“Beautiful people of Denver,” as the Unsinkable Molly Brown (whose Queen Anne mansion is within walking distance of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts) once warbled. Loving it here! The sharply arctic air (a blizzard dumped snow all over the place on Monday night), the gleaming modernist buildings cheek by jowl with sandstone structures dating back to the 19th century – and yes, the theater. I’m in town all week to work at the Colorado New Play Summit, as dramaturg on The Whale, a new play by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Chay Yew.
It’s a dazzling stellium of new work: two world premieres productions, by Michelle Lowe and Ken Weitzman, and five readings (by Octavio Solis, Lisa Loomer and Lloyd Suh in addition to Sam, plus a devised piece by Buntport. And coterminous activities, and an upcoming industry weekend of theater luminaries from across the country.
More about that on another day. Meanwhile, today was Day 3 of our rehearsal process with The Whale – a real breakthrough, too, that left me too moved to speak for a few minutes afterward. Here I am in a more pacific moment, allegedly explaining what dramaturgy’s all about:
I don’t think I’ve ever answered that question the same way twice.
More cogently, here is Sam explaining how The Whale made it way to Denver:
Stay tuned for excessive name-dropping, gossip and insider information.
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Change of topic on 3/17/11:
http://latinopia.com/category/latino-theater/
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit! | Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Thanks for the interesting and useful link, CC. And Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig to you!
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