Today we have our illustrious author, Hunter Styles, sharing some thoughts about last Sunday night's Modern Scribes reading with Artists' Bloc. We'll be doing one more private reading while Hunter continues tweaking the script, and then we'll have a public reading in less than two short weeks:
Freud Meets Girl: A Modern Scribes Reading
Thursday, June 3 at 8:00 PM
Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal Hall
641 D St, NW
Washington, DC 20004
It'll be your big chance to hear the script in action before the Fringe Festival, so definitely don't miss it. Here's Hunter.
First off, Artists' Bloc rocks. It's a real pleasure to get involved with them after the success of developing Seamus's play Skywriter last year. The Bloc has a great attitude to workshopping that's both rigorous and carefully considered. Even after the workshop was over, taking a few extra minutes to brainstorm with moderator Lee Liebeskind at his car gave me a lot to ponder for the next draft.
This was the first time I've heard virtually any of this thing out loud. Until the first workshop it had only been playing out in my head. So, I was surprised to find some spots in the text that are overwritten - where simplicity is best, and where I can really pare it down - and that some ideas and sentences I always considered 'placeholders' actually sound pretty great out loud!
That's one of the great things about theater, though. A good actor communicates so much through the quality of their voice and their body language. In the earliest draft of a play like this, it's hard to imagine exactly what the live actor will contribute, so at times I've struggled to make perfect sense on paper. But now, hearing it performed, I feel compelled to strip it down, strengthen the action, trust the actors, and trust the audience to follow along with us.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Meet the Freud Meets Girl Cast!
After some private auditions last month, we emerged with a Freud Meets Girl cast that can only be described as kick-ass. You'll have a chance to see them in action at a public reading of FMG that Artists' Bloc will be conducting on June 3 at 8:00 PM in Woolly Mammoth's Melton Rehearsal Hall. Watch this space tomorrow for more news on that front.
In order to sate your burning curiosity, I figured I'd go ahead and introduce our lovely, Freudian cast to you now. In alphabetical order, here they are:
Katie Atkinson (Becca) was last seen with Constellation Theatre Company in The Ramayana. Also with Constellation: A Flea in Her Ear, Crazyface, Temptation, The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Arabian Nights; Washington Shakespeare Company: The Miser; Forum Theatre: Antigone, The Skriker; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Lady Windermere's Fan; Rorschach Theatre: Living Dead in Denmark, A Bright Room Called Day; Journeymen Theater Ensemble: The Inspector General; Spooky Action Theater Company: The Marriage of Bette and Boo; and Synetic Theater Blackout Series: My Way Little Girl. She has worked as an actor and teaching artist at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA and is an Associate Artist with Constellation Theatre Company. Katie has a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University.
Tony Bullock (Roger) received his BFA in theatre from William Carey College in Mississippi. He then attended the journeyman program at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, South Carolina. He later received his MFA from Florida State University Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota, Florida. He has worked professionally as an actor in Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and has been living and working in D.C. for the past two years. He most recently played Hamlet (the zombie king) in Rorschach’s production of Living Dead in Denmark and Sefton in Stalag 17 at American Century.
Misty Demory (NORM) is delighted to be working with Randy on Freud Meets Girl. Misty was seen most recently in The Ramayana with Constellation Theatre Company. Other Constellation credits include, Crazyface, The Marriage of Figaro, The Oresteia, The Arabian Nights and A Dream Play. Other DC credits include Imagination Stage: Helen Hayes Nominated Lyle The Crocodile, Playing From The Heart, Lost and Foundling. Studio Theatre SecondStage: TempOdyssey. Phoenix Theatre DC: Silent Heroes and The Kathy and Mo Show. Misty is an associate artist with Constellation Theatre Company. Misty can currently be seen in commercials for Luray Caverns. She would like to thank her phenomenal husband for taking such loving care of their babies while she is at the theater.
Laura C. Harris (Sophie)'s professional credits include Amazons and Their Men with Forum Theatre, 26 Miles at Round House Theatre and Two River Theater Company, The Winter’s Tale and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre, 1984 with Catalyst Theater Company, Rough Guide to the Underworld with Riverrun Theatre Company, What Remains with the Source Festival, Long Beach '44 with Washington Women in Theater, An Experiment with an Air Pump with Potomac Theatre Project, and Cigarettes and Chocolate at Atlantic Stage 2. Laura is a graduate of Middlebury College with a BA in Theatre and Film. Infinite thanks to family, friends, and FREUD.
