So, what's new with you? Where has this past year gone? For those of you that have been waiting for me to blog, here is an update...
This year has been busy. I am now, officially, an established presence in the Columbus, Ohio theatre scene. I have directed full productions of Doubt, The Weir, and an excerpt from Rabbit Hole (for a competition). I have started my own theatre company--Solstice Theatre Company--with 2 wonderful people I met while working on Doubt. You can see our website at solsticetheatre.org. It is THE BEST looking website on the whole of the internets!
Right now, I am working on CATCO (Columbus' major professional theatre company)'s production of The Seafarer, by Conor McPherson (who wrote The Weir that I directed in October). I am writing my Masters Thesis on McPherson's work--I have a pipe dream of becoming one of the leading authorities on McPherson's work. Some people have called me that already!
I am just a few months away from graduating with my Masters of Arts in Theatre from The Ohio State University. I am applying for the PhD program here at the first of the year. I hope, somewhat desperately to stay here for my PhD--there is simply too much left for me to do at OSU to consider leaving here now. Not to mention dragging my family away again.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Directing 2 Pulitzer winners!
So, I haven't blogged for a while. Sorry.
I have actually been busy, so it's not ONLY laziness, but ALSO laziness. I am currently in rehearsals for a production I am directing for a local community theatre company, the Emerald City Players. I was asked to take on this project in mid December, for a performance date in late February. I thought, for a moment or two, about saying no, but the play itself was the kicker--"Rabbit Hole" by David Lindsay-Abaire. For those keeping score, this is the play that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama--not the type of thing an emerging director should turn down! The same theatre company asked me to direct a production of "Doubt" this coming summer..."Doubt" also won a Pulitzer, so that's 2 Pulitzer Prize winners in 7 months! And, I have learned that word is spreading about me, and about my shows throughout the Columbus theatre circuit (at least the community theatre circuit).
In addition to that, I'm back in classes--teaching 3, taking 2. I'm going a bit nuts, but loving every minute of it!
I have actually been busy, so it's not ONLY laziness, but ALSO laziness. I am currently in rehearsals for a production I am directing for a local community theatre company, the Emerald City Players. I was asked to take on this project in mid December, for a performance date in late February. I thought, for a moment or two, about saying no, but the play itself was the kicker--"Rabbit Hole" by David Lindsay-Abaire. For those keeping score, this is the play that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama--not the type of thing an emerging director should turn down! The same theatre company asked me to direct a production of "Doubt" this coming summer..."Doubt" also won a Pulitzer, so that's 2 Pulitzer Prize winners in 7 months! And, I have learned that word is spreading about me, and about my shows throughout the Columbus theatre circuit (at least the community theatre circuit).
In addition to that, I'm back in classes--teaching 3, taking 2. I'm going a bit nuts, but loving every minute of it!
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