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Women and Water, from the 2002 John Guare season: Happy 4th of July Weekend!

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Spinning into Butter, from the 2006 Rebecca Gilman season.

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The Rimers of Eldritch, from the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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A Song for Coretta, from the 2009 Celebration Series II: Kristy Johnson (left, playing Keisha) is nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actress – we’re wishing her all the best for Monday’s award ceremony!

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Women and Water, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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Set Designer Kevin Hagan’s model from Candles to the Sun by Tennessee Williams, from the 2008 Celebration Series Part I.

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From the new batch of photos for Resurrection Blues, which opens this Sunday, here’s a shot we dubbed Felix vs. the Intercom:

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A brand new photo, from the theater as we prepare for Resurrection Blues, here’s a shot of Set Designer Steph Charaska’s scenic art in an early stage of the process – there are more photos on the Flickr set, and I’ll put up a full post about these wonderful set pieces soon …

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Eccentricities of a Nightingale, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams Season:

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From last year’s Total Eclipse 2009 … There’s still time to get your tickets for this year’s party, Sunday March 7th at 12 noon.

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Blues for an Alabama Sky, from the 2007 Pearl Cleage Season. Happy Valentine’s Day weekend, all you lovebirds …

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Candles to the Sun, by Tennessee Williams, from the 2008 Celebration Series I.

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Lillian Hellman’s The Autumn Garden, from the 2008 Celebration Series I.

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Another Part of the Forest, from the 2000 Lillian Hellman season.  

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Frame 312, from the 2004 Keith Reddin season.

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A Woman Without a Name, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season:

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The Lark, from the 2000 Lillian Hellman Season:

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Candles to the Sun, from the 2008 Celebration Series.

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Blue Surge, from the (current) 2009 Celebration Series II:

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Late Bus to Mecca, from the 2007 Pearl Cleage season:

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My apologies for being late this week – I was sneaking in a quick vacation visiting family in Maine. Here’s the view from the boat on Friday as we headed out past the point:

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Confessional, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season.

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Spinning into Butter, from the 2006 Rebecca Gilman season.

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Brutality of Fact, from the 2004 Keith Reddin season.

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Oh, the days are just flying by … A Song for Coretta has less than three weeks left, Six Degrees of Separation opens in less than two, and Plaza Suite is at Theatre on the Lake the week after that. And if that’s not enough, we’ve got a big announcement coming up very soon about our [...]

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From Total Eclipse 2009 (our annual benefit), this is a reading from Jeffrey Sweet’s play The Action Against Sol Schumann, presented as part of the 2010 featured playwright selection process and featuring ensemble members Steven Fedoruk, CeCe Klinger, Nora Fiffer and myself. The process is almost complete – we’ll have some exciting news to announce by [...]

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From the currently-running, Jeff-Recommended A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage – I promise the whole show isn’t this sad, but this moment between Keisha (Kristy Johnson, left) and Mona Lisa (Kelly Owens) is beautiful:

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Eccentricities of a Nightingale, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season.

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I forgot to post a photo yesterday, but here’s an action shot from today – from about twenty minutes ago in our tech rehearsal for A Song for Coretta, here’s Sound Designer Adam Smith working on a sound cue:

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Candles to the Sun, from the 2008 Celebration Series Part I.

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Big Time, from the 2004 Keith Reddin season.

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The Talking Dog, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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I think I’ve “rescued” this one before, but it’s still my favorite Mom photo in our archives – and not just because I’m playing the son … From Come Blow Your Horn in the 2003 Neil Simon season, this is Cheri Chenoweth trying to give me some good motherly advice.  From all of us here at [...]

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Four Jeff-Nominated performances, from 2008/2009: Jon Steinhagen in Plaza Suite: Nora Fiffer in The Autumn Garden: Nathaniel Swift in Blue Surge: Laura Coover in Blue Surge:

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Brutality of Fact, from the 2004 Keith Reddin season.

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Suddenly Last Summer, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season.

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Sorry I’m late – I’ve started adding photos taken by our lighting designer, Seth Reinick, to our Flickr set. It’s taking longer than I expected (the man takes a lot of pictures), but it’s well worth the time – from the first batch, here’s Kevin and I arguing about who screwed up the massage parlor [...]

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The Infernal Machine, from the 1997/98 Jean Cocteau season.

Friday photo rescue

We’ve been working on a series of video interviews and rehearsal scenes that we’ll start posting today, and I’ve got a lot of writing to catch up on as we head into tech rehearsals this weekend, but for now – it’s Friday, and that means our regular weekly look back … This is Spinning into Butter, [...]

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Plaza Suite by Neil Simon, from the 2008 Celebration Series Part I: This picture comes courtesy of lighting designer Seth Reinick, who was nice enough to let me add his photos to our Flickr set. Seth is with us again now, designing lights for Rebecca Gilman’s Blue Surge. Which means we’ll have lots of great [...]

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Blues for an Alabama Sky, from the 2007 Pearl Cleage season. This is from a tech rehearsal – that’s director Steven Fedoruk in the foreground, giving notes to TayLar and Alfred Kemp on stage. I designed the lights for this show, and I was as suprised as anyone by the way TayLar’s robe catches the [...]

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Landscape of the Body, from the 2002 John Guare season. Kerry Richlan (left) is currently playing Beth in Blue Surge. Anish Jethmalani (right) is currently directing Blue Surge. The dress (right) is currently in between gigs, but hopefully we’ll see it on stage again someday. 

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Big Time, from the 2004 Keith Reddin season.

