F-ing Miracle at Book-It and the Seattle Rep

This blog title is a combination of everything theatre that is going on in my life currently. Clever, right? Well, regardless, it's a lot. I find that I am falling behind a bit in school work but what I lack in motivation in that area, I make up for in busyness in theatre. Let's start with the beginning.

The F Word
We perform next week, ah! We officially put the script together on Sunday night so now it is a scramble to make sure everything is performance worthy by Wednesday (when we preview). It'll be a rush, especially at the end but the exquisite pressure (as Rich Brown would say) is on us.

I think we have a provocative and thoughtful show that will hopefully effect the audience in many ways. I think there are some new ideas about feminism that many have not thought about before. Furthermore, it is personal and relevant to our lives.

Miracle Worker
We're going into our second week of performances. Six performances starting tonight with a double feature on Friday (one performance for area school children). It'll be a rough week but luckily I have some time backstage to work on homework and other things that are lacking. Now, my challenge is to stay motivated in that way.

Last week's performances went pretty well; Saturday's audience was definitely the biggest and the most responsive. I'm hoping that Ev is coming off as more caring than she is written in the script. Patrick Dizney at one point challenged me to play her as a "caring, doting aunt." I'm taking inspiration from my own aunt and I sincerely hope it is reading. To a certain extent, there does still have to be an edge to Ev; she can basically say and do whatever she wants. She has a luxury that not many other characters in the play have. I'm looking forward to the rest of the week's performances and also to being finished with the show. It is time to put the miracles to rest.

Book-It Repertory Theatre
I am officially an intern for the summer at Book-It Repertory Theatre. I am very excited. My position is something like "assistant to the managing director" which, in my opinion is very Office-esque. My job will encompass many things but mostly working on getting some of their scripts published. I can't wait...the internship starts June 28th. Yikes. In the meantime, I also need to be looking for a job, as I will need some income to...well, I don't know. Live.

Seattle Rep New Play Program at WWU
Very exciting news! I have been selected to be one of the playwrights for this new program at Western. It is a week long intensive were the college students (mostly recent graduates) will work along side professional theatre artists from the Seattle Repertory Theatre. They'll be putting up professional readings of new plays by Stephanie Timm and Bryan Willis. We'll then mirror that process with new plays of our own. This means, I need to be writing...a lot and quickly. More information on this to come.