FABULATION OR, THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE

It’s been one week since I had a table-read of the play FABULATION with the full cast, and I’m jazzed jazzed jazzed to start full rehearsals in January. I have a great cast, (if I can be so bold to say), a great stage management team, and a great play to stage…. I’m looking forward to being in the rehearsal room, and to begin the process of sharing this story with an audience.  

"The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see." - Lynn Nottage

"'Intimate Apparel' is a lyrical meditation on one woman's loneliness and desire. 'Fabulation' is a very fast-paced play of the MTV generation." - Lynn Nottage

IN THE RED BROWN WATER

Tonight we will have our first audience for a show we've worked so hard to get on its feet. This is my first experience being in a rehearsal room with Terell Alvin McCraney's words, characters and story. I certainly hope it's not my last. It's my first experience working with Director Melissa Crespo. I truly hope it's not my last. And for the cast of actors, designers, stage management and crew -- it's been a pleasure to spend time with every and I certainly look forward to crossing paths with everyone again. 

FABULATION OR, THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE

This week I traveled to Philadelphia to hold callbacks for a production of FABULATION OR, THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE, a production I’m directing at Temple University. I appreciate Lynn Nottage, the playwright, and her plays so much, and to have the opportunity to helm a production of one of her stories feels so good. It's an opportunity that I’m so glad came my way. Callbacks were successful and I now have an ensemble of actors that make up a fascinating cast. I'm even more excited to continue with the process of this production.

In The Red Brown Water

In rehearsals this week we have been on our feet, continuing the process of staging In The Red and Brown Water. We've been further establising relationships between characters and giving clarity to the text and story within a physical context. I’m enjoying the spontaneous and organic mode of staging our production with our extremely talented cast. If you'd like to see Columbia University School of the Arts' production of In The Red and Brown Water, you can find ticket information by clicking the image below. Performance dates are December 5 - December 8 at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. Here's a description of the play:

 

On a housing project in Louisiana lives Oya, a young girl, soon to be woman. Forgoing her dreams of a college education she finds herself increasingly trapped between the choices available to her. In the Red and Brown Water is Tarell Alvin McCraney’s highly-acclaimed modern retelling of Federico Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, that places a woman between familial duty and unfulfilled dreams.

 

Promotional image for Middletown & In The Red Brown Water

In The Red Brown Water

I just finished my first week as choreographer for a staging of Terrell Alvin McCraney's play IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER. This play is the first of three plays in a trilogy of plays called BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS: 

IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER

THE BROTHERS SIZE

MARCUS; OR THE SECRET OF SWEET

Being in the room with Mr. McCraney's words, images, expressions feels like a rite of passage into contemporary theatre. Collaborating with director, Melissa Crespo is a heavenly experience.