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From the brand spankin’ new Blue Surge set on Flickr, here’s me and Kevin (Doug and Curt in the play) cooling our heels in the alley, waiting for the Captain to give the signal to start an undercover operation.  

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Frame 312, from the 2004 Keith Reddin season.

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So clearly my momentum on the blog ebbs and flows – I’m hoping that this is the beginning of the rising tide, as we head into the new season … The Talking Dog, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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Bourbon at the Border, from the 2007 Pearl Cleage season.

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A little quality family time: Come Blow Your Horn, from the 2003 Neil Simon season. I hope your Thanksgiving was a happy one, filled with family and friends and food.

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A Woman Without a Name, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season.

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Another Part of the Forest, from the 2000 Lillian Hellman season.

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Women and Water, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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Brutality of Fact, from the 2004 Keith Reddin season.

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Another Part of the Forest, from the 2000 Lillian Hellman season.

Friday blog rescue

Yes, it’s a little more urgent this morning than the usual photo, but I’ll start with that: this is from our upcoming production of Lillian Hellman’s The Autumn Garden. We’ve been in rehearsals for two weeks now, and it’s been months since my last visit to the blogosphere. I’m adding the dramaturgical research for The [...]

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2, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season.

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Come Blow Your Horn, from the 2003 Neil Simon season.

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Days to Come, from the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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Plaza Suite, opening Sunday, July 20: Norma (Cheri Chenoweth) and Roy (Jon Steinhagen) get a call from the wedding party downstairs. Their daughter, Mimsey, is still locked in the bathroom and refusing to come out for her wedding.

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It’s a true rescue today – I just found a treasure trove of old photos, so there will be lots more coming soon. I started with the 2003 Neil Simon season photos, which for some reason include a large number of pictures of me looking very silly. Here’s one of my favorites – the rest [...]

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Eccentricities of a Nightingale, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season. If I remember my lighting design correctly, I think the town’s fireworks are providing the deep purple and red lights that are playing on Alma and the angel here. It’s the best fireworks photo I could find – Happy 4th of July, everyone!

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Talley & Son, from the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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A Woman Without a Name, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season. Ensemble members CeCe Klinger (left) and Frances Wilkerson (right) are both in rehearsals right now for Plaza Suite.

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The Talking Dog, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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Hot off the presses from Plaza Suite:

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Confessional, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season. Fresh blog posts coming this week – Plaza Suite rehearsals begin two weeks from tomorrow, and there’s a lot to blog about (but so little time … )

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Blues for an Alabama Sky, from the 2007 Pearl Cleage season.

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Ikke, Ikke, Nye Nye Nye, from the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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As we go into the final weekend of performances for Candles to the Sun, I wanted to “rescue” one more current photo – in this scene, the miners are trying to convince Bram (Chuck Spencer, seated at center) to join them in the upcoming strike:

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Days are slipping into weeks too quickly – I blinked and it’s Friday again. Here’s Boy Gets Girl, from the 2006 Rebecca Gilman season. Yes, that’s me lurking in the background. And yes, there is a reason for digging up this photo this weekend. More on that later tonight.

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Another Part of the Forest, from the 2000 Lillian Hellman season.

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Lost in Yonkers, from the 2003 Neil Simon season.

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In honor of this weekend’s event, Exploring Cocteau’s World, this is The Infernal Machine, from the 1997/98 Jean Cocteau season.

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Suddenly, Last Summer, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season.

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Just added, from our current production of Candles to the Sun (opening tomorrow night) – this is Bubba Weiler, CeCe Klinger and Stephen Dale in the prelude.

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The Talking Dog, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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Orphee, from the 1997/98 Jean Cocteau season

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Landscape of the Body, from the 2002 John Guare season. That’s ensemble member Julie Daley, now playing Fern in Candles to the Sun, as Rosemary. Todd Behrend is behind Julie, about to kill her with the bike. It was a great show.

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The Rimers of Eldritch, from the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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Eccentricities of a Nightingale, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season.

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Confessional, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season. Worth noting, in this picture – seated left to right are current ensemble members Julie Daley (playing Fern in Candles to the Sun), CeCe Klinger (playing Hester), Nathaniel Swift (producing and designing lights – and writing this blog post) and Steven Fedoruk (director). Sometimes it’s like no time [...]

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It’s actually a sneak peek today – the first photo from our upcoming production of Candles to the Sun: That’s Ross Travis, Bubba Weiler and Chuck Spencer in the coal mines.

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The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, from the 2006 Rebecca Gilman season.

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Spinning into Butter, from the 2006 Rebecca Gilman season.

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A Woman Without a Name, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season.

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Blues for an Alabama Sky, from the current Pearl Cleage season (this is from a tech rehearsal a few days before the show opened).

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A Woman Without a Name, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season.    

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Boy Gets Girl, from the 2006 Rebecca Gilman season.

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Talley & Son, from the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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2, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season.

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Childe Byron, from the 2001 Romulus Linney season.

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Women & Water, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year, from the 2002 John Guare season.

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Orphee, from the 1997/1998 Jean Cocteau season. The Napoleanade by Trevor Anthony and Thomas McCarty, from the 1995/1996 season. Thanks to james for catching my mistake.

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Ikke, Ikke, Nye, Nye, Nye, froom the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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Eccentricities of a Nightingale, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season

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Lost in Yonkers, from the 2003 Neil Simon season.

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Suddenly, Last Summer, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams season (and opening this weekend in a production by our friends and theater-mates at Shattered Globe).

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Days to Come, from the 2005 Lanford Wilson season.

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The Lark, from the 2000 Lillian Hellman season.