge reading to himself) and I'm still fiddling with the concept of the Readers, and the Ghost of the Future. I sent an excerpt to Dave a few weeks ago and what he's read, he said he really liked, said it flowed better.
And we talked about The Secret Garden for which I would looooove to audition, but it's a question of time. So far in September I have to perform in and produce R&J, and direct Patrick and Lisa. And in October I have to audition A Christmas Carol, start directing it, and MOVE.