Food Drive Success!
We're thrilled to report that we exceeded our goal of 400 pounds of food for the Greater Boston Food Bank. In just two weeks we raised 565 pounds of food.
Thank you to all of you who brought food or helped pass the word along.
Showing posts with label A House With No Walls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A House With No Walls. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Food Drive Success
Food Drive Success!
We're thrilled to report that we exceeded our goal of 400 pounds of food for the Greater Boston Food Bank. In just two weeks we raised 565 pounds of food.
Thank you to all of you who brought food or helped pass the word along.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
"A House With No Walls" - Food Drive
New Rep partners with the Greater Boston Food Bank for all remaining performances of Thomas Gibbons’ A House With No Walls. Tickets regularly priced from $35 to $55 will be sold for only $10 to patrons who bring a non-perishable food donation. New Rep hopes to gather 400 pounds of food for the drive over the next two weeks.
Friday, November 02, 2007
"A House With No Walls" - The Reviews
The reviews have started to hit:
The Boston Globe
EDGEBoston
Theater Mirror
And an interesting Blog
BLUE
What do YOU think? Leave us a comment.
The Boston Globe
EDGEBoston
Theater Mirror
And an interesting Blog
BLUE
What do YOU think? Leave us a comment.
"A House With No Walls" - The Audience Arrives
We checked in with Director Lois Roach after opening night to see how it felt:
Lois: "Wow - I still get the butterflies on the first show when the house opens and there are people sitting there. With programs. With expectations. And when the magic begins and you can sense the feeling in the house and you begin to feel that what you were trying to communicate is coming through...wow.
And this is one live experience that all in the room are having at the same time.
The laughter, the tears, the love - it all gets shared in one moment.
It's soooo nice when it all fits and flows. Whew!"
Lois: "Wow - I still get the butterflies on the first show when the house opens and there are people sitting there. With programs. With expectations. And when the magic begins and you can sense the feeling in the house and you begin to feel that what you were trying to communicate is coming through...wow.
And this is one live experience that all in the room are having at the same time.
The laughter, the tears, the love - it all gets shared in one moment.
It's soooo nice when it all fits and flows. Whew!"
Monday, October 29, 2007
Basic Black - Black Theatre in Boston: A Director's Roundtable
Basic Black asks three directors immersed in Boston's dramatic arts scene to define black theater. In this episode of Basic Black, new host Kim McLarin explores the meaning of black theater and its impact on Boston's theater-going community in a roundtable discussion with Robbie McCauley, Jacqui Parker, and Lois Roach (director of A House With No Walls) as they share their personal connections with the art form.
"A House With No Walls" - Boston Globe Preview
Kortney Adams plays a slave named Ona in Thomas Gibbons's "A House With No Walls."
(Globe Photo)
(Globe Photo)
"A House With No Walls" - A Timely Drama
We caught up with Lois Roach, director of A House With No Walls to ask her about the rehearsal process.
Backstage @ New Rep: Lois, what do you enjoy about rehearsal and tech week?
Lois: It is fun to see the different lives each actor brings to their individual characters!
And may I say, our full company is amazing and powerful in their portrayals.
Lines - lines - lines, yes! learning those lines while dealing with an imaginary set taped to the floor of the rehearsal hall was the first phase of getting this show on its feet. But the taped lines are no match for what has become a multi-level sculpture on stage, designed by Cristina Todesco.
Now - rhythms, pacing (and yes! all those lines!) are an important part of keeping this play flowing and alive...
Backstage @ New Rep: Lois, what do you enjoy about rehearsal and tech week?
Lois: It is fun to see the different lives each actor brings to their individual characters!
And may I say, our full company is amazing and powerful in their portrayals.
Lines - lines - lines, yes! learning those lines while dealing with an imaginary set taped to the floor of the rehearsal hall was the first phase of getting this show on its feet. But the taped lines are no match for what has become a multi-level sculpture on stage, designed by Cristina Todesco.
Now - rhythms, pacing (and yes! all those lines!) are an important part of keeping this play flowing and alive...
Thursday, October 25, 2007
"A House With No Walls" - Tech Week
If you want to know how tech week went, the best person to ask is the Production Stage Manager, so that is what we did. Carola Morrone, a member of Actor's Equity, is in her 5th season with New Rep. If anyone knows, it's her.
Backstage @ New Rep: So Carola, it looks fantastic, how did it go?
Carola: The tech for A House With No Walls went very smoothly, it hardly felt like work. The production team on this show really worked well together and made taking this piece to the next level, adding lights, sound, costumes & sets, easy. I think by the end of the weekend we were all finishing each other's sentences.
We kept this tech on schedule, created a beautiful show and managed to share a few good laughs a long the way. That doesn't happen every day.
Photo of the set:
Backstage @ New Rep: So Carola, it looks fantastic, how did it go?
Carola: The tech for A House With No Walls went very smoothly, it hardly felt like work. The production team on this show really worked well together and made taking this piece to the next level, adding lights, sound, costumes & sets, easy. I think by the end of the weekend we were all finishing each other's sentences.
We kept this tech on schedule, created a beautiful show and managed to share a few good laughs a long the way. That doesn't happen every day.
Photo of the set:
Monday, October 15, 2007
A House With No Walls - rehearsals underway
A House With No Walls is underway with rehearsals, and we took some photos recently to give you a sneek peek at the show.
l. to r. Kortney Adams (Ona), Johnny Lee Davenport (Salif), Riddick Marie (Cadence) and Michael Kaye (Allen) in A House With No Walls.
l. to r. Kortney Adams (Ona), Johnny Lee Davenport (Salif), Riddick Marie (Cadence) and Michael Kaye (Allen) in A House With No Walls.
l. to r. Johnny Lee Davenport (Salif) and Riddick Marie (Cadence) in A House With No Walls.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
"A House With No Walls" - A Timely Drama
At Mount Vernon, lives of Washington's slaves
become real
Exhibit includes a re-creation of field hand cabins
Read about it in:The Boston Globe
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