Category: Letters from the Rehearsal Room

Letters from the Rehearsal Room Part Six

March 26, 2014

Dear Audience- At intermission of our Thursday night preview, I overheard a young man say “Chekhov is like an old time reality show.” I couldn’t agree more. When I was…

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Letters from the Rehearsal Room Part Five

March 19, 2014

Dear Audience- I am writing to you from deep within tech—the period in which we add the technical and design elements in one marathon week. Actors work 12 hour days…

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Letters from the Rehearsal Room Part Four

March 12, 2014

Dear Audience- Yesterday, we said goodbye to the rehearsal room in the Hamilton Family Arts Center and moved to the Haas stage. On our final night in the rehearsal room,…

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Letters from the Rehearsal Room Part Three

March 5, 2014

Dear Audience— Designs for the physical life of the production are moving ahead. We’ve begun “loading in” (building the set, adjusting the light grid, etc). Costumes are also underway. Much…

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Letters from the Rehearsal Room Part Two

February 26, 2014

Dear Audience – Welcome to week four of Three Sisters rehearsal. In a typical Arden rehearsal process, we would be nearing the end of our time in the rehearsal room…

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Letters from the Rehearsal Room

February 19, 2014

As we rehearse our new production of Three Sisters, we wanted to offer the same opportunity to you that those letters offered Chekhov—a window into a process that can sometimes seem far away. Each Wednesday, we’ll post letters to you on the Arden Blog sharing insights and stories from where we are in the process. Whether you read one a week or all the night before you visit the theatre, you’ll get a sense of how this production of Three Sisters evolves throughout rehearsals and performances.

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