Eric Messner (David) has been working in the DC/Baltimore area for some time now. Some notable appearances in the DC area include: Lucius in Titus Andronicus with WSC, and as Chicago in Is He Dead?, as Jeff in Omnium Gatherum, both with Olney Theatre Center, and as The Howie Lee in Howie the Rookie and Paul Foggarty in Scenes From The Big Picture (Helen Hayes Nomination) with Solas Nua. Other favorite roles include: Sigismund in Life’s a Dream, Jacques Roux in Marat/Sade and as Justin Timberlake/Harrison Ford in Crumble…Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake. Eric has toured nationally as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night with the National Players, and internationally as Howard in the Keegan Theatre’s Ireland tour of Death of A Salesman. Most recently he played the poet and ambassador Edward Dyer, in Taffety Punk's production of Burn Your Bookes. Upcoming: Mr. Scary in Junie B. Jones, Jingle Bells, Batman Smells at Imagination Stage.
Andrés Talero (Oscar) is excited to be working with Wayward Theatre for the first time! Previous credits include Constellation Theatre: The Ramayana (Vibishana/Ensemble); Rorschach Theatre: Living Dead in Denmark (Horatio); Catalyst Theatre Company: Roundheads and Peakheads (Lopez), 1984 (Philpot); Doorway Arts Ensemble: Anima (James), GALA Hispanic Theatre: Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue (Elliot), Valor (Tomillo), Agravio y Mujer. Andrés has also performed in the 2010, 2009 and 2008 Young Playwrights' Theatre Festival for YPT. Andrés received his Bachelor's in Theatre in 2006 from the University of Maryland. He would like to thank his family and wonderfully patient and caring wife Lacey for her continued love and support.
-Seamus, FMG Blogger-in-Chief
In order to sate your burning curiosity, I figured I'd go ahead and introduce our lovely, Freudian cast to you now. In alphabetical order, here they are:
Katie Atkinson (Becca) was last seen with Constellation Theatre Company in The Ramayana. Also with Constellation: A Flea in Her Ear, Crazyface, Temptation, The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Arabian Nights; Washington Shakespeare Company: The Miser; Forum Theatre: Antigone, The Skriker; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Lady Windermere's Fan; Rorschach Theatre: Living Dead in Denmark, A Bright Room Called Day; Journeymen Theater Ensemble: The Inspector General; Spooky Action Theater Company: The Marriage of Bette and Boo; and Synetic Theater Blackout Series: My Way Little Girl. She has worked as an actor and teaching artist at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA and is an Associate Artist with Constellation Theatre Company. Katie has a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University.
Tony Bullock (Roger) received his BFA in theatre from William Carey College in Mississippi. He then attended the journeyman program at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, South Carolina. He later received his MFA from Florida State University Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota, Florida. He has worked professionally as an actor in Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and has been living and working in D.C. for the past two years. He most recently played Hamlet (the zombie king) in Rorschach’s production of Living Dead in Denmark and Sefton in Stalag 17 at American Century.
Misty Demory (NORM) is delighted to be working with Randy on Freud Meets Girl. Misty was seen most recently in The Ramayana with Constellation Theatre Company. Other Constellation credits include, Crazyface, The Marriage of Figaro, The Oresteia, The Arabian Nights and A Dream Play. Other DC credits include Imagination Stage: Helen Hayes Nominated Lyle The Crocodile, Playing From The Heart, Lost and Foundling. Studio Theatre SecondStage: TempOdyssey. Phoenix Theatre DC: Silent Heroes and The Kathy and Mo Show. Misty is an associate artist with Constellation Theatre Company. Misty can currently be seen in commercials for Luray Caverns. She would like to thank her phenomenal husband for taking such loving care of their babies while she is at the theater. 
Laura C. Harris (Sophie)'s professional credits include Amazons and Their Men with Forum Theatre, 26 Miles at Round House Theatre and Two River Theater Company, The Winter’s Tale and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre, 1984 with Catalyst Theater Company, Rough Guide to the Underworld with Riverrun Theatre Company, What Remains with the Source Festival, Long Beach '44 with Washington Women in Theater, An Experiment with an Air Pump with Potomac Theatre Project, and Cigarettes and Chocolate at Atlantic Stage 2. Laura is a graduate of Middlebury College with a BA in Theatre and Film. Infinite thanks to family, friends, and FREUD.
Eric Messner (David) has been working in the DC/Baltimore area for some time now. Some notable appearances in the DC area include: Lucius in Titus Andronicus with WSC, and as Chicago in Is He Dead?, as Jeff in Omnium Gatherum, both with Olney Theatre Center, and as The Howie Lee in Howie the Rookie and Paul Foggarty in Scenes From The Big Picture (Helen Hayes Nomination) with Solas Nua. Other favorite roles include: Sigismund in Life’s a Dream, Jacques Roux in Marat/Sade and as Justin Timberlake/Harrison Ford in Crumble…Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake. Eric has toured nationally as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night with the National Players, and internationally as Howard in the Keegan Theatre’s Ireland tour of Death of A Salesman. Most recently he played the poet and ambassador Edward Dyer, in Taffety Punk's production of Burn Your Bookes. Upcoming: Mr. Scary in Junie B. Jones, Jingle Bells, Batman Smells at Imagination Stage.
-Seamus, FMG Blogger-in-Chief
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