[SML] theatre in the round productions.
Stan Morris
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Tue Apr 25 21:50:49 UTC 2017
A few years ago I worked on a production of "Copenhagen". It turned out very well. I also saw a good production of "Agnes of God". It was effective. The last one I did in the round was "4.48 Psychosis ". I think it turned out the best of the three.
stan morris
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> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round productions they have seen?
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> A few year back I worked on Murder Ballad, which we staged in the round. When I was in college (20+ years ago), we did Foust in the round. (I think I got the right title, & may even be spelled right).
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> Something I pick up working on the college production, hang numbers around the set in the form of a clock. Then give blocking notes in reference to the clock. (Enter at 1, move to 6, then......) I think a lot of directors avoid theatre in the round, for they have trouble wrapping their heads around the idea.
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> Melodyland Theater in the Round, Anaheim, California was part of my childhood. It's long gone now, but the name surfaces sometimes.
> I remember seeing the Jefferson Airplane there, 1967. The Grateful Dead opened for them. I knew absolutely nothing about either band. (I do now.) The stage rotated, so they faced all the audience at different times. They hung some sheets behind the drummer, to have a place on stage to aim some of the light show at. Most of the light show was splashed on the audience and the outer walls, which meant that you could sort of see much of it.
> I remember seeing the Smothers Brothers there. I don't recall if the stage rotated, but I do remember that there were microphone sets placed at three or four locations, so they performed parts of the show facing each corner of the audience. They also liberally ad-libbed, finding places in their routines to move away from each other to different mics, or join up again, or follow each other around. I had the records. I knew those weren't regular parts of the routine. It was delightful.
> I remember seeing No Time For Sergeants there, probably in 1964. Probably with Jerry Van Dyke, and probably with Arte Johnson. I recall the lights coming up and seeing them hanging from the grid on the parachute cords after they jump out of the airplane, slowly twisting this way and that.
> I remember how you could always see some of the lights shining, because they came from opposite you, or off to your sides, and being fascinated by that. Funny that decades later, I became a light designer. And that the lights would go out on the stage, and come up in an aisle, following an entrance, and that by the time those performers hit the stage, the set would have completely changed. And that at some shows, they would walk you through an illustration of how such changes were done, showing you the technicians sneaking down aisles, the set pieces breaking down, the use of the little bit of fly space, the choreography of lights and pieces and manpower to make it all work so quickly and smoothly.
> I remember seeing Joe E. Brown in Harvey there. A masterful and moving show. He did something I have never forgotten, something I marvel at the memory of to this day, something that influences every choice I make as an actor or director. He brings in the portrait of the rabbit that he had commissioned. It's a wrapped parcel, and he unwraps it and reveals it. And he has a long rambling unfocussed monlogue, which is about how people could and should get along, and ought to treat each other better. But, in this production, he isn't preaching, or moralizing, or talking to the audience, or giving advice. His speech is an afterthought, just mumbling to himself haphazardly while he works. What he's *doing* is removing and folding up that brown parcel paper the portrait was wrapped in. He's slow and gentle and careful, and utterly focussed on that paper, getting the edges straight, and checking them, and easing into each crease, and checking again, and babying it into position, and !
> making sure everything is happy before moving along. He's not showing the painting, or talking to the audience. He's treating that throwaway wrapping paper with all the respect and love and gentleness and care that it's possible to give. And the audience is loving it, because he's so intent, and it's so unimportant, and in the meantime, the whole heart and soul and message of the play is being laid out for them in his monologue. I have never seen an actor's choice of stage business so perfectly support his speech and his character. I try to make choices like that.
> I saw other shows there, but nothing else stuck in my head the way these did.
> Theater in the round is a challenge, but I do not believe it is a limitation.
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> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round productions they have seen?
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> Daniel L. Miller
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>> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round productions they have seen?
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> I have seen the Fantasticks in both the round and thust. Both were very effective and the thrust performance could easily have been modified to perform in the round.
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> Given that each of these productions that follow will present their own
> specific production challenges, each of these listed was produced
> in-the-round in our square black box space with a 21-foot x 21-foot playing
> area that often used low platforming in various configurations. In all
> cases, access to the playing space was gained through one of four doors set
> in the corners of the room. 16-foot to the ceiling/lighting hanging
> positions. University undergraduate BA & BFA programs with about 170 majors
> generally.
>
> Under Milkwood (I've seen this in at least 4 other ITR versions), On The
> Verge, Art, Eleemosynary, Angels In America, Pts. 1 & 2 (in rep for an
> extended run), American Buffalo, Hay Fever, The Bacchae, Nonsense, Mad
> Forest, Les Liaison Dangereues, Glass Menagerie, Aunt Raini.
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> The list could go on and on. YMMV of course.
> Good luck,
> Steve
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> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft <
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>> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round productions
>> they have seen?
