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Archive for January, 2008

Marisela Treviño Orta on American Triage

Posted by Josh | January 31st, 2008

Rehearsals have begun for American Triage, the workshop production that is the culmination of The Canal Project. The playwright, Marisela Treviño Orta, blogged about the rehearsal process so far:
So last night I arrive a little bit late to rehearsal and the actors were already a couple of scenes into the play. Table work means [...]

said Saïd rehearsal video

Posted by Josh | January 28th, 2008

Clips from the third week of the rehearsal process with the cast of said Saïd. Danielle Levin, Delia MacDougall, and Jarion Monroe are the actors in this clip, along with director Jasson Minadakis.

Drama Teachers’ Digest

Posted by Josh | January 24th, 2008

One of my duties as Artistic Director for Expanded Programs is to be the contact between MTC and Marin County schools. The Teen Advisory Board is a big help for that. I recently had a brainstorming meeting with a couple of high school drama teachers, trying to determine how the North Bay’s largest [...]

said Saïd rehearsal video

Posted by Josh | January 10th, 2008

Clips from the first week of the rehearsal process with the cast of said Saïd. Jarion Monroe and Danielle Levin are the actors in this clip, joined by director Jasson Minadakis and playwright Kenneth Lin.

more from Kenneth Lin:

Posted by Josh | January 9th, 2008

Another blog post from Kenneth Lin, the playwright of said Saïd:
Dear MTC Blog Reader:
Today, I write from you from … the side of my car. Decidedly not
from rehearsal where my brave cast and crew are embarking on the 2nd
day of blocking. You see, I have accidentally driven off the side of
one of your [...]

Playwright Kenneth Lin blogs about “said Saïd”

Posted by Josh | January 8th, 2008

Here’s playwright Kenneth Lin writing about the rehearsal process for said Saïd, the next show in our season:
Hello, MTC Weblog Visitor. Welcome to the first addition of my said Saïd production blog. I must admit that we are getting into it a little bit later in the process. My apologies. The [...]

said Said first rehearsal

Posted by Josh | January 3rd, 2008

Last night was the first rehearsal for said Said, the next show in our season. The playwright, Kenneth Lin, was on hand and had actually written a brand new (and quite different) ending that day, which none of the actors had read before the rehearsal. Also in attendance were the design team, the [...]