Oct 20 2009
By Jeffrey Hatcher
When a writer takes on an adaptation assignment like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, there are always advantages and disadvantages. The advantages include a built-in interest, a plot that doesn’t have to be ginned-up out of nowhere and audience expectation. The disadvantages all have to do with audience expectation as well. If the [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-trick-of-the-game-adapting-a-classic/
Oct 20 2009
by Karin Maresh
City Theatre is opening its 2009-2010 season with a bang! Artistic Director Tracy Brigden has chosen to start the year off with a production of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a play she describes as giving audience members the delicious satisfaction of seeing a story we know well. Audiences already familiar [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/designing-jekyll-and-hyde/
Oct 19 2009
by Dana Shaw
Since the classic 1886 story first hit the stands, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has enthralled readers. The idea of one body containing two identities, one good and one evil, has since woven its way into the public consciousness. If ever we see two minds residing in [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/the-many-faces-of-jekyll-and-hyde/
Oct 12 2009
Often on the first day of rehearsal, just before the design presentations and the first read-through, the director will give a brief presentation of his or her thoughts to cast and company to kick off the process. As we approach performances of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, we thought our readers would find it interesting [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/shades-of-gray-first-day-rehearsal-thoughts-by-director-tracy-brigden/
Oct 12 2009
Isabel (Izzy) D’Angelo, one of the 10th Annual Young Playwrights Festival playwrights, continues her conversation about the experience with Julie Tosh, her dramaturg. (See Part 1, with a more complete intro, posted on October 1.)
by Isabel D’Angelo and Julie Tosh
Julie: So, Isabel, after weeks of rehearsal on “Betrayal,” it’s finally come to show time! You got [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/film-noir-milkshakes-and-an-open-mind-part-2/
Oct 01 2009
David Whalen, who has been seen at City Theatre in Speak American and Opus, is playing Dr. Jekyll in City Theatre’s upcoming Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. We’ll be checking in with David occasionally throughout the rehearsal and performance process to see how things are progressing in the rehearsal hall and how the show evolves–as [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/david-whalen-talks-jekyll/
Oct 01 2009
The 10th Annual Young Playwrights Festival takes place this week, with productions of six plays by thrilling young voices (grades 7-12) from our region, and an array of free workshops open to the same age group on Saturday and Sunday. For the full schedule of performances and workshops, click here. Isabel (Izzy) D’Angelo from Washington [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/film-noir-milkshakes-and-an-open-mind/
Sep 22 2009
by Tracy Brigden
I have just begun rehearsals for Jeffrey Hatcher’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It has been so exciting to prepare to direct this vivid adaptation of R.L. Stevenson’s most famous work. In the last couple of months I have been immersing myself in the culture, life, mores, discoveries, and images of Victorian London. There are [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/directing-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/
Sep 22 2009
by Carlyn Aquiline
In addition to heading into rehearsals this week for Jekyll and Hyde, we also started rehearsals last week for a new performance. Here’s a brief description:
Act One: A prehistoric village discovers fire and must learn to control the unchecked forces of both nature and human nature.
Act Two: A dark secret reveals a crack [...]
Read the complete post at http://citytheatrecompanyblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/young-playwrights-festival/
May 22 2009
'Sister' takes on everything from Last Rites to Holy Matrimony
City Theatre presents 'Sister' in the latest of the Late Nite Catechism series, 'Til Death Do Us Part: Late Night Catechism 3 by Maripat Donovan, performing in the intimate 111 seat Hamburg Studio theatre. Performances begin May 27th, 2009.
'Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 brings Kimberly Richards back as 'Sister' (right, photo credit: Suellen Fitzsimmons) in an all new installment of the hilarious Catechism series that has become an audience favorite in Pittsburgh. In 'Til Death Do Us Part, 'Sister' turns her attention to wedded bliss and our final reward, providing much needed counseling to coupled audience members through her own wacky version of The Newlywed Game. 'Sister' commented on the show, "You think you have marital woes, try being the bride of Christ for 30-some years." Classroom participation is a must, so whether you're a couple or still living in sin, come and experience Catholicism's feistiest couples counselor beginning May 27th, 2009.
Tickets are $30 - $35.
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