tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53982081369771741512024-02-20T03:06:48.429-08:00Yorick & Co.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-89306281581688136582013-06-20T07:27:00.003-07:002013-06-20T07:27:44.827-07:00Aida Priestess Costume Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spent 10 days in NYC buying fabric—mostly for a new 1950s Merchant of Venice I'm working on designing sets and costumes for. But also getting some fabric for a Cyrano costume and finishing up with Aida, the current monster project.<br />
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Here's one of my sketches for a priestess and then the garment mid-construction. I'm loving the pleating.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-61487099882008407512013-06-12T15:50:00.002-07:002013-06-12T15:50:26.856-07:00No Stone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Heard Brian Dennehy in a Livestream broadcast today. (He's currently in <i>Waiting for Godot</i> at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada. My wife and I saw him in <i>Death of a Salesman</i> on Broadway in 1999.) Loved one quotation in particular: "I have an enormous appetite for seriously working the material." I think he was actually talking about that's being the attitude of his director, Jennifer Tarver. Tarver also talked about Dennehy's "leaving no stone unturned" when it came to experimentation in rehearsal. Would that all actors felt that way. Rehearsing the play is the best part of theatre for me.<br />
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Here on the farm in Greenville, SC, I'm conducting a table reading for a play about Hudson Taylor with the teens from church and continuing rehearsals for the July 5 opening of <i>Comedy of Errors: The Amazing One-Joke Play</i>. We're leaving no stone unturned.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-76729632198366969112013-06-07T06:37:00.000-07:002013-06-07T06:37:10.742-07:00Merchant Building<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saw this side of a building in Lancaster, PA, a couple of weeks ago. What great set potential for Merchant of Venice. Stairs, windows, doors to nowhere, piping, gutters, stone, brick, lines, curves, angles—it's got it all.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-21516318094385758262013-06-04T11:43:00.001-07:002013-06-04T11:43:12.125-07:00Fencing and Rivets!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Passed by this combo chain-link/iron-pipe fence in Manhattan yesterday. Loved the industrial look (next to grommets, rivets are my favorite!) as a possibility in my Merchant set research. Look for this in my set design.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-13746742673320326862013-06-03T13:52:00.002-07:002013-06-03T13:52:37.516-07:00Merchant Lettering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the midst of Merchant research I came across these letters at an abandoned show in downtown Lancaster, PA. It was a menswear shop. I love the look of these. Perhaps one is a perfect look for a 1950s <i>Merchant of Venice</i>.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-29709767156874865772013-04-26T17:12:00.001-07:002013-04-26T17:12:48.777-07:00Audition Time for Cyrano<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Down to the wire on casting for next fall's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. New this year: I had those who auditioned send me a headshot. It really helped to have the smiling faces in front of me as I tried placing them in parts. I'm not saying I have a hard time with names, but . . .<br />
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Don't know whether the students had fun auditioning, but I had a blast. Saw some really great work from some new talent. Exciting! I could cast several of the ones I saw at callbacks in the lead roles and mount a good show.<br />
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Just sent notices out. Wish I could make everyone happy. . . .Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-78107458973273544842013-04-22T19:01:00.001-07:002013-04-22T19:01:22.616-07:00Aida Costume Research<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's some of the research I've been looking at as I finish up costume designs for Aida. Costumes must be completed soon since I head to NYC and Mood Fabric at the end of May to shop for the rest of the fabric for this last bunch of costumes.<br />
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Love the Fortuny pleats in the last photo, and our shop has really begun to master the art of a rough-hewn pleating in the last few years.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-86312536068164011702013-04-11T08:03:00.000-07:002013-04-11T08:03:25.835-07:00Sidewalk Nuts<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Last Friday I was in Houston for business. I passed a patch of sidewalk full of nuts and bolts—literally. Embedded in the cement. (Picture shows only a small portion.)<br />
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Why? Don't know. How? Couldn't say. Purposeful or random? Not sure. Interesting? Definitely.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-25711941583852460042013-03-18T04:26:00.002-07:002013-04-11T08:03:44.793-07:00Aida Time<div style="text-align: left;">
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Well, it's time I started posting more things about <i>Aida</i>, the 2014 monster opera I'm working on. This project is huge, and I've already been designing costumes for about a year.<br />
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Progress is being made, however. Lots of fabric was bought last summer (lots but not all; stay tuned—another fabric buying trip to come!), and now several prototypes and actual garments are being draped. Great work being down by our costume department!<br />
