With everything that's happened in my family since last August, my muse has been AWOL. I've had no desire to audition for anything, or submit proposals to direct, and my scripts have been in storage due to the reno, so even if I'd felt moved to audition for something trying to work up a monologue, well, it all was just too much. Thankfully, I've had my dance class every week to keep my creative juices flowing, because my piano has been dust covered (again due to the reno) and I've been afraid to open it, just in case the poor thing choked.
Anyway, my local theatre company sent out its annual call for directors for next year's season at the beginning of the month. One of those plays caught my eye (enough so that I actually went to our storage space because I know I own a copy of this show - couldn't find it in any of the bins), so I photocopied the theatre's script, researched my little AS off and presented my proposal to the Committee last Sunday. Received a phone call shortly before I left for lunch.
I GOT IT!!!
Research and team building start now, but rehearsals start in September, with Auditions in August, for the play "Laura" by Vera Caspary & George Sklar. I have a lighting designer in mind, who's extremely good and practically reads my mind, so I know she'll give me what I want. I'm pretty sure I know who I want for costume design (although she could also very easily do my set design). My sweetie will probably do my sound design for me (he does all my shows now) and I will be doing the music for the show. Props will be a bit of a nightmare (how many walking stick guns have you seen?) between food, and records (must be 78s one of which gets broken during every performance - it's part of the script) and 18th century Chinese vases weighted down with buckshot that get broken during every night of the show (honestly, playrights really should take budget into account when they put stuff like that into the lines of the show, which means you can't get around them).
It's based on the 1944 movie of the same name (which was based on a book by Vera Caspary) starring Gene Teirney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price. "Laura" is considered one of the earliest film noir movies, so I'm incorporating that into my design (need to learn about German Expressionism now). I have a TON OF RESEARCH to do before August!!
It feels good to be excited like this.
Warm hugs,
