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Bill and Carolyn Forrester with Candy Jones
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Before we plunge into tech, we have a day off. Tech is comprised of two 10 out of 12 hour days in which we add the lights, the sound and the costumes into our play. We will be working on moving a van on and off the set and we will add the music pieces that we have only been talking about for the last 3 weeks, and now timed out to bridge our scenes. We will time the costume changes though they are fairly simple. And I will continue to work scenes while Greg Sullivan our lighting designer adjusts light levels, and perhaps adjusts positions.
This is the calm before the storm; the cast has worked hard and in a concentrated fashion so a day off is welcome and definitely useful for mental health. The last run through went very smoothly but working in the rehearsal hall with rehearsal props, performances scaled to the room we have been living in for the last 3 weeks is not an accurate view of what moving into that big room will be like with 400+ strangers watching your every move and listening to your every breath. It’s time to move on and we are ready for the change. Lest you think I didn’t check in though, I did stop by the Theatre to look at the bench placements and touch base with Greg who was focusing lights in case he had any questions, (or had any answers).
Yesterday we had breakfast with our old friend Richard E.T. White and his wife Christine Sumption. Richard is a brilliant director who directed me in a play at Northlight some years ago, and he was the incoming Artistic Director at Wisdom Bridge Theatre in
Chicago
in 1988 where I directed Voice of the Prairie by John Olive. He also gave me my assistant director for Rounding Third
Lynn
who is a senior at Cornish and one of his students. She’s been great and very supportive. It was wonderful to catch up with Christine and Richard and I was reminded once again of the two degree of separation law in theatre, as we chatted about actors with whom we have both worked and admire.
Candy and I spent our mental health day visiting Bill Forrester and his gracious wife Carolyn in their beautiful bay front home in Magnolia, then driving through the Capital Hill neighborhood to
Lake Washington Blvd.
for a look at the elegant homes and neighborhoods on the
Lake
side. Magnificent homes! Then, off to Ray’s Boathouse for a wonderful dinner and a gorgeous view.
Seattle
is stunning.
More Anon….
Beej
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