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>> *Daniel L. Miller*
>> *Associate Professor of Theatre*
>> *Dakota Wesleyan University*
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> Our new space is a black box theatre 50' x 50' with a TITR playing space of 20' x 20'.
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> I am a huge passion for playing in the round and am curious as to what kinds of successful production individuals have seen.
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> Dan
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> Daniel L. Miller
> Associate Professor of Theatre
> Dakota Wesleyan University
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> On Apr 25, 2017 10:40 AM, Stephen Rees via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> Given that each of these productions that follow will present their own specific production challenges, each of these listed was produced in-the-round in our square black box space with a 21-foot x 21-foot playing area that often used low platforming in various configurations. In all cases, access to the playing space was gained through one of four doors set in the corners of the room. 16-foot to the ceiling/lighting hanging positions. University undergraduate BA & BFA programs with about 170 majors generally.
>
> Under Milkwood (I've seen this in at least 4 other ITR versions), On The Verge, Art, Eleemosynary, Angels In America, Pts. 1 & 2 (in rep for an extended run), American Buffalo, Hay Fever, The Bacchae, Nonsense, Mad Forest, Les Liaison Dangereues, Glass Menagerie, Aunt Raini.
>
> The list could go on and on. YMMV of course.
> Good luck,
> Steve
>
> Stephen E. Rees
> Emeritus Professor of Theatre
> CCE-CC Master Gardener Volunteer
> 716.366.0505 Home
> 716.680.1565 Mobile
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> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net<mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round productions they have seen?
>
> Daniel L. Miller
> Associate Professor of Theatre
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> From: "Miller, Daniel" <DaMiller at dwu.edu>
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> Our new space is a black box theatre 50' x 50' with a TITR playing space of 20' x 20'.
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> I have a huge passion for playing in the round and am curious as to what kinds of successful productions individuals have seen.
>
> Dan
>
> Daniel L. Miller
> Associate Professor of Theatre
> Dakota Wesleyan University
>
> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid
> On Apr 25, 2017 10:40 AM, Stephen Rees via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> Given that each of these productions that follow will present their own specific production challenges, each of these listed was produced in-the-round in our square black box space with a 21-foot x 21-foot playing area that often used low platforming in various configurations. In all cases, access to the playing space was gained through one of four doors set in the corners of the room. 16-foot to the ceiling/lighting hanging positions. University undergraduate BA & BFA programs with about 170 majors generally.
>
> Under Milkwood (I've seen this in at least 4 other ITR versions), On The Verge, Art, Eleemosynary, Angels In America, Pts. 1 & 2 (in rep for an extended run), American Buffalo, Hay Fever, The Bacchae, Nonsense, Mad Forest, Les Liaison Dangereues, Glass Menagerie, Aunt Raini.
>
> The list could go on and on. YMMV of course.
> Good luck,
> Steve
>
> Stephen E. Rees
> Emeritus Professor of Theatre
> CCE-CC Master Gardener Volunteer
> 716.366.0505 Home
> 716.680.1565 Mobile
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> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net<mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round productions they have seen?
>
> Daniel L. Miller
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> I've seen excellent productions of _Stop the world, I Want to Get
> Off_ and _Roar Of The Greesepaint, Smell of the Crowd_ done in the
> round. Are these dated now?
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> Steve
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> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft
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>> I have a huge passion for playing in the round and am curious as to what
>> kinds of successful productions individuals have seen.
>
> We do a lot of black box productions - some in-the-round, some 3/4,
> sometimes any other configuration we dream of (diagonal,
> octagonal....)
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> Favorites that worked well for us:
> Caesar
> Joe Orton's LOOT
> Craig Lucas' Reckless
> The Diviners
> Pride n Prejudice
> Distracted
> Midsummer Night's Dream
> Waiting for Godot
> Enemy of the People
> Dancing at Lughnasa
> Henry the Fifth
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> - Jon
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> I just received PolySher #409 and a box of filament for it.
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> I may need smelling salts!
>
> Reports after I find the spare moment to try printing something and
> seeing how this works.
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> From: John Taylor <jt at techie.com>
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> I had the honor of getting my feet wet in real theatre with an amazing
> lady, Irma Schira Tucker. From the day she founded City Players of St
> Louis in 1937 till her death at the age of 90 in 1993, she lived and
> breathed theatre. More important to this message she loved doing theatre
> in the round. Sometimes it might have been only 90% round but it was
> always special. Irma did sometimes use traditional proscenium staging
> but only when there was no other option. I started working with her in
> the 60's when I was in high school and worked with her off and on for
> many years. We did shows in a number of locations through the years.
> From the rooftop of the downtown YMCA, to the rose garden of Shaw's
> Botanical garden, to the rotunda of the old courthouse in downtown St
> Louis and on the entrance plaza to the gym of East St Louis Sr High School.
