The concept of “even if we hadn’t presented the reading, I still would’ve felt fulfilled” is something I really connected to. Theatre in front of an audience is fantastic but getting real work done in the rehearsal room is incomparable
Ty for your generosity in sharing your process and insights!! This was so helpful to read, and congrats on your new play workshop going so beautifully 👏
I love the idea of literally quilting the play together!
Last fall, I stage managed a devised work with grad students at UW. Our director had our various scenes and scene ideas written on different colored index cards. I don’t remember the exact specifics, but one color was big idea/concepts, another was sketched out versions of those ideas, and a third color was when we had specifics. Several times throughout the process, she laid the cards all out and we discussed the order. We had a couple different versions of the show with scenes in different orders before we set them all. It was a really cool way to think about making a show. I frankly wish I had been given those tools when I was choreographing in school!
Really great insights!! I love collaborating and bouncing ideas off people as I’m writing, so I resonated with a lot of this. Thank you for sharing!
Yes! Daniel, really appreciate you sharing!
The concept of “even if we hadn’t presented the reading, I still would’ve felt fulfilled” is something I really connected to. Theatre in front of an audience is fantastic but getting real work done in the rehearsal room is incomparable
Absolutely!
As always, a wonderfully wise and honest article. Thank you. Your reflections never fail to leave me inspired.
Germaine, I really appreciate your comment. Truly, thank you for sharing.
Ty for your generosity in sharing your process and insights!! This was so helpful to read, and congrats on your new play workshop going so beautifully 👏
I'm so glad to hear it's helpful, Jamie! Thanks for sharing and for the congrats!
wonderful article Andrew-
So glad to hear it was worth the read! Thanks, Meg!
I love the idea of literally quilting the play together!
Last fall, I stage managed a devised work with grad students at UW. Our director had our various scenes and scene ideas written on different colored index cards. I don’t remember the exact specifics, but one color was big idea/concepts, another was sketched out versions of those ideas, and a third color was when we had specifics. Several times throughout the process, she laid the cards all out and we discussed the order. We had a couple different versions of the show with scenes in different orders before we set them all. It was a really cool way to think about making a show. I frankly wish I had been given those tools when I was choreographing in school!