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Saw this stone wall while out on a Saturday Morning Stegall Family Fun Run (our first but hopefully not our last). Loved the greens and greys and blues as well as the mosses and all of the irregularly shaped stones. Notice the small fern-like plants poking through some of the crevices.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-12939368311912888942013-02-04T05:25:00.001-08:002013-02-04T05:30:01.742-08:00It's Really Richard!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, the verdict is finally in—the bones found under the Leicester carpark are indeed those of the last Plantagenet king of England: Richard III. He'll now be buried in Leicester cathedral (not in London as was previously speculated). Very cool.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-65345812218640929782013-01-31T12:18:00.003-08:002013-01-31T12:18:56.203-08:00Nifty Fifties<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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These are set shots for a show I'm directing entitled <i>Break the Knot</i>. The play is set in 1959. I did the scene design about 6 years ago, and I still like it. (Note the ghosted image of the year on the cabinets—we're working on getting that tweaked and onto the stage right cabinets.) The pictures don't do the 50s aqua colored cabinets and frig justice. I searched flea markets and antique shops from Greenville to St. Louis. My kids still talk about a road trip on which we packed nearly every square inch of our SUV with kitschy stuff—frames, vases, telephone, lamps, dishes, canisters, pictures, a vintage typewrite, etc., etc. I don't do semi-realism often, but when I do, it sure satisfies my junk itch.<br />
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The show is tonight (1/31/13) at 7:00 and 8:30. It runs just under an hour with no intermission.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-78666501145466919102013-01-23T11:49:00.000-08:002013-01-23T11:49:25.043-08:00Who Knew?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Who knew that teabags could make such a great visual? Saw this display at an Anthropology store a while back and decided to post for inspiration. Style on the cheap. This could be done even on a schoolteacher's budget.<br />
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But don't even think about where they've been. They're all unused and perfectly sterile, I'm sure.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-66743838923085957642013-01-14T15:50:00.001-08:002013-01-14T15:50:47.403-08:00Chevrons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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—a wall of chevroned frame samples at a local frame shop<br />
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—chevrons in various architectural applications: arches, floors, doors, walls (those are thin, stacked stones, I think), streets/sidewalks<br />
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Maybe I'll look into this further as I continue to do research for the 2014 <i>Aida</i> I'm working on.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-42507625102049570172012-12-19T19:13:00.001-08:002012-12-20T08:38:14.661-08:00R3 in the News Again<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, those sedulous folks in Leicester, England, have done it again—they've discovered yet another modern-day connection to our man of the year, Richard III. Last fall it was the bones of a male that they believe may be the medieval king (still waiting on DNA test results—now supposedly coming mid-January). A couple of weeks ago a metal boar was found. Now someone has made a 3D model of the Blue Boar Inn, the place at which Richard spent at least a night before he was killed at Bosworth Field. Here's the full <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/3d-printing-resurrects-king-richard-iii-inn-194331468.html">story</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The director of archaeological services at the University of Leicester found detailed drawings in the notebooks of a 19th-century architect—instructions for framing, fireplaces, room sizes, etc., and exact measurements. Perhaps some day they'll recreate the inn full-scale—especially if the body under the parking lot is indeed Richard III's.</span>Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-73734846194221482272012-12-10T05:28:00.000-08:002012-12-10T06:58:11.905-08:00Richard III, the Boar<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm checking almost every day to see whether the remains found underneath a car park in Leicester, England, are indeed those of King Richard III. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No word yet.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, some amateur metal detector sleuths did find something very interesting at the edge of the Thames near the Tower of London in October (evidently I was too busy with other things to see it then)—a mount in the shape of a boar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mounts were metal pieces that were often used on pieces of furniture or as decorations on a leather item. Researchers believe this one was once owned by a supporter of Richard III or possibly even the king himself. It is also said that Richard ordered metal badges to be made for his coronation in 1483. Richard's chosen symbol was the boar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Shakespeare's Hastings refers to Richard as such—</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"To fly the boar before the boar pursues</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Were to incense the boar to follow us."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The wretched, bloody, and usurping boar . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swills your warm blood like wash, and makes his trough<br />In your embowell'd bosoms-this foul swine<br />Is now even in the centre of this isle,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Near to the town of Leicester, as we learn."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Note the reference to Leicester, location of said car park!) How great would it be to have one of these as a memento of the Richard project?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My wife sorta wishes I'd incorporated this image/theme of the boar more in <i>Richard III: The Terrible Reign</i>. Ahhh, <i>now </i>begins the post-production coulda-woulda-shoulda.</span><br />
