#regionaltheater

[yourbiggestfangirl]

Regional theater can guarantee a good night out! Often it leads to a more intimate venue, premiere productions, and more affordable tickets! Click our link in bio for Kristen’s advice on making the most of theater in your own backyard! #dairylandPRC #playmakers #playmakersrep #PRC #dairyland #cow #regionaltheater #chapelhill #unc #unchapelhill #tarheel #universityofnorthcarolina #triangle #northcarolina #theater #theatergeek #yourbiggestfangirl #yourbiggestfangirlpodcast #yourbiggestfangirlblog #ybfgblog #ybfgpodcast #ybfg #fandom #fangirl #podcast (at Chapel Hill, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4YLazxJZ0D/?igshid=1evl6rl6x117a

[soyestee]

[matthewshaffer]

Congratulations to our brilliant cast, crew, creative and artistic teams, musical directors, band, & administrators on a magnificent sold-out run of #Matilda at the @penobscottheatrecompany! The entire company came together to create a magical #musical! With 65 scenes & multiple #ProductionNumbers, @goodearthyoga & I had our work cut out for us as #directors & #choreographers. Thankfully every single artist on this project brought passion & professionalism to the #Rehearsal studio & #stage! HUGE thanks to @zippersgraydon for the opportunity, wisdom, & support; you are our HERO! | Support #LiveTheater #RegionalTheater #LocalArtists #Actors #Dancers #Singers #MusicalTheater #PhotoCredit @magnusstarkphoto #BreakALeg (at Penobscot Theatre Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6qcTrcJPZB/?igshid=1srdz1l06rao2

[winmipodcast]

@TheMuny is a one of a kind venue and it takes a one-of-a-kind man to lead a staff of 600 each summer to create some of the best musical productions in the country. Check out my conversation with Artistic Director Mike Isaacson...⠀ ⠀ —————⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #podcast #theater #actorslife #stage #musicals #artist #singer #WINMIpodcast #conversation #broadway #keepgoing #thejourney #auditions #success #goals #producer #artisticdirector #regionaltheater #stlouis #musician #actorlife #perspective #chooseyou #whyillnevermakeit #lifeofanactor #showpics https://www.instagram.com/p/B6AUOJboibB/?igshid=1ror3z4l0s8c6

[hazeykatie2]

I'm currently tied for second now, Voting is open til December 31st. If you haven't and you'd like to, please vote for me.

[pojones]

Getting to spend more time with this wonderful lady is always a treat! Thanks to @janinedivita for coming on my podcast to talk about her work with the @USOShowTroupe as well as our time performing Bridges of Madison County at @theatreraleigh and so much more! Click link in bio to listen to both episodes. .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #uso #militaryfamilymonth #armedforces #showtroupe #usoshowtroupe #singers #performers #usocenter #pennstation #theater #performingartist #broadway #actorlife #lifeofanactor #stagework #regionaltheater #jasonrobertbrown #bridgesofmadisoncounty #communitytheater https://www.instagram.com/p/B41rj6NplTl/?igshid=xpss3i1zbk34

[rhondahansomecomedy]

@elmos_girl & I discuss her play #AmericanCaptives 9 PM 2nite Fri. WBAI 99.5 FM Host by #MalikaLeeWhitney Join Us! #IAlsoDirect #RadioRhonda #ILoveWhatIDo #SoloWorks #SandraBland #Theater #artist #WBAI99FM #RegionalTheater #HipsAndLipsForRadio #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth #LenaBaker #WomenBehindBars https://www.instagram.com/p/Buwgew7nNeq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17ovg1oy4u4t8

[shiftchix]

We're into something good... @peternoone #HermansHermits #MyVeryOwnBritishInvasion #RegionalTheater #ShiftChix🐥🐥 #Musical (at Paper Mill Playhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwtekYFytW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1be00ghlqeyfm

[phylicia-rashadfanpage]

#tbt to last years work. Phylicia Rashad direct to plays last year. The Roommate at the @steppenwolfthtr in Chicago and Our Lady of 121st street at the @signaturetheatre in New York City. The Cast of The Roommate: Sandra Marquez and @volavent. The Cast of Our Lady of 121st street: @iamjoeyauzenne, @quincytylerbernstine, @erickbetancourt1, @makiborden, @colejimonn, John Doman, @dierdre_friel, @hillharper, @kevin_isola, @skurtzuba, @Paolaelisa, and John Procaccio. 📷 @BroadwayWorld @broadwaycom #throwback #throwbackthursday #boss #directorslife #worklife #aboutlastyear #lastyear #director #theatre #theater #regionaltheater #newyorkcity #chicago #signaturetheatre #steppenwolf #ourladyof121ststreet #theRoommate #retrospective #alookback #stephenadlyguirgis #stagelife #jensilverman #cast #hillharper #quincytylerbernstine #comedy #darkcomedy #lifechoices #challenge https://www.instagram.com/p/BsL-D9-Hl1K/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h18fpwyz2g5f

