Well, here I am back at MTC for another day of rehearsal… I’m sitting in the lobby area enjoying one of life’s great treasures; a breakfast burrito from Whole Foods. Good lord, are they delicious. And as far as Whole Foods goes, pretty inexpensive. I realized that I was being slightly ambitious [...]

We’re opening up all sorts of behind-the-scenes info on the MTC website. Anthony Veneziale has started an actor blog. You can watch video clips from the first rehearsal. And now MTC’s Assistant Technical Director Jeffrey L. Klein weighs in on building the set for The Subject Tonight Is Love:
Here are pics of [...]

The Subject Today is SLOW.
Slowness… I think it was Kundera who wrote an exquisite book by that name and I often think of it when going through this process we call rehearsal. There is a pride in a performer that says – this should be a performance. At all times. Then, there are [...]

DAY TWO
Julia is also a total nerd. On the second day of rehearsal she came into the room and her hair looked as if she just went through a wind tunnel — I didn’t say anything (not because I was uncomfortable with telling her) because it was hilarious to see her every time I [...]

The Subject Tonight is BLOG:

This is me – Anthony
DAY ONE
Hey – my name is Anthony and this is my first show out
here in San Francisco after moving from New York City
and saying that I’m excited is an understatement. I’M
EXCITED!!! Here are a couple of the reasons why: 1. I
just got married down in Mexico [...]

We still have good seats available for the final five shows, so if you’ve been procrastinating, now’s your chance!  Tuesday was just about full, and Wednesday much less so.  It’s amazing how much more alive the show feels with a full house living and breathing with us.  So tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell [...]

Today was quite a big day for me as I began my first directing project at MTC. The play is Sandra Deer’s The Subject Tonight Is Love and it is also the first play that I have programmed for MTC. I am extremely lucky to have an amazing cast for this beautiful play – [...]

The show may not be a long one (just over two hours including intermission) but it takes a lot of energy and focus to perform.  I’m glad it’s not a three-hour epic!  Darren has pointed out more than once that holding as much tension in our bodies as we do takes a lot out of [...]

Contra Costa Times editorial that connects MTC’s The Good German to the current immigration debate in the United States.
ContraCostaTimes.com | 04/01/2007 | Some Americans use laws to disguise ignorance, hate
I do not dispute the definition of “illegal.” I am concerned about the way we are executing the law. I’m bothered by the nasty attitude oozing [...]

SceneFest 2007 was this past Monday night at MTC. We invited high school actors to perform their scenes and monologues on the Boyer stage as an acting workshop and competition. I joined Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis and Literary Manager and Casting Director Maryanne Olson as judges of the competition.
We had the biggest [...]