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Director's Blog
11/03/2009 - Posted by Freddie Ashley
Wow, it's not been like a month since my last blog and here I am. Am I actually joining the information age and embracing blogging as part of my regular routine?
We had a really productive tech weekend for Fair Use. It's a really beautiful show. The scenic design is kind of amazing - leave it to Kat Conley to take potentially the most boring visual location ever (an office interior) and turn it into something beautiful.
We're barrelling toward opening with still a lot of detail work to do - tonight's dress rehearsal will be a great chance to blend all the technical elements that we introduced to the cast this weekend into the entire process.
The tech rehearsal process is really the point at which the entire world we're creating onstage starts coming to life. The sets, lights, costumes, props and sound complete that puzzle and we integrate those elements into the work we've been doing in the rehearsal hall.
I'm really excited to see audience reaction to the show. Audiences have seen the play in readings throughout its developmental history (Public Theatre in New York and Alliance Theatre here in Atlanta), as well as in its workshop production at Steppenwolf in Chicago. But for audiences to see the first-ever full production here in Atlanta (especially after establishing such a fancy pedigree through its development) is a HUGE thrill. The Atlanta audience will be the first ever to see the show in its complete form. That. Is. So. Cool.
More later this week.
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