Dear Friends and Followers (does anyone else think Followers sounds like you're in a cult),
We have to say a very late, but very large thank you to everyone who supported us on Kickstarter. We wouldn't be participating in APAP this weekend without you.
We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Each of us took a nice break and are returning to the city with energy and enthusiasm for the fifteen minute showcase of our flagship production of The Tempest.
We have included the very best spectacle parts of our piece in the showcase, along with some rich text and new choices.
We begin with our very powerful ship image - constructed with our bodies - and move through the storm sequence, into the romance of the lovers, to the relationship between master and servant as Prospero sends Caliban out to collect wood. Caliban meets the drunks and the doubles scene ensues, which leads into the murder plot within the royal court - this is cut short with the vicious interruption of the formidable Harpy and then we move to the delight of the lovers' wedding and sail back home on the ship. It's really simple and fluid and we think that everyone who sees it will be delightfully surprised by its originality.
We have had two really wonderful rehearsals to start of the week leading to APAP. We stumbled through the entire teaser/trailer after having taken time off from working on it - and were relieved to find it in good shape. It was only a matter of taking it through the paces and smoothing out the wrinkles after that.
Yesterday, we spent a lot of time with the drunks, got distracted by Lady Ga Ga, but refocused to polish the Harpy and connect the drunk scene and the Harpy scene together with precise fluidity.
We're really pleased with where this project continues to take us and we look forward to where it goes next.
Stay tuned!
TTL
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