Posts Tagged ‘Voices’

We had the final normal rehearsal today before entering into tech rehearsal on Thursday. All I can say is “WOW”. I am totally blown away by Anna and Sarah. As they will testify, I can always find something nitpicky and subtle to hone in on no matter how good we get; by the third run-through tonight, I was speechless. I totally forgot that I even had my notebook, I was so absorbed… these ladies have put in a huge effort, and they have made art in my garage – I can’t wait to see it with the full tech in place! My work as artistic director is finished. I leave the show in the very capable hands of Courtney the PSM and Jeremy the TD as we go into tech rehearsal.  I concluded my comments this evening by quoting one of my favorite characters (on the screen): “Number One, you have the con.”

“Just” the Producer stuff left, and there is plenty of it.  Confident in the artistic direction of the play, I can now focus entirely on getting the house and theater ready for opening night.

New seats available!!!

When we actually laid out the seats tonight for the first time, turns out we can comfortably fit 28 total.  This means that there are now 2 seats open for Saturday, and 8 seats open for Sunday.   Get those RSVP’s in!!!

Jeremy and I just rigged the curtain today, looks good though it still needs some pins or clamps to keep the panels together.  We also tested out the evap cooler and the lighting heat output.  Further, a smoke detector with emergency lighting system has been installed.

The set is about 85% complete.  IT LOOKS AWESOME!!!  Lucas did an amazing job on that while I was away.  He’s built a decrepit, bombed, and shot-at wall using broken cinder blocks and spray paint.  The dirt he laid out plus the plastic foliage that Jeremy and I just put in makes it look very much like forest ruins.  Still left to do on the set is the church wall, I think Jeremy and Lucas plan to finish that Thursday afternoon… a taller ruined wall of posterboard over an old entertainment center, complete with stained glass windows (can we say, electric candle light effect?!) and a cross.

Costumes are GO, thanks Anna!

Sound is in process, being mixed.  The music selection is perfect, and we’ve timed it out for all the cues.

Makeup is GO.

Lighting is close… 95%.  Maybe a couple more gels, we’re not quite sure yet, and some placement issues, but nearly there.

1 rehearsal left tomorrow before entering tech on Thursday.  We will be going over the final, nitpicky, touches of posture, body language, and movement, especially getting used to the space.  Courtney may post an update from the last rehearsal as well, I’m not sure.

Still on my list: finish front landscaping, clean the master suite for use as the dressing room, and acquire the Bordeaux, cider, and hors d’oevres for Saturday.  Oh yeah and direct a rehearsal, photograph tech, finalize/print the playbill, and flame-protect the curtain material.  Ah, the hell of tech week….

We’ve had some reshuffling, and there are now 4 seats that have opened up for the Saturday (20th) show.  There are 6 seats remaining for the Sunday (21st) show.

The “Community Theatre Heroes” podcast mentioned in my last post will be at 8:30pm tonight, instead of the posted 8:00pm.  They are having some technical difficulties with the hosting website, and will change the time of their weekly podcast to 8pm starting NEXT week.  I’ll be calling in tonight!

Also, a staff writer from “Showcase”, the AV Press’ Friday theatre and arts magazine, will be interviewing me over the phone tomorrow, as well as showing up to rehearsal with a photographer at the garage theater.  Jeremy, Lucas, and Jess will be working double time tomorrow afternoon to get some semblance of the set, lighting, and costume done a week ahead of intended schedule… good thing I left Jeremy a house key before going on travel for work!  Whew, thanks guys!  Look for us (I think) in the 6/19 issue of Showcase.

Our first bit of press is coming from internet radio!  Listen in to tomorrow’s edition of the weekly podcast “Community Theatre Heroes“.  By arrangement with the hosts, I will be calling in to talk about our project and the upcoming show, “Voices”, in an informal interview.

CTH is a weekly podcast, normally 8:30 to 9:30pm on Wednesdays, where local thespians Chris Murphy and Phillip McKaughan discuss theatre and interview local theatre patrons, personalities, players and people.

Tomorrow’s show will be from 8pm to 9pm instead of the usual time.  You can access the podcast to stream from the web, or you can open the stream in iTunes.  The call-in number is 347/215.7958.

Every available seat for the opening night show of “Voices”, indeed, the opening night for the whole project, has been reserved.  W00t!  There are about 15 seats remaining for Sunday as of this post.  Rumor has it the press may be interested in seeing a show, but details are still in the works.  Whew, no pressure right?

If you were thinking about coming out to see one of the first performances of this project, now is the time to reserve your seats!  THERE WILL BE NO WALK-UP TICKETS OFFERED, you must reserve in advance.   See the “Now Playing” page for show details (top navigation bar).

Just cleaned out two Target stores of the folding steel chairs they had in stock.  Also picked up four TV tables, one each for the Production Stage Manager, Lighting, and Sound, and another for the Technical Director and the Director to share.  Jeremy has installed the curtain rigging already, and is out hunting for the fabric as I type.

Running tab, $949.43…