Three Viewings: First Rehearsal

The afternoon of Tuesday, November 9th brought a fresh start to New Rep, as it prepares to produce its first Black Box show of the season, Three Viewings. Directors, cast, staff, and spectators gathered in the rehearsal hall for a deep discussion of monologues, stories, death and life.

Three Viewings takes place in a funeral parlor, but its stories branch into the realms of love, blackmail, and thievery. As all of the designers were quick to point out, the emphasis of Three Viewings is not so much on death, as it is on remembrance.

Costume Designer Molly Trainer shows her collages for each character.

Virginia

Mac

Emil

Sound Designer David Reiffel plays selections of music to the crowd.

Christina Todesco, Set Designer, describes her visions for the Chihuly-inspired floor.

Many of the designers discussed the desire to work flowers into the set, but in a nontraditional method. Set Designer Christina Todesco and Lighting Designer Chris Brusberg described projecting abstracted flowers onto the back wall, treating the wall as a painting. Meanwhile, the floor of the set will display a beautifully lit Dale Chihuly image of glass sculptural flowers, with an array of color lighting the floor.

Viewers were given the chance to handle and explore Todesco's set up close.

 

Jim Petosa, director of Three Viewings.

The man who, by far, stole the show was Three Viewings Director Jim Petosa. Fresh off directing Boston Playwright Theatre's The River Was Whiskey, Petosa's deep insights on Three Viewings were as thought-provoking as they were eloquently put--embracing the power of Autumn as a time of beautiful endings, rather than being bleak, harsh, and negative.

Christine Power, Mac in Three Viewings, laughs with the rest
of the cast as they prepare for the reading.

By the end of the Meet and Greet, all participants seemed charged by the energy in the room, and by the visions of the designers, cast and crew. Three Viewings runs November 27, 2011 - December 18, 2011. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.newrep.org/three_viewings.php.

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