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A Weeks Worth: Feb 22-28

Sunday: Playwright Derek Ahonen left for LA after the staged reading of THE TRANSCENDANTS at Woolfe Street Playhouse. Local publication Art Mag wrote it up here ~ http://theartmag.com/2015/02/review-reading-of-the-transcendents/

Monday: Spent the rainy day with Jennifer Bissel and Maddie Casto, who are in Charleston from New York performing with 34 West Theatre Company. After crepes at Queen Street Grocery, we went by the beautiful Dock Street Theatre, home of Charleston Stage Company.

Tuesday: I was a reader for some auditions at PURE Theatre for their production of David Adjmi's MARIE ANTOINETTE. Their next show OUTSIDE MULLINGAR by John Patrick Shanley runs March 6-28. Tix @ http://puretheatre.org/

Wednesday: I caught some of a tech rehearsal, and spoke with the director of Alan Bennett's THE HISTORY BOYS at Woolfe Street Playhouse. This is the inaugural production in Woolfe Street's new black box space, and will run for only six shows.

Thursday: I won't lie. I took a night off.

Friday: Attended opening night of THE HISTORY BOYS at Woolfe Street Playhouse. Tix @http://woolfestreetplayhouse.com/events/the-history-boys/

Saturday: Ok- So its not theatre, but I watched ALMOST FAMOUS today and it reaffirmed my faith in the bohemian life.

Lets do it again next week~

-HH

William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Photos by: Jessika Stocker

October 17~November 1

Woolfe Street Playhouse

Charleston, SC

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When the Lights Come On

We started tech for our 'Macbeth' at Woolfe Street Playhouse last night. A glorious 4 hour whirlwind of kilts and fog. Each day of rehearsal, when I open the doors to the theater, I am stunned by the growth of the set, but last night was like getting struck by lightening. The theater is a forest, a battleground, and a castle, all bathed in green and blue light. The lights reflect off of the silver swords and Mac's crown. It is truly a sight.

You can see the actual construction of a play most clearly during tech. Not only construction of the set, but also of the costumes, the scene transitions, and the characters. Its like watching the tiny mechanisms that make a large clock work. Tech week is the first time that I, as an actor, really feel like I am IN the play. Huge puzzle pieces start fitting together, and with that comes a strength and a shedding of inhibitions.

Our director Evan gave us one big note last night. Make every action a matter of life or death. I tend to forget, while caught up in the theatricality of it all, what the play is really about. We have a tyrant driven mad by want of power, backed by a woman so manipulative and evil, who goes so far as to sell her soul in her first scene to give herself the strength to commit murder, in order to get her husband the crown. Like, what? Its not just about how pretty everything looks? This is a cursed play. It is known that way, so yes, every exchange must be a matter of life or death. And if we play it that way convincingly, when the house lights come on at the end of the show, it will be jolting.