Last night at 7pm, Under Construction, had its final performance at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, KY. It was a great show, one of the best of the entire run. The audience was very warm, and they seemed like people who really wanted to be there to experience the final show. [...]
The SITI Company has had a long history with the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and as a part of the 2009 Festival, our wonderful dramaturg Sarah Lunnie has put together a series of retrospective photographs from all the productions that have been performed here over the years. She also collated some thoughts from the SITI [...]
Since Under Construction has hit the ground running, I asked Anne some more questions looking back on the process of building the show and looking forward to the show’s future:
Looking back at the process of building Under Construction, what was the most fun thing about this process in particular? The most challenging?
The most fun part of the [...]
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Posted 28 March 2009
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I’ve created a photo gallery of Under Construction photos taken by Michael Brosilow. They’re stollen (with permission of course) from SITI’s Facebook page. Click here or over on the nav bar on the right hand side. Enjoy.
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Posted 26 March 2009
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From SEE
Here’s a review of Under Construction from Louisville’s Courier-Journal…
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090319/SCENE05/90320005/1011/SCENE
What the phenomenal SITI Company does with Mee’s script, under the direction of Anne Bogart, becomes high-wire performance art with a sense of humor.
From SEE
An Actors Theatre interview with Chuck Mee:
Permalink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPoNJ6V4fBw
The company has had some great audiences for Under Construction. I think one of the greatest parts of this show is that the audience really gets the chance to speak with the company afterwards. In that sense it’s a real community event and a truly interactive experience. Last weekend all of the college kids were [...]
“The play wants a ganky audience.”
Today, open viewpoints. Starting off stage.
During viewpoints Barney asked, “When I go on the morning talk show and the woman asks me ‘what is this play about’ what do I say?”
Ellen: “About an hour and forty minutes.”
Anne: “I had to answer that question in the salon today. You know what [...]
I managed to ask Darron West, resident sound designer for the SITI Company, some questions about his work on this show. Have a read:
How have you approached selection of sounds for this piece? What informed your choices?
Well I went into this show like all the rest of the SITI company works with a pretty large [...]
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Posted 18 March 2009
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Last night’s preview was great. It was excellent to finally see the show in front of an audience. It’s definitely a show that thrives on its relationship to the audience. There was some great response- a real buzz in the room. Many people hung around afterwards to talk to the ensemble and hang out in [...]
Back after a day off. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Viewpoints: Can the viewpoints be changed either covertly or overtly by the audience? Is that even possible? Good luck.
Today the group did a run through, stopping several times to work through bits they had discussed on Sunday evening. They tried some stuff out. Talked some stuff through.
Anne: [...]
Pushing forward through tech. No viewpoints today.
Anne: “I have the great honor of watching you come up with stuff. I want the audience to have that sensation. I’m not in the position of saying ‘you’re a lesbian, you’re on fire, you’re on a table, GO!’ There’s a certain exactitude with the way that you can [...]
I couldn’t resist posting this. It seemed absolutely right on with this show.
Pandemonium erupted outside of an “America’s Next Top Model” casting call at CW Studios in midtown Saturday when an overheating car triggered a stampede of catwalk-craving cuties. Screaming as they ran for their lives, hundreds of hotties in heels toppled over barricades along [...]
The group headed into their first day of tech.
Anne: “I think our play was meant to be between 1:40 and 1:42– that’s what it’s meant to be.”
Today’s viewpoints: Complicity. Constantly coming back to this group of people between scenes. “I hate the word ‘transition’… it’s not what it is. The play is always being built. [...]