Audition Advice – Part Two

Oct 24, 2008 | Theatre

Okay, some straight-up acting notes: – Make a choice. Even if it’s a wrong choice, a bold choice is always to your benefit, even if all it does is elicit direction from us. Being safe ensures you will not be remembered, and being remembered is the point. (NB:...

Audition Advice – Part One

Oct 23, 2008 | Theatre

Six weeks ago, I held auditions at Eastern Michigan University for R&J. There was a great turn out, and my wife Jan (who helped me cast the show) and I were very impressed with both the talent pool and the interest in the show. Despite the over-air-conditioned...

Bootlegging, and Benvolio’s Death

Oct 23, 2008 | Shakespeare - Theatre

Jay Donly, Sarah Leahy, Brian Carbine, Luna Alexander, Patrice Cross. Photo and lights by Jeromy Hopgood.If you wanted to throw my whole theory about the cause of the feud out of whack, you could point out to me that Lady Montague does not, in fact, have the final...

The Window Scene

Oct 22, 2008 | Shakespeare - Theatre

    People always speak of the Balcony Scene from Romeo & Juliet as one of the "greatest romantic scenes in literature." Perhaps it is. But it's also two teenagers on the phone late at night. It even comes complete with the...

Tybalt’s Ghost

Oct 21, 2008 | Shakespeare - Theatre

    Now that the show has closed, and the edits on the first third of the new novel are done, I can take some time to follow my weeks-old intent and talk a bit about show elements.     The first I'd like to mention (mostly...

EMU’s own review

Oct 13, 2008 | Reviews - Shakespeare - Theatre

As a follow-up to yesterday's post, here's the review of the show from the Eastern Echo, EMU's internal newspaper: Reviving the comedy in classic ‘Romeo and Juliet’ EMU Theatre presents the Shakespearean classic in modern dress By Josh Coudret / Staff...