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I'm always on the lookout for design inspiration. In fact, I drive my wife crazy asking her to take pictures with her iPhone of moss, rocks, tree bark, gates, fences, and brick everywhere we go.<br />
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I love the verdegris patina on this grate set in cement against a cement/plaster wall. The dirt/mold patterns are interesting, too, and are good references for when something on a set needs to be "grunged." Grit is so interesting.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-84222071162644271572012-11-28T15:38:00.001-08:002012-11-28T15:42:19.043-08:00Grand Design<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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My dear friends Philip (Edward IV and Richmond in the recent production of <i>Richard III: The Terrible Reign</i>) and Nikki Eoute had a baby boy on Sunday night. His name is Jackson Forrest. (Now, that's a name you can yell out the back door when it's supper time.) I've enjoyed pointing out that his monogrammed initials can spell "JEF," after me, no doubt. And, who knows, Jackson might end up playing the dane in my not-so-upcoming 2042 production of <i>Hamlet. </i>(Lord willing, I'll turn a mere 80 that year.)<br />
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Jackson's birth got me thinking about what a great God we have. Talk about great design! What a miracle a baby is!<br />
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For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. (Psalm 139:13)Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-37596432569297795372012-11-24T11:32:00.002-08:002012-11-24T11:32:10.447-08:00We Gather Together<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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My family knows that I'm always looking for design inspiration. Actually, I can't help myself—patterns and colors and textures just jump out at me. So when we paused (in the bright, bright sun—note the hard shadows and intense squints) for a family photo this Thanksgiving, I was taking in the weathering and dirt patterns on the brick of this old mansion outbuilding (is it just me, or are those bricks longer than "normal"?), the splay of the dead vine above the doorway, the relentless creep of the green leaves through any available crevice. There's metaphor in this picture if you look for it.<br />
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And I'd be remiss if I didn't comment on how thankful I am for the people God has placed in my life: my wonderful wife, Kim, and my two great kids, Margaret and Cole.Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-43282156373187258962012-11-19T08:46:00.003-08:002012-11-19T08:46:29.046-08:00The End of All<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, <i>Richard III: The Terrible Reign</i> is over. "His knell is knolled" (from <i>Macbeth</i>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is what I do to relax after a big production is completed—start on the next one. We mount the opera <i>Aida </i>in just 16 short months, so I'm working to get some painted renderings to the costume room this week. I've already been working on this show for about 9 months and made one trip to NYC for fabric. But this production will have over 200 new costumes, so I'll head to Mood Fabric again this January.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will probably do some Richard debriefing here on this blog at some point, e.g., notes about the webcast last Friday (my wife was a chatter), things I'd do differently from a design/directorial, things I learned from this experience, etc. But for now, I have designs to work on. . . .</span>Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-90093228988893220162012-11-16T08:56:00.002-08:002012-11-16T08:56:10.997-08:00Like a Careful Mother<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During last night's performance I finally saw the images that have been stuck in my head for the last 20 years. The last fight/ghost scene was, for me at least, electric (and for my wife, too, I think—she was holding her breath). I'm so grateful for a cast and crew that persevered through this long process and delivered in a big way. Theatre artists have to work on their art and then hand it over to other artists to present it. I am thankful for the wonderful cast and crew that presented "our" art last night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every actor brought his A-game to the show. Ron Pyle (Richard III) was on fire. The other cast members rose to the occasion and turned in fine performances. The tech people were spot on, too. After the show, it felt like a celebration in the green room with the Wednesday monkey off our backs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's another show and a big <a href="http://www.bju.edu/events/fine-arts/cod/richard.php?ref=spotlight#webcast">webcast</a> tonite at 8 PM. I'm looking forward to the feedback about that. (But if you live within driving distance do not miss the live performance. There is nothing like live.) The webcast will feature five HD cameras and lots of behind-the-scenes stuff including the documentary film made by cinema students about the production. And my lovely wife, Kim will be doing the live chat during the webcast! New territory. Can't wait. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See you at the show!</span>Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-41428389947080864402012-11-15T12:45:00.001-08:002012-11-15T12:45:27.966-08:00Threefold Distress'd<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strap on your life preservers, folks. This is live theatre. There is no lifeguard on duty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night's opening performance was fraught with challenges from start—is that 15-foot swath of plastic really going to fall? yup—to finish—wait, they've run out of music before the end of the fight and that means . . . the actors in the wings don't realize . . . oh, no . . . oh, yes. There were forgotten props and dropped lines and missed cues, but in the end, it was what was supposed to be on this night in this place. It is live performance art. If you want to see "flawless" (though what shaped by human hands can truly be so?), you'd best stick to movies and magazines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there were great moments, too. The funny bits were funny, and the audience was appropriately horrified at Richard's callous evil. Lady Anne was lovely but hollow; Richmond heroic, the Duchess of York disgusted, and the goons creepy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ladies sitting in front of me had come as a group having met beforehand to make a chart of who was who in the play and discuss the plot. You gotta love prepared audience members. These ladies didn't miss a beat and giggled/hissed/hooted in all the right places.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new day. A fresh start. We make mistakes and yet are given the opportunity to forget what is behind and press on. Tonight we have another go at <i>Richard III: The Terrible Reign</i>. God's mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness!</span>Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-45043149839673288482012-11-13T09:13:00.001-08:002012-11-13T09:13:09.502-08:00Invocate Thy Ghost<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night was our SMART (Sharing Masterworks of Art) program for high schoolers. It was technically our final dress rehearsal. The run of the play was first-rate. I was pleased with every aspect of the production—from tech to acting to audience response. (Hey, if a bunch of high schoolers stay engaged with one of Shakespeare's histories, something's going well.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was perhaps most happy with the six "goons" (the guys who move the furniture/props and act as extras). As my wife so aptly put it, "Those goons totally rocked the doors." Which, being interpreted, means that they hit their marks and performed the intricate opening/closing door movements (you'd have to see it to fully appreciate the complexity) with near-perfect precision . . . no small feat, I assure you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening night is now only a day and a half away. Bring it on.</span>Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-58050413270604415502012-11-09T08:19:00.001-08:002012-11-09T08:20:43.468-08:00Due of Birth<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night was the last rehearsal (aside from Monday night's SMART performance, which is technically the final dress). We had a fine rehearsal despite several epic challenges earlier in the day and into the rehearsal itself. God is always good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One exciting moment came when Philip Eoute (Richmond) got the call that his wife was headed to the hospital for the birth of their second child. Protesting that they still hadn't decided on a name </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(may we suggest several Shakespearean possibilities—Eglamour Eoute? Arviragus Eoute? Dogberry Eoute?)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, he had to be dragged from the battlement and put into a car to head home. The video above was taken backstage just before he was sent packing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That left me to wrap up the play book-in-hand. Not quite the heroic conqueror I'd imagined. . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update: No baby as of this posting. This little Eoute must possess a real sense of the dramatic entrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ready or not, here we go! (We're ready.)</span>Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398208136977174151.post-4917578273658189762012-11-07T16:04:00.001-08:002012-11-07T16:04:04.710-08:00Divided York and Lancaster<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're using a lot of plastic in this production—another way in which I'm trying to bring a modern element to Richard's world. I've already posted about the grey "corrugated" plastic sheets that I chose for some of the doors on the set. (See "Enter KING RICHARD" post from September 26.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's also a fair amount of white-ish opaque plastic sheeting used. Here's the thought: Richard is such a bloody person that he needs his surroundings to be able to be cleaned easily and frequently. The plastic is so clinical, sterile (in the sense of barren/unfruitful), slick, cheap, fake—all words that describe Richard and his reign.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The curtains/dividers of plastic are drawn to create different locales of the play. In the previous (November 5 post), you can see an entire room of plastic behind the throne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's another thing about plastic. It glows. Enough said.</span>Jeffrey Stegallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03324631139809009554noreply@blogger.com0