Couple of shows you should probably go see. And by probably I mean must.
Tartuffe- Trinity Western University Theatre Department
Runs Oct. 22-Nov. 1
Check out the website for more details.
Mourning Dove- Pacific Theatre
Oct. 17-Nov. 15
"Inspired by the Robert Latimer story, this challenging work explores the dilemma faced by a Saskatchewan farm couple whose teenage daughter is wracked by severe and unremitting pain. Can the doctors’ best efforts relieve her suffering? Or should her father pursue another, final alternative? Who gets to play God? A complex play that confounds easy sentimentality with bracing humour, even in the face of great suffering."
CHECK IT OUT
There you have it. Two shows that are a must see. Of course there are many more this fall. Those are just taste tests.
One Thing I Love- coming home to my roomate
Song of the Day-
Masochist by Ingrid Michaelson
Friday, October 24, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
I had a request...
...that I post something that reflects me. Personally I hope all my writing reflects me otherwise I don't think it would be my writing.
For MYTH (current show/project) we have been keeping journals so I looked through and one of the projects I found that we had to do was to write as a witness. To observe something in its natural state and try to write about it completely objectively. So here it goes. Points to the person who guesses what I'm writing about (it's in nature).
Wind its way up the tree, soft and settled
Engulf the branches, simply, without organization
No movement, still as the tree itself
Sunlight falls in select spots
Poised in creation
Grow and live in a peaceful rest
This was such a hard assignment for me. I felt like I failed miserably. The great thing about writing is that there's so much room for experimenting and changing and rewriting. Nothing is set in stone. That piece has been edited a couple times already and I still feel a little unsatisfied. Such is the nature of the art.
This next one is a monologue that I wrote during the rehearsal process in response to a cast member's experience.
Watch me leave because that is what I am doing. Not to spite you, and certainly not because I hate you. But out of love for you. You may not understand that, you may not want that but I am not concerned right now with what you want. It's what you need that I care about most.
Your broken heart is breaking mine and all of a sudden there are no more words for you. My silence is my solace. My gift. My relief.
Maybe you don't need words right now either. Or maybe I don't know what you need or what you want. Maybe I don't even know you at all.
Or maybe, maybe this is all useless and I should just leave.
One Thing I Love: Sunshine and rain at the same time
Song of the Day:
Love Always Remains by MGMT
For MYTH (current show/project) we have been keeping journals so I looked through and one of the projects I found that we had to do was to write as a witness. To observe something in its natural state and try to write about it completely objectively. So here it goes. Points to the person who guesses what I'm writing about (it's in nature).
Wind its way up the tree, soft and settled
Engulf the branches, simply, without organization
No movement, still as the tree itself
Sunlight falls in select spots
Poised in creation
Grow and live in a peaceful rest
This was such a hard assignment for me. I felt like I failed miserably. The great thing about writing is that there's so much room for experimenting and changing and rewriting. Nothing is set in stone. That piece has been edited a couple times already and I still feel a little unsatisfied. Such is the nature of the art.
This next one is a monologue that I wrote during the rehearsal process in response to a cast member's experience.
Watch me leave because that is what I am doing. Not to spite you, and certainly not because I hate you. But out of love for you. You may not understand that, you may not want that but I am not concerned right now with what you want. It's what you need that I care about most.
Your broken heart is breaking mine and all of a sudden there are no more words for you. My silence is my solace. My gift. My relief.
Maybe you don't need words right now either. Or maybe I don't know what you need or what you want. Maybe I don't even know you at all.
Or maybe, maybe this is all useless and I should just leave.
One Thing I Love: Sunshine and rain at the same time
Song of the Day:
Love Always Remains by MGMT
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Fours
4 Things I Did Today
1. I wrote. This is important to me. Even though I didn't like what I wrote, I still wrote. And edited. And got frustrated. All part of the process.
2. I listened to people. Really listened to them. That's not an easy thing to do and I have to consistantly train myself to because it is not in my nature. I learn so much from other people when I listen.
3. I prayed.
4. I went swimming. My dorm had a little outing. How fun. We had a great time.
4 Things on my To Do List
1. Start writing major papers.
2. Do laundry
3. Acquire loonies to do laundry
4. Get tickets for upcoming shows (I will announce soon)
4 of my guiltiest pleasures
1. Going to McDonalds late at night. Seriously. It has got to stop, it's gotten out of hand. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Freshman 15 came to bite me in the ass in Second Year. Literally.
2. Trying on and sitting in my snowboard gear to get stoked for the season. That happened today. Twice.
3. Snowboarding magazines. They will be the reason i'm broke, not tuition.
4. Buying toques. No one can convince me that I have enough. There's always one more that I don't have.
4 Random Thoughts
1. Bunnies aren't really that cute. They just have a cute name.
2. America's Next Top Model is a great show to get character ideas from. The most interesting people are chosen for that show.
