Hi there everyone,
My name is Lindsey Esch and I will be directing “The Last Person
on Earth” written by Rachel Stahly in this year’s Spring One-Act Festival. My experience
includes directing in Play in a Day twice, The
Courier by Carol Mack in last year’s One-Act Festival, and Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe last
term. I am looking forward to this experience because I have already learned
that it is very different to work with a live script with the writer present.
The last couple weeks we have been reading the student
scripts and providing feedback to the writers prior to auditions. This has left
the process feeling like its constantly changing and I feel a bit less grounded
within it. Part of me is frightened by this because I am unable to plan things
the way that I normally prefer to, however, I also feel freed by the mobility
this process is offering. I don’t have a set plan for what I am looking for yet
because I am not sure what the script says to me yet. I am waiting to see what
the script means to Rachel, then create a vision that combines that with what I
want other people to take away from it. This is incredibly different than my
approach to Nightfall and my One-Act last year.
I am thinking about how auditions are right around the corner
and I am shocked by the fact that I can comfortably say that I don’t know what
I want, and I don’t know how its going to turn out. But I do know that I am
passionate about directing and I want to continue doing it. I know that I am excited
to work with people that I may or may not know and learn from my peers. I know
that I love to tell stories and make a choice in how I want to tell them. I don’t
know how this is going to turn out, but I know I am going to learn more about
how to trust the process – which is the thing I struggle the most with, both in
theatre and in life.
So stay tuned to see where it all goes…
- Lindsey Esch
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