Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Final Day Off - Checked out a well Developed play

Howdy,

Holy crap is Hamlet in the park good. Well worth seeing for many reasons...the best is Michael Stuhlbarg's performance. Also, the grave digger scene has a trap door - an actual one. It was good to watch, it is the only moment I was thinking of Sweet Storm, during the captivating production. Back to the trap - we are simulating how it would be used, but the story telling elements of furniture coming out of the ground, and being thrown through it, and heads popping up, and the artistry of climbing out - we'll have to see how to incorporate that into the process.
Oh yeah - as well as to continue to shape the excellent performances.
And the sound - which we are going to try a few to be made live by Lauren, our new foley sound op. I hope I used that word properly. It's too late to google it.
Martin cleaned up the floor today - so our rehearsal taped out floor is more presentable. We hope the rest of the minimal needs will be there for the audience and tech on Thursday.
Andrea promises the cakes by tomorrow - we are looking forward to post show quality control of all that remains.
Tiger Woods is the greatest athlete in the world.
Congratulations Rocco Mediate!

Goodnight,

Padraic

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm so sad I'm out of the country for most of Hamlet's run. Hopefully I'll be able to see it! Glad to hear it was good, though.

Is everything with the planning/building of the trap door going smoothly?