Thursday, November 10, 2011

November rehearsal residency begins!

Dan Hurlin working from the script
Today we began to work with "Mr. Miller," a shadow play that take place inside two TV sets.  The idea is "Dick van Dyke Show" meets "Eraserhead." We're experimenting with our materials and working our way through the scenes.

Zach and Darius operate the stage left TV set.

Pay no attention to the Zach behind the screen.

Darius working with a Mr. Miller shadow puppet.

Two levels of shadows work together: one on the overhead glass (Darius) and one against the screen (Zach)

Rachael and Sheetal work with stage right TV set.

Sometimes the two TV sets show identical images. Sometimes the two talk to each other.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

November 8-18 rehearsal residency

Stay tuned for daily updates on rehearsals.  We'll be in residence at UCLA.  This time we're lucky enough to be working with our full ensemble, including musicians Mike Flanagan and Daniel Corral.  We'll be posting tons of photos, video clips and text, so please do check us out!