Last weekend was Tech for The Runner Stumbles.
Which means this weekend is Previews!
This time next week Curio's Season 8 will be in full swing!!
We're so excited we don't even know what to blog about!!!
How about some photos from Tech Week:
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| Steve (Rivard) in Jail |
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| Costume Parade part 1 (L to R: Ryan, Paul, Liam, and Rachel) |
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| Costume Parade part 2 - So Many Hats!! (L to R: Harry, Meridian, and Rachel) |
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| Rachel (Erna) at the Witness Stand |
This week was tech. Next week we open! I'd say more but honestly, do you want me to spoil everything?
What did we learn this week?
String tangles. Constantly.
Placing children (and actors) in water causes water fights.
Working over the ambient drip drip drip of water is more difficult than you'd think. Especially when you're standing underneath the spigot.
Costume parades are the closest you can get to Halloween before, well, Halloween.
Harry (Big Stone) makes some pretty tasty donuts (but only if you bug him to).
And now for photos! Granted, they're not as good as the photos taken during our photo shoot on Saturday with Kyle Cassidy, photographer extraordinaire. We'll try to post those later. (If you want to see them now, check out the Facebooks)
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| Loud Stone n' Little Stone |
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| Stones in the Water |
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| More Stones in the Water |
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| Red Umbrellas are all the fashion |
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| A Stage Manager's desk collects so many things... |
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| "It's so high up!" |
Last night we wrapped up our week of tech rehearsals with a ten hour day of fine-tuning, adding full costumes, lights and sound to the mix. We all breathed that collective sigh of relief to see the show take shape under our very feet and to know that we are more than ready for our first preview audience on Thursday evening.
It's been an absolute inspiration to see Eric Scotolati, CJ Keller and Brian McCann work tirelessly to achieve the seeming effortlessness of Tom Stoppard's rapier sharp wit; they're at work when the rest of the cast comes in at the assigned time, and they remain at work when the rest of the cast leaves at the end of the night, perfecting every nuance and giving each movement the specificity it needs.
With a show like "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern," where it's almost impossible to divide one actor from another, so dependent are we on each other as a unit, we're loath to break that connection, even at break-time. So, despite the long hours yesterday, we spent our dinner hour together as well, ordering pizza and sharing thoughts on theatre and language and literature and movies.
This is going to be a fun ride!
