http://mountainshakes.org/blog Rehearsal, play and production stories Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:27:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been a week since we closed the shows and it's a somewhat strange experience. No rehearsals? No small, last minute crises to handle? I have been spending some of my creative time looking at plays for the future. Samuel French has a great database ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/08/04/hiatus/ It is rare when you have what can be called a "perfect" experience but I think we came pretty close yesterday for the wrap up of the 2008 Mountain Shakespeare Festival season. We had a full house for our final "You Can't Take It With You," to say the least, and ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/07/28/season-finale/ I barely made it home yesterday before I collapsed in the hammock and slept for three hours. But what a great weekend for the Mountain Shakespeare Festival. The Bard's Faire, which miraculously came together in less than a week, was a lot of fun for the kids who ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/07/21/what-a-weekend/ It was a pretty darned good weekend for the Mountain Shakespeare Festival! "You Can't Take It With You" had the best opening of any show I have ever directed and I was actually able to enjoy the experience! Normally, I make an expectant father look relaxed, but in this case ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/07/16/laughter-and-loud-speakers/ We are building towards our opening of "You Can't Take It With You" tomorrow and we're at the stage where all the ingredients are to hand and we're stirring it up to put it in the oven. I choose "oven" because Pine Mountain Club and the entire West is under a ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/07/10/creativity-and-chaos/ I think it's the company manager in Shakespeare in Love who says that "It's a mystery," in reference to how theatre comes together. It is, certainly, but it is also the result of unrelenting hard work! Given the conflicting schedules, tight funds, complex logistics and challenge of doing a Shakespeare play the ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/07/07/mountain-shakespeare-festival-opens/ Tonight we open The Comedy of Errors with our Mountain Shakespeare Festival. For me, not acting in either play, this is an unusual moment. Normally, I am all geared up for that first entrance, that moment when all the work goes in front of a live ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/07/05/opening-night/ Not sure how Tech week got the moniker Hell week, but it can be pretty much spot on as a description of what it can be like. There are literally thousands of details that have to do with mounting a show. The obvious ones are lights, costumes, sound, ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/07/01/hell-week/ Bakersfield Californian Camille Gavin: Mountain Shakespeare Fest on the rise by CAMILLE GAVIN, contributing columnist e-mail: gavinarts@aol.com | Wednesday, Jun 25 2008 10:42 AM Last Updated: Wednesday, Jun 25 2008 10:42 AM Some local residents may be surprised to learn, as I was, that a budding Shakespeare festival awaits them at the top of the ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/06/28/bakersfield-californian-mountain-shakespeare/ Hi all, Also, this wonderful write up from Holly Van Houten on "You Can't Take It With You." Before you read it, however, I would like to say that of all the plays I have had a hand in directing, perhaps 20 or so, I believe that the writing in this play ... http://mountainshakes.org/blog/2008/06/27/you-cant-take-it-with-you/