I want
to talk about inspiration. Not mine,
certainly, but that bright light that walks in the door unexpectedly in the
form of an actor.
Things are moving along with
HAMLET, but there are times when I feel like a traffic cop on a dam in
Holland------ushering people here and there to accomplish what they
want…..sticking my finger in the dyke to hold off the deluge until juuuuuuust a
teeeeeeeny bit more money comes in.
(Whew! I was concerned I couldn’t
mix those metaphors without drowning.)
Anyway, yesterday I had a
rehearsal for just The Players-----that zany troupe of gypsies that comes to
Elsinore causing murder to OUT!!! These
guys barely know each other and Tom Beyer and I have written 3 shortened
versions (we’re talkin’ 3 minutes each) of other Shakespeare plays: OTHELLO, MACBETH, ROMEO AND JULIET. These players will perform them as a pre-show
to HAMLET.
Yesterday we got down to
serious blocking of these pieces of fluff, and the actors THREW themselves into
it, coming up with bits of business that fractured me. Working with each other in the finest collaborative
way. Cracking me and each other up as we
worked. I am really the traffic
cop; they are the sleek Mazzerati that
zooms through the intersection, pulling all focus.
I love actors. They’re the funniest, bravest people on the planet.
- Nancy, Artistic Director of Salty Shakespeare
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