Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Tonight begins the first time we rehearse on the nearly completed set, constructed in wood and metal in four hundred or so square feet of stage. We’ve been rehearsing […]
First Run Through: Fragile Things, Magic and Darkness
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. This post is by Maren Robinson, our production dramaturg. First Run Through: Fragile Things, Magic and Darkness I was having one of those late-night-into-early-morning bouts of insomnia. Where a single worry or two seem […]
Down and Out in Earl’s Court
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. This post is by Maren Robinson, our production dramaturg. Down and Out in Earl’s Court The earl in Neverwhere is nameless. He is so old his person and title are synonymous. The noun earl […]
First Weeks
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. First Weeks We are now out of the theoretical and in practical research mode, testing staging theories on an approximation of the set and figuring out the way we are going to tell our […]
Croup and Vandemar (and Freud – yes that Freud)
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. This post is by Maren Robinson, our production dramaturg. Croup and Vandemar (and Freud – yes that Freud) “Croup and Vandemar, the Old Firm. Nuisances eliminated, obstacles obliterated, bothersome limbs removed, and tutelary dentistry.” […]
Latest News
The Blue Shadow opened on March 14th. Playwright Nambi Kelley, assisted by her nephew Xavier, created the play using folk tales from five different cultures and set the story in a Rogers Park classroom. (Nambi went to Field Elementary School just down the street!). The show also features extremely catchy music by composer Joe Plummer. […]
A brief tour with Dan Granata
Our friend Dan Granata (who just appeared as Fred in our MainStage production of Mrs. Caliban) took this fun video-tour of the Mrs. Caliban set in honor of World Theatre Day on March 27 and we wanted to share it with you… […]