Thursday, May 25, 2006

Mixed blood tour

I had a tour of the Mixed Blood Theatre. The set up is alright seating is 200 the stage is a thrust fortunately there is only seating on the front of the thrust. The director liked my elemental concept. So I will keep that at the core. I will be creating 6 separate design over the weekend they will all be posted here. Its odd though, the script has changed immensely plot and characters have stayed the same, everything else is different I am waiting on the new script still I'm supposed to get the first act today and the second act Friday. There is a new actor in the cast too one with some amazing credentials having performed on both the Guthrie and the Jean lune stages. This production complexity and level of expectation grows everyday. I'm gonna have to ask for money, if they want me to work at the level the actors are at and the audience expects at the mixed blood theatre. Now I must begin piling through the enormous lightplots and floor plans to create my greatest design achievement yet.

1 comment:

Carson said...

Matt-
Jake Carson here. From BHS.
Hope all is well.

Good to hear you are doing a project over at the Mixed Blood. Good luck with it. I will most definitely attend. Just checked out the website and it looks really interesting.

Also, small world. My partner Justin is a local opera singer/actor who has done a lot of work with Theater de la Jeune Lune (Carmen, Carmina Burana, and The Ballroom) and also used to work in Development for the Guthrie Theater. I wonder if he knows any of the other people involved in the production. I'll have to ask him.