In Which We Reveal Secrets of a Large Library
Those of you who were fortunate to see our production of Educating Rita couldn’t avoid noticing the great number of books on stage. While plenty of these books were real, many were not. They were specially-made panels of prop books. Book panels are lighter and easier to [...]
It has been an interesting couple of weeks here. Educating Rita opened last Friday, May 15th. For three weeks prior to opening, we at Theatre Northwest worked long hours, getting this production ready. Things were hectic, but going well. I had been taking photos and downloading them, trying to find time to do several blog [...]
What seems like a little blogging break was not really a vacation for me. Here at Theatre Northwest we all have day jobs, and I have been busy with mine. It is that time, however, for thoughts to turn to our next production, Educating Rita. We open May 15, and we are already hard at [...]
Ever wonder what happens after that final bow on the last night? Dismantlement, that’s what. Dismantlement- from the Latin dis- (removal) + mantel (mantle). I challenge anyone to find a better one-word description. Even before the final bows were taken on stage, crew was tiptoeing ever so quietly backstage, removing curtains from the Diogenes Club [...]
This week Theatre Northwest held auditions for Educating Rita, our next production. The play has two actors: Frank, a disillusioned English tutor in his 50’s, and Rita, a 30-ish hairdresser, hungry for education. The part of Frank was offered to our resident actor Steve Manning, but the part of Rita was up for grabs. So [...]
If you are a mystery fan, you may have heard of our playwright, Stuart M. Kaminsky. Kaminsky writes several popular mystery series including those featuring Lew Fonesca, Abe Lieberman, Toby Peters and Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov. He has written sixty-three published novels, eight produced screenplays, episodes for television series, five biographies, more than [...]
It’s time for auditions for our next production, Educating Rita directed by Charlotte Tiencken.
Auditions will be held on Sunday, February 22, from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Theatre on the Square Rehearsal Studio
Callbacks will be Tuesday, February 24, from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM onstage at Theatre on the Square
Auditions will be for [...]
Rehearsals for The Final Toast are about to begin, and our first full-scale production meeting is next week. This is when the fun part starts! Here is our cast, in alphabetical order:
Debbie Gallinati Rose
Debbie is a Resident Actor with Theatre Northwest. Her bio appears on the About Us page of this blog.
Damian Gennette [...]
Greg Carr, of G. Carr Illustration & Design in Denver, CO has generously provided us with art for our first two plays. Any relation to our Artistic Director Brett Carr, you ask? Yes, he is Brett’s brother, and no stranger to theatre himself. In the mid 80’s Greg designed sets for Bathhouse, Seattle Children’s, [...]
Theatre Northwest is working with Broadway Center to fine-tune our performance dates for the 2009 season. Our plan is to run productions for three weeks, Friday through Sunday, reserving the option of adding Saturday matinees. Take a look at the revised dates on the 2009 Season page.
In other news, Rosemary Ponnekanti has given us a [...]