Dan here.
It's certainly something to be in the aftermath of Duchess. We've just begun to get our feet under ourselves again (everyone seems to be involved in other projects now) and the question on everybody's lips is "What are you guys doing next?" We tell folks about the readings coming up this season, but we all know what they really mean.
And this is not to slight the readings! I'm pretty stoked about them myself. We've got the wonderful Chris Coucill back in the fold for Christmas Carol. Not a project I was champing at the bit to do, but Auburn Road Winery comissioned it. Only after we began exploring the prospect of actually approaching this story did I begin to get excited. Damon is directing, and the first thing he did was get Chris on board. Smart doings. And Chris has always wanted to do Scrooge. But now, we've hit upon the idea of working from an adaptation Dickens did himself as a one-man reading. Now you have my attention! And live foley to boot!
Anyhow - it's really been a time pawing over scripts for the "next production." We want something for the Fringe too, but what is hard to say. Damon's directing the production next year and is itching for something funny. All of us are piling through old plays in search of one to light our fire. Lots of folks put their two cents in upon seeing Duchess. My personal favorite was a guy who grabbed my arm on the way out and whispered, "One word. John Marston's The Malcontent." Not exactly one word. But I do like the play...
I guess this post is just to address my excitement about the future, and yet try to capture a bit of the pensive nature of trying to calculate one's next move. It can't be a retreat - that much I know. But what? Victorian Melodrama? Scandanavian Psycho-thriller? Restoration Farce? Oof. So many possibilities. What do you guys think? We always love hints.
Til then.
