Possibilities
Posted by DCA Theater on January 19, 2012 in January - July 2012 Season, Incubator Series: Prologue Theatre Company
Submitted by Margo Gray, Artistic Director for Prologue Theatre Co., currently working on I Carry Your Heart in the DCA Theater Incubator Series
One of the most exciting aspects of working on a world premiere is the breadth of possibility: choices spread out before us in endless winding roads. The work of our month during Prologue’s Incubator project is exploring these roads, finding paths we like, and discovering our destination.
In the meantime, we do need to make some decisions. Last month we had to select of team of actors to take this journey with us. We weren’t exactly sure of some characters’ ages or even gender, but we gathered actors who could handle a variety of challenges, and we have faith they’ll adapt themselves to whatever we throw at them.
So we have some actors playing characters younger or older than their actual age. So we have characters who don’t look like a traditional family. How much am I worried about that? Zero. Zero units of worried. I’m not worried because this work is about getting to know these characters: what they love, what they carry. If the actors don’t match the outside of what one might imagine for these characters, still they have more than enough imagination and curiosity to explore these winding roads.
Learn more about our intrepid cast at Prologue Theatre Co.’s website.
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ibsen & Peer Gynt
Posted by DCA Theater on December 13, 2011 in July-December 