Thinking Like A Turg

So we are in our last week of rehearsal in the hall. On Saturday we begin spacing on the set and on Sunday we dive into our first 10 in 12. Over the course of this past week we have had the opportunity to run the show a few times, and the big conundrum remains, where to put the intermission.

New play development is such an awesome endeavor. I sit in rehearsal with my dramaturg hat on engaging in conversations on story telling and scene events. While the play is linear, Quíara's interest in writing a "free jazz" structure provides options for where the intermission can rest. But that decision also impacts whose story the audience feels they are watching and how the parallel story-lines ultimately collide.

For me, the question of intermission has always been about where the playwright put it or how to divide the play so that the second half isn't longer than the first. Awesome to be sitting next to the playwright as she and Davis, the director, decide. I need more playwright friends.

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