[paperbackstories]

I love a @rlutfy play. This one is called Hir, which is the transgender prepositional pronoun. In this image we’re seeing the stage hands clean the house between the first and second acts. Rob Lutfy productions tend to be more thoughtful and more emotionally difficult to process than most theater I see. And, Hir is one of the most difficult. Honestly, I think the play is mis-named. Yes, gender identity plays a role, but it’s just a piece of a more complex puzzle. The show has so many difficult facets: post-deployment stress, spousal abuse, drug abuse, and gender identity. Some people walked out during intermission, but I think it’s because this show asked so much of the audience, it was a tremendous burden. As a patron I embrace the challenge, I find it so much more fulfilling when a piece of art asks so much of me. As an artist I have attempted something similar many times, and failed, so I applaud (literally) the courage it takes to present a piece such as this. @cygnettheatre #theater #regionaltheater #hir (at Cygnet Theatre Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpOL4ARH_0t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u5roopyueie

[spiderfan22]

DAY THREE HUNDRED AND TEN - 3/19/18

“THE TALKBACK” by DJS

Another page and a half from the one-act. You do what you can do with the time you have.

Characters

Mark Storey, an actor in his late twenties

Sarah Klein, an actress in her forties

Constance Romero, a costume designer in her sixties

 Setting

The stage of a theater, be it a blackbox, regional theater or Broadway.

An audience talkback after a performance of the play-within-the-play “The Final Sitting”:

  We’re watching the closing moments of the play-within-the-play. From backstage. Through a door leading onto the set.

The scene is between a young Renaissance painter (played by the actor Mark Storey) and his subject, a housemaid (portrayed by the actress Sarah Klein).

She is on her way out the door. He blocks her exit.

Note: there is something affected about Sarah’s performance here, a rawness that is both deeply moving and not entirely within her control. She has trouble getting out the words.

MARK            (on the verge of tears) Ingrid, please. (No response.) Please!!

SARAH          (choked) No.

MARK                  Then I will burn this painting.

She begins to protest and they struggle.

I will, every vestige of it—of you! Till it is nothing but ashes! Or better, drive a knife through the canvas, through your heart for abandoning me now!!

SARAH                This is foolishness—

MARK                  No—

SARAH                Folly! This is folly! The talk of a child!

MARK                  (roaring) You dare call me a child?!!

He grasps her tighter. She breaks down in tears.

SARAH                Oh God, how do you of all people not see?! You who can capture the truth of a moment in a few simple brushstrokes—with your gifts—that even after everything you’ve subjected me to—the, the the the insults, the, the degradation—

MARK                  I??!!

SARAH                Yes, you!! You!! (A deep sigh.) That for all your faults, your many, many faults, and terrible sins, unforgiveable… for me to somehow still respect your talent? Do you know how difficult that is—to, to reconcile in my mind? The artist… And the man.

MARK                  (quietly) I am both, am I not?

Long pause.

SARAH                You are. Of course you are. (Pause.) And a boy no longer.

He releases his grip on her. She turns to go.

MARK                  Please… Ingrid… to feel your lips on my cheek one more time…

She pauses.

SARAH                One last time.

And Sarah kisses Mark softly on the cheek, as she would a child.

The effort should be like moving a mountain for her.

Then she exits, closing the door behind her.

She is very still in the darkness backstage. We can just make out her outline. She has trouble catching her breath.

On the other side of the door we hear Mark weeping loud actor-y tears.

Then the lights go out completely and the play-within-the-play is over.

A burst of applause (recorded).

 The scene changes and we are out front now.

It’s after the show.

Three chairs have been set up downstage, with a small table between two of the chairs with a carafe of water and two glasses.

Constance Romero (wearing a body mic) enters from the wings to some applause. The audaciousness of her outfit choice should surprise and delight us.

She addresses the audience from the foot of the stage.

CONSTANCE      Thank you. Good evening. It’s nice of so many of you to stick around after the show with us. I’m sure it’s because you’ve been so tremendously moved, not to mention stimulated by this amazing production as we all have that you’re just dying to know more.

                             My name is Constance Romero. And in case you missed it in your program there—the type is rather small—I designed the costumes for the production. Which, I kid, but was truly my honor to join this remarkable team of theater artists who brought this story to life, that begins at the very top with a great director—who just so happens to be the artistic director of this theater, Mr Dylan Graham, and who, fortune would have it, couldn’t be here tonight because he’s off living the high life in New York—yes, he’s left us all behind—directing a revival of The Cherry Orchard off-Broadway—which is why he couldn’t be here in person himself.

                             Actually, it was fairly unceremonious how I came to be chosen to moderate this Q and A, really simple convenience. I live just down the block, you see, so they knew they had a sure bet on that end. (A small, nervous laugh.) And while this isn’t my usual “thing”, conducting interviews that is, I will try my damndest for you all to ask the penetrating questions I’m sure we’ve all had stirred up. Because the play, this play The Final Sitting, it does spark a good number of very intriguing, you know—and since you’ve all just seen it I’m not giving anything away—debates it might cause over the actions of the characters, etcetera.

                             I also must confess to stalling for time a little here. Our actors will be out any minute. Or so I’m told! But, you know, at the same time, it’s a show, right? There’s a certain period of I don’t know what you’d call it—decompression?—and especially for a show like this, so intense that you—that we’re asking them now to hurry that process along. But they’re very eager—I spoke with them both briefly right after coming offstage—to see you all, really see you, with the houselights up, and have a chance to answer any questions that may still be lingering. So we will try to reserve some time for those questions from you at the end. We just ask that any questions do come in the form of a question and not a statement. Good? Thank you? Yes. Makes it easier all around. (She glances towards the wings for confirmation on this.) Oh, yes? Well it seems that’s my cue. (Clears throat.) So ladies and gentlemen, please now will you join me in welcoming back to the stage with a warm round of applause, the stars of this production— Mark Storey and Sarah Klein!

She joins the audience in a round of applause.

Mark enters from the wings, followed a good moment later by Sarah.

They’re both wearing comfortable semi-casual attire and have that fresh, still slightly damp look people have when they’ve just gotten out of the shower and had to dress quickly. They wear body-mics as well.

Mark smiles in a faux modest way while nodding appreciatively to the audience in a gesture of humble gratitude for the warm reception.

Sarah’s smile is weaker, clearly forced, though she’s honestly trying, and her eye contact with the audience isn’t quite what it should be given the situation.

They take their seats, Mark in the middle nearest Constance.

CONSTANCE            (as the applause fades) Welcome. To both of you.

MARK            Well it’s pretty great to be here, isn’t it?

CONSTANCE      I would say—I would say after a show like tonight’s, which seemed just electric. And maybe that’s as good a place to start as any—what is that feeling when you know you’ve sufficiently “upped the ante” let’s call it.  

MARK                  Oh yeah, definitely, definitely. I mean I don’t want to speak for Sarah, but it really felt, you know, like we were just going on all cylinders, you know? Firing— (More to the audience.) Sorry, I get a little (Makes an “I’m crazy” gesture.) just, you know, after a show. Still all keyed up and stuff—

CONSTANCE      I’m sure, right, coming down—

MARK                  Right, yeah. Don’t even know if I’m saying actual words.

He is joking; something Mark has a natural talent for. It’s part of his charm.

CONSTANCE      And Sarah, how about you?

SARAH                Uhh. The same. Yeah.

MARK                  (to Sarah) It’s palpable isn’t it? (Back to Constance.) (Thinks.) Alchemy! And you’re lost in it, in the moment! So much so you don’t even know how good it was, you were, until after, and then it’s just like—it’s more like a dream you had at that point. I’m serious, everyone’s patting you on the back like “You were so amazing tonight, the places you went to, yah-yah” and the whole time you’re thinking I don’t even know what happened out there, but I guess thanks for the compliment anyway?? Yeah, it’s weird, you never know what to say. So just say thank you, I guess, try to be gracious?? I don’t know, I’m new to all this, I would ask Sarah. Maybe she has a better perspective, approach.

SARAH                (having drifted off) What?

MARK                  You know, handling praise and everything? I was just saying you might have a better system, how to react to that, given your years of experience. And being so much more talented I think we can all agree?

He leads the audience in applause for Sarah, who smiles uncomfortably.

                             Seriously, c’mon, give it up for this woman. Like if you ever want to see just a crazy scene of people making absolute fools of themselves—there’s a bar, Flannigan’s, we all go to after the show—and the line—the line-up of folks just waiting to, like, shake this woman’s hand, to offer up their congratulations. It’s like that scene in—what’s the movie? With the two guys, they have like a cable access show—I think it started on Saturday Night Live—why can’t I think of it?  

SARAH                (small) Wayne’s World.

MARK                  Wayne’s World, right, yes! Where they bow down, the guys—“We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!” All in praise to Sarah here.

Constance has been eating all this up.

                             God, that takes me back. We used to watch that movie all the time on HBO. When I was in drama school—it would like, always be on for some reason. Mike Myers, right?

CONSTANCE      I think, I’m not sure. And we should mention that when you say Drama School, you of course mean Julliard.

MARK                  Guilty. Now you’ve done your research haven’t you?

CONSTANCE      Some light prep, that’s all. Everything’s on these notecards here, I’d be lost without them. So school was Julliard for you—and for you, Sarah? I have down you went to UCLA?

SARAH                Undergrad, right.

CONSTANCE      Was that a conscious decision then—moving to California I mean? Had you originally wanted to go into movies or TV?

SARAH                Well I had… like probably for a lot of people whose first experience was, I had started acting in high school, where I first really—

MARK                  Exactly. And weren’t those just the worst? I mean looking back? (To Sarah.) What did you guys do? Like, what monstrosity did your teacher force you to go up there and put on? Because for us it was Our Town. Like I still can’t stand that play.

SARAH                I don’t know—

MARK                  It was Our Town. And then we did a Shakespeare. The Comedy of Errors—ugh.

CONSTANCE      And yet you persisted somehow.

MARK                  Well, me, I’m an attention whore. I just like being stared at under pretty lights, in fancy costumes. Thanks for that, by the way, because—and this is in all honesty, Constance—this has gotta be my favorite costume I’ve ever worn. Bar none—

CONSTANCE      Oh. Well thank you—

MARK                  I mean I can’t speak for Sarah, I’m not the one in a corset, but—

SARAH                (feeling the need to praise Constance as well) Oh. Yes—

MARK                  And that’s so important for a role isn’t it—to actually inhabiting another person, if you’re gonna have any chance—which I think is what we ultimately as actors try to do, try to give—the end goal of the whole process I mean, to become someone else by whatever means at your disposal—fully. And, what I was saying, it’s really the final piece, the clothes. They make the man as they say.

CONSTANCE      Well, while I certainly appreciate the compliment, I’m rather in the same boat as you, I’m not the best at taking them.

MARK                  Who is? Politicians, maybe. I guess.

CONSTANCE      So getting back to you, Sarah—

MARK                  Right, apologies—running this whole thing aren’t I? When I should just shut up—let the lady speak.

CONSTANCE      Sarah, college for you was UCLA, southern California, coming out from the Midwest, Ohio I believe? (Sarah nods.) So did you originally have the impulse to try for TV, the movies, or—?

SARAH                No, that—I never considered that, no.

MARK                  Too smart.

CONSTANCE      And you followed that up—you didn’t go to grad school correct?—but followed that up with stints at some of the most prestigious regional theaters around the country. Berkeley Repertory and A.C.T. in San Francisco, Arena Stage in Washington DC, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival—

SARAH                I did, yes—

CONSTANCE      Where you played parts as diverse as Catherine in A View From a Bridge, to Caliban in an acclaimed all-female production of The Tempest. Now I have to say, as a big fan of that show in particular, I would have loved to see that.

MARK                  You and me both.

SARAH                Thank you. Thanks, yeah—

MARK                  Yeah and in case anyone ever wonders, this is what my jealous face looks like. Yeah it’s Sarah’s resume I think of, like a little scroll in my head, anytime I have to emote that onstage. (Turning on Sarah.) God you’re infuriating, woman!!

Faux mad, he makes to throttle Sarah but doesn’t actually lay hands on her.

Laughter from all but Sarah, who has a pinched smile, caught.

 To be continued…

[yourbiggestfangirl]

Can’t make it to New York to see a Broadway show? Don’t have a cow! Kristen’s got all the tips on this week’s blog on how to discover quality theater in your own backyard! Link in bio to read! #dairylandPRC #playmakers #playmakersrep #PRC #dairyland #cow #regionaltheater #chapelhill #unc #unchapelhill #tarheel #universityofnorthcarolina #triangle #northcarolina #theater #theatergeek #yourbiggestfangirl #yourbiggestfangirlpodcast #yourbiggestfangirlblog #ybfgblog #ybfgpodcast #ybfg #fandom #fangirl #podcast (at PlayMakers Repertory Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SxRHHpwQr/?igshid=inkbh5iqm53c

[soyestee]

[caseysbell]

Just Pinned to Instagram: Dramas and comedies available for production. For more information visit: https://ift.tt/2E2va42 #dance #danceplay #dansical #theatre #theater #readywriterco #theaterdirector #straightplay #theatredirector #theatreproducers #dramaticplay #artisticdirector #performingarts #reginalltheater #communitytheater #summerstock #theatreplays #theaterproduction #plays #regionaltheater https://ift.tt/2T5e4aS

[inivyandintwine]

Seeing The Bodyguard with @uniaurora and mom! #papermill #theater #theatre #regionaltheater (at Paper Mill Playhouse)

[actortraveltips]

Your life for at least a week after sending a video submission #acting #obsession #regionaltheater #Refresh #refresh #refresh #refresh