3. I don't know how i'm going to sleep when my roomate is gone this weekend. She's my rock.
4. I found out today that Pirandello wrote a play called "Naked". I have to read it. That's a loaded name if I ever saw one.
One Thing I Love: sharing my story
Song of the Day:
Soft Rock Star by Metric
1. I wrote. This is important to me. Even though I didn't like what I wrote, I still wrote. And edited. And got frustrated. All part of the process.
2. I listened to people. Really listened to them. That's not an easy thing to do and I have to consistantly train myself to because it is not in my nature. I learn so much from other people when I listen.
3. I prayed.
4. I went swimming. My dorm had a little outing. How fun. We had a great time.
4 Things on my To Do List
1. Start writing major papers.
2. Do laundry
3. Acquire loonies to do laundry
4. Get tickets for upcoming shows (I will announce soon)
4 of my guiltiest pleasures
1. Going to McDonalds late at night. Seriously. It has got to stop, it's gotten out of hand. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Freshman 15 came to bite me in the ass in Second Year. Literally.
2. Trying on and sitting in my snowboard gear to get stoked for the season. That happened today. Twice.
3. Snowboarding magazines. They will be the reason i'm broke, not tuition.
4. Buying toques. No one can convince me that I have enough. There's always one more that I don't have.
4 Random Thoughts
1. Bunnies aren't really that cute. They just have a cute name.
2. America's Next Top Model is a great show to get character ideas from. The most interesting people are chosen for that show.
3. I don't know how i'm going to sleep when my roomate is gone this weekend. She's my rock.
4. I found out today that Pirandello wrote a play called "Naked". I have to read it. That's a loaded name if I ever saw one.
One Thing I Love: sharing my story
Song of the Day:
Soft Rock Star by Metric
Thursday, October 2, 2008
A nice day in the woods
I'm certain that the events of yesterday will forever go down in my mind as one of the best rehearsals I have ever been to.
Well at least the most eventful.
It started just as most of our rehearsals start. Everyone frenzied and focused on settling down. Each of us cast members has an opportunity to lead a rehearsal and the girl leading yesterday decided it would be a grand idea to take us to a forest like place just off of campus.
So off we trouped, drove actually, and ended up in this beautiful, enchanted place. You could almost touch the peaceful atmosphere. The trees were far enough apart that light shone through in all the right places.
The ultimate place to have a mythical rehearsal.
We started to explore.
And when I say explore I mean get into character, relate to one another, relate to the nature around us.
Oh maybe I should mention the fact that we were all dressed in characters. So the only male in the cast had dirt all over his face and ripped clothing. I had leaves and flowers in my hair and there were three greek goddesses among us as well.
This must have been quite the sight and sound, as we were yelling and crying as well, to the neighboring people because a couple dropped in on us to tell us that someone had called the cops.
Apparently there were concerns that people were being raped and pillaged and those people were us. And sure enough as soon as we finished talking to them we heard the sirens.
As we were frantically gathering up our things the cops drove up and came to investigate.
Our director talked them out of thinking we were all mad, which i'm not quite sure that we're not, and off we went on our merry way.
I'm leading rehearsal next week.
I can't top that.
One Thing I Love: community. We couldn't exist without it
Song of the Day:
Kids with Guns by Gorillaz
Well at least the most eventful.
It started just as most of our rehearsals start. Everyone frenzied and focused on settling down. Each of us cast members has an opportunity to lead a rehearsal and the girl leading yesterday decided it would be a grand idea to take us to a forest like place just off of campus.
So off we trouped, drove actually, and ended up in this beautiful, enchanted place. You could almost touch the peaceful atmosphere. The trees were far enough apart that light shone through in all the right places.
The ultimate place to have a mythical rehearsal.
We started to explore.
And when I say explore I mean get into character, relate to one another, relate to the nature around us.
Oh maybe I should mention the fact that we were all dressed in characters. So the only male in the cast had dirt all over his face and ripped clothing. I had leaves and flowers in my hair and there were three greek goddesses among us as well.
This must have been quite the sight and sound, as we were yelling and crying as well, to the neighboring people because a couple dropped in on us to tell us that someone had called the cops.
Apparently there were concerns that people were being raped and pillaged and those people were us. And sure enough as soon as we finished talking to them we heard the sirens.
As we were frantically gathering up our things the cops drove up and came to investigate.
Our director talked them out of thinking we were all mad, which i'm not quite sure that we're not, and off we went on our merry way.
I'm leading rehearsal next week.
I can't top that.
One Thing I Love: community. We couldn't exist without it
Song of the Day:
Kids with Guns by Gorillaz
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