Entries Tagged as 'Educating Rita'

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Behind the Scenes - part 1

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 [...]

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Technical Challenges

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 [...]

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Back to Work

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 [...]

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Educating Rita Begins

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 [...]

Friday, February 6th, 2009

New Auditions

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 [...]