Posted in Artist post, Wait Until Dark on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
March 12, 2009
Tonight was our penultimate preview, and we were lucky to have our technical consultant Beth Finke join us for the post performance discussion. She has been a tremendously valuable collaborator during this process, and has been open to helping us in many ways. One evening Beth and her husband hosted Emjoy at their [...]
Posted in Artist post, Rehearsal, The Wild Duck on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Remarks by Resident Dramaturg Kate Bredeson. Enjoy!
There’s something refreshing about Court Theatre’s approach to the preview process. At Court, there are not just a couple of previews, but a whole week of them: seven performances total. And every night, following the performance, there is a post-show discussion between audience and artistic staff (usually led by [...]
Posted in Artist post, The Wild Duck on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Essay written for the production by Kimberly Kenny, Senior Lecturer in Norwegian at the University of Chicago.
The Wild Duck, the fifth in his prose play cycle of twelve, introduced a new phase in Ibsen’s drama. The first of Ibsen’s psychological plays, it followed Enemy of the People, which concluded the so-called social plays. Ibsen himself [...]
Posted in Artist post, The Wild Duck on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Interview with Translator/Adapter Richard Nelson and Charlie Newell, conducted by Resident Dramaturg Kate Bredeson
WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE WILD DUCK?
RN: Immediately what brought me to The Wild Duck was Charlie. Charlie asked me if I would do a new version of the play and I agreed.
There is a longer, more involved story about what brought [...]
Posted in Artist post, Radio Macbeth on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reposted from SITI Co.’s own blog: http://siti.collectivex.com/blog/
“I am writing on election morning in Hyde Park, Chicago, Barack Obama’s very own neighborhood. We are in tech today, Election Day, for Radio Macbeth at the beautiful Court Theatre on the campus of the University of Chicago. I am full of thoughts and feelings about the world we [...]
Posted in Artist post, Caroline, or Change on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brittany A. Little, Production Dramaturg:
Let me tell you, this has been a fantastic experience for me–hectic and a little intimidating, but fantastic. Being a third-year History major at the University of Chicago and an artist, the chance to really dig deep into a work like Kushner’s, with a cast and production team as wonderful as [...]
Posted in Artist post, Caroline, or Change, Rehearsal on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi, I’m Harriet Nzinga Plumpp. I am the Washing Machine and the Moon in Caroline, or Change.
Well, let’s see….where to begin. First off, I want to say how happy I am to be back on my feet in rehearsals. My son is 11 months old and I have not done a show since my [...]
Posted in Artist post, Caroline, or Change, Rehearsal on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rob Lindley, actor playing Stuart Gellman:
“My father is a clarinet” says Noah about my character Stuart Gellman, based on Tony Kushner’s own father, Bill, who was a concert clarinetist. Stuart is often in a practice room playing the clarinet and brings his clarinet with him to the family Channukah party. The [...]
Posted in Artist post, Caroline, or Change, Rehearsal on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Doug Peck
August 23, 2008
Hello from Doug Peck, music director of Caroline, or Change. This is my seventh show at Court (James Joyce’s The Dead revival, Guys and Dolls, The Importance of Being Earnest, Man of La Mancha, Raisin, Carousel), and it gets better and richer and more fulfilling every time. Collaborating with Charlie and the [...]
Posted in Artist post, Caroline, or Change, Rehearsal on August 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Charlie Newell, addressing the cast of Caroline, Or Change at First Rehearsal:
‘Welcome, everyone! The start of the season is always a peculiarly exciting time, and this year is my 15th at Court Theatre. It feels to me like it really took us 15 years to get to this room with this cast doing this show. [...]
