WBUR reporter Jessica Alpert put together a great story about the T Plays that just opened. She followed me around last Saturday while I was writing/riding on the T. It's a fun piece--I hope it helps bring people in to see the show. (We sold out last night.) It only runs for this weekend, so check it out while you can.
Listen to the story.
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Showing posts with label T Plays. Show all posts
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
T Plays--chugging along
We had a great rehearsal for my T play this afternoon. The actresses were zeroed in on their roles, and Barlow Adamson, my director (who is actually co-directing with John O'Brien), seemed to completely understand these two characters I'd created. It was a pretty inspired rehearsal, actually. Intense time pressure can truly focus the mind. We had a read through of all the plays last night, and the other plays were so funny and got great response, and of course, I go and write a drama again, and feel like the guy who brings a cat to an all-dog party. I was a little concerned I hadn't managed to write what I'd intended (in terms of quality, at least). But today set my mind at ease and got me very excited about this play. I'll miss tomorrow's rehearsal/tech, but hope to see a run through on Tuesday before the show opens on Wednesday.
It's going to be a very fun night. Check it out if you can.
It's going to be a very fun night. Check it out if you can.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
T Plays--Draft is In (on time!)
I turned the first draft of my T Play, "Escape to Wonderland," in with a whole 25 minutes to spare. Whew.
I had a good time riding the Blue Line with WBUR reporter Jessica Alpert for a while this morning--mostly taking notes and getting a sense for the line and trying to think about how my actresses could fit best into something on this line. She left after an hour or so, and then I wrote for a few more hours, back and forth from Wonderland to Maverick (and sometimes Govt. Center).
In the end, I wrote about 9 handwritten pages (some of it in a burrito place in Maverick Square, rather than on the T, because I was dying from hunger). Basically, I rode the T from about 10:30 to 4pm (green and blue lines). Then I hurried home and typed it all up--it comes to about 11 pages. I think it'll run closer to 12-14 minutes, but we'll see. I like the characters a lot and think they'll suit the actresses very well. Our talk at Doyle's last night gave me a lot to think about when trying to write roles for them.
I'd hoped for a comedy, but it just didn't turn out that way (I put my back out this morning, and I might be less inclined towards comedy with a bad back...). Everyone was pretty well behaved and quiet on the Blue Line today, so they weren't especially inspirational. (Come on people, let's get rowdy.)
Now I'm off to the read through at Suffolk University. Can't wait to see what everyone has written. (It's easy to have a lot of doubts about my stuff, but I have hopes it'll turn out all right. I'm positive Rick Park will have written something positively hilarious again.)
I had a good time riding the Blue Line with WBUR reporter Jessica Alpert for a while this morning--mostly taking notes and getting a sense for the line and trying to think about how my actresses could fit best into something on this line. She left after an hour or so, and then I wrote for a few more hours, back and forth from Wonderland to Maverick (and sometimes Govt. Center).
In the end, I wrote about 9 handwritten pages (some of it in a burrito place in Maverick Square, rather than on the T, because I was dying from hunger). Basically, I rode the T from about 10:30 to 4pm (green and blue lines). Then I hurried home and typed it all up--it comes to about 11 pages. I think it'll run closer to 12-14 minutes, but we'll see. I like the characters a lot and think they'll suit the actresses very well. Our talk at Doyle's last night gave me a lot to think about when trying to write roles for them.
I'd hoped for a comedy, but it just didn't turn out that way (I put my back out this morning, and I might be less inclined towards comedy with a bad back...). Everyone was pretty well behaved and quiet on the Blue Line today, so they weren't especially inspirational. (Come on people, let's get rowdy.)
Now I'm off to the read through at Suffolk University. Can't wait to see what everyone has written. (It's easy to have a lot of doubts about my stuff, but I have hopes it'll turn out all right. I'm positive Rick Park will have written something positively hilarious again.)
T Plays--getting started
I'm blogging about the T Play experience on the Mill 6 blog, you can check out my first post from last night here.
Here's a photo of my two actresses, Jen and Ally (a little blurry and dark, sorry, should have used the flash).
Today, I need to work on our neighborhood garage sale, and then head on down to start riding the Blue Line and get inspired (probably with a WBUR radio reporter shadowing me, too. I needed a little extra pressure, right?).
Here's a photo of my two actresses, Jen and Ally (a little blurry and dark, sorry, should have used the flash).
Today, I need to work on our neighborhood garage sale, and then head on down to start riding the Blue Line and get inspired (probably with a WBUR radio reporter shadowing me, too. I needed a little extra pressure, right?).
Saturday, June 5, 2010
T Plays 2010
Check out this very fun trailer for the T Plays. I did these with Mill 6 last year and had a great time. We'll be doing it again in just a couple weeks.
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