Subway Circus

If you loved some of the actors in The Boal Original, you can check out their latest project, Subway Circus, this Thursday and Friday at Beaver Country Day School.  If you come on Friday, you can visit with Lindsey, the director of The Boal Original.  Break a leg, guys!

We've been blogged about!

http://caitlingreen.net/the-boal-project/

Wrap-up

Today the cast met for one last time to strike the set and to talk about the show.  The Beaver community discussed the show in advisory today, and we shared with each other how the discussion went.  We talked about audience reactions to the show and how this experience affected each of us.  Here is a video of our final reflection of the process:

Community Art Project

The last scene in the play posed the question "What are you going to do to make a positive change in the world?" and the cast each gave their personal answer.  This weekend we invited our audiences to take part in a community art project by adding their own answers to the question.  Here are some photos:

Show Weekend

2 of the 3 performances of The Boal Original were sold out, and all were very well received by the audience.  After the opening night performance on Thursday, the school was buzzing on Friday!  The tickets for that night sold out at lunch time within 2 minutes.
The cast and crew is very proud of their work.

Ameriville

This show looks very cool and similar to ours in that it is based on world issues.  Cast reunion anyone?
Arts Emerson: Ameriville

It's Show Week!

A Great Resource

From The Guardian:
Boal's Obituary

Weekly Video Updates

Natiah and Jordan give us a video update about this week:

Tech

Here's a rehearsal photo from our first run through with all technical elements!

The True Power of the Performing Arts

This talk is great and, in my opinion, very inspiring.  Skip to 10:43 to hear why the performing arts are so important in this day and age.

Theatre of the Oppressed in Action

"I'm not telling you it is going to be easy, I'm telling you it is going to be worth it."

Awesome interview with Boal

Today's Rehearsal

Yesterday and today we have been working on the transitions of our play.  We have actors moving all of the set pieces and handling all of the props, so we have been practicing to make sure they run smoothly.

Tomorrow we begin tech!

"The noblest motive is the public good." Virgil, 19 B.C.E.

Video Update

Here's an update from Julia and Ivana:

Wordle of our show

This Week

We had to cancel our tech rehearsal today due to snow, so unfortunately, we don't have a weekly video update for you.  Hopefully we can do one on Monday!
So in short:
We had our first tech on Tuesday, staging in the space.
At our Tuesday rehearsal, we decided one of our scenes wasn't working, so we re-wrote it on Wednesday, as well as rehearsed some other scenes.
Thursday we continued staging in the space.
Friday we did a first "run through" for our crew and costume team.  We were able to practice having a talk-back and answering their questions about the show and the process.  It was a great way to see where we are and what we need to do this coming week!
Elias also finished the poster design this week.  This isn't the final draft, but the final looks pretty similar to this one:

Rehearsal Photos

These photos are from a scene called "Gray."