> Working with many different designers through all those years we all
> learned a lot about doing it in the round from each other and from Irma.
> We did almost every show or type of show you can imagine including many
> world premiers. Irma had a special relationship with Samuel French and
> we produced many original and several world premiers. So there often was
> no precedent to look at. In all her years of directing she only repeated
> a show one time with City Players (she did occasionally use a show at
> the high school that had been done with City Players). The reason for
> that was we had such a huge demand 2 years after doing it that she
> finally agreed to stage it again. That is one of the shows that was done
> in 90% round. The set had 3 small overlapping flats at the 12 o'clock
> position on the stage.
>
> Sometimes the location was picked because of the show, Some of the shows
> that come to mind and I will try to put location with them if I can:
> Old Courthouse: An Enemy Of The People, Julius Caesar, Agamemnon and
> Clytemnestra, Our Town, Look Back In Anger
> Rose Garden at Botanical Garden: The Dolls House, The Cherry Orchid
> Concrete plaza in front of high school gym: Imaginary Invalid, One Act
> Play Fesitval
> Old insurance building turned into arts school: Many shows there as it
> became home for many years, Oldest Living Graduate, Seascape (the only
> repeated show), Bus Stop, Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum,
> and many, many more.
>
> When we would ask Irma how can we do this show in the round? She would
> always tell us, Use your mind!
>
> Somewhere I have a couple of pics that I will see if I can find from
> those years. Heading into tech now so it will be a while before I can
> search for them.
>
> JT
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>> On 4/24/2017 7:45 PM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft wrote:
>> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round
>> productions they have seen?
>>
>> /Daniel L. Miller/
>> /Associate Professor of Theatre/
>> /Dakota Wesleyan University/
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> Great info. Thank you for sharing.
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> Daniel
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> Subject: Re: [SML] Theatre-in-the-Round Productions
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> I had the honor of getting my feet wet in real theatre with an amazing lady, Irma Schira Tucker. From the day she founded City Players of St Louis in 1937 till her death at the age of 90 in 1993, she lived and breathed theatre. More important to this message she loved doing theatre in the round. Sometimes it might have been only 90% round but it was always special. Irma did sometimes use traditional proscenium staging but only when there was no other option. I started working with her in the 60's when I was in high school and worked with her off and on for many years. We did shows in a number of locations through the years. From the rooftop of the downtown YMCA, to the rose garden of Shaw's Botanical garden, to the rotunda of the old courthouse in downtown St Louis and on the entrance plaza to the gym of East St Louis Sr High School.
> Working with many different designers through all those years we all learned a lot about doing it in the round from each other and from Irma. We did almost every show or type of show you can imagine including many world premiers. Irma had a special relationship with Samuel French and we produced many original and several world premiers. So there often was no precedent to look at. In all her years of directing she only repeated a show one time with City Players (she did occasionally use a show at the high school that had been done with City Players). The reason for that was we had such a huge demand 2 years after doing it that she finally agreed to stage it again. That is one of the shows that was done in 90% round. The set had 3 small overlapping flats at the 12 o'clock position on the stage.
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> Sometimes the location was picked because of the show, Some of the shows that come to mind and I will try to put location with them if I can:
> Old Courthouse: An Enemy Of The People, Julius Caesar, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, Our Town, Look Back In Anger
> Rose Garden at Botanical Garden: The Dolls House, The Cherry Orchid
> Concrete plaza in front of high school gym: Imaginary Invalid, One Act Play Fesitval
> Old insurance building turned into arts school: Many shows there as it became home for many years, Oldest Living Graduate, Seascape (the only repeated show), Bus Stop, Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum, and many, many more.
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> When we would ask Irma how can we do this show in the round? She would always tell us, Use your mind!
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> Somewhere I have a couple of pics that I will see if I can find from those years. Heading into tech now so it will be a while before I can search for them.
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> JT
> On 4/24/2017 7:45 PM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft wrote:
> Can anyone give me suggestions on good theatre-in-the-round productions they have seen?
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> Perfect. This is exactly what I am looking for.
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> Thank you.
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>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> I have a huge passion for playing in the round and am curious as to
>> what kinds of successful productions individuals have seen.
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> We do a lot of black box productions - some in-the-round, some 3/4, sometimes any other configuration we dream of (diagonal,
> octagonal....)
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> Favorites that worked well for us:
> Caesar
> Joe Orton's LOOT
> Craig Lucas' Reckless
> The Diviners
> Pride n Prejudice
> Distracted
> Midsummer Night's Dream
> Waiting for Godot
> Enemy of the People
> Dancing at Lughnasa
> Henry the Fifth
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> Wonderful. Thank you.
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> Daniel
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> I've seen excellent productions of _Stop the world, I Want to Get Off_ and _Roar Of The Greesepaint, Smell of the Crowd_ done in the round. Are these dated now?
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