So exciting! After much anticipation, the Spring 2015 season at Original Kids Theatre Company has finally been released! The theme for the Spring season is "PLAY ON!" and play we will! From the desk of artistic director, Andrew Tribe: The 2015 Winter/Spring/Summer Playbill has a simple purpose: to help you remember. We wish you to remember the …
Continue reading Play On! Presenting the OKTC Spring 2015 Season!
The Wedding Singer closed its sold-out run at OKTC on Sunday evening, and since then I've basically been sleepwalking through life. This has been the biggest show I've ever undertaken. A full-length Broadway musical with 36 actors (between the ages of 13 and 16), over 100 costumes, wigs and makeup, glitter and shoulder pads coming out the wazoo, …
Continue reading What I’ve Learned: The Wedding Singer Edition
Last week I blogged about dealing with scheduling and conflicts for actors. But it's not just actors who need to plan ahead and consider their schedules; directors need to be even more organized, since they have to consider not only their schedule, but everyone else's schedules! But with some smart planning and clear communication, directors …
Continue reading How to Deal: Dealing With Scheduling & Conflicts, For Directors
We're basically at the half-way point in the rehearsal process for The Wedding Singer. It has been fun but challenging so far. With a cast of 36 energetic, enthusiastic actors, the artistic staff are always kept on their toes. We've made good progress so far -- I'm pretty sure all the music has been learned; …
I've said many times that theatre is a collaborative medium, and (generally speaking!) you can't do it totally alone. Oftentimes part of a rehearsal (or sometimes all of it) will be run by someone other than the director. Early in the process of rehearsing for a musical, for example, the musical director will often run …
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