Week Three: Show concepts, Writer's Perspective

I will have to do two posts in a row here as I am a bit behind, so bear with me here.

Week three has been both fun and stressful. Having one of your main actors drop from the show is tough, especially with such a short period of time between now and the dress rehearsals. Finding a replacement has been a slow process, but I am confident we will find someone just as suited to the part and who will be a great addition to our cast. We have been putting off the read-through of The Last Person on Earth because of this hiccup in our casting, but we now have it scheduled and I am excited to finally hear the characters voiced aloud by the actors themselves.

My favorite part about this week was getting to see our directors’ concept presentations. Each director presented what was basically their vision for the show they were directing. Seeing their ideas for costumes, setting, lighting, and sound was encouraging and made it easy to envision some great productions. Since I have only been thinking about the dialogue and story-line of my play for the past two weeks, it was almost a shock, a good one, and very eye-opening to actually see the physical aspects Lindsey had envisioned for the characters. Personally, I hadn’t even thought about how they would look, only how they would sound, so the production concept kind of opened up new possibilities for my brain; a new way to see my characters. I loved Lindsey’s concept for the production of The Last Person on Earth and can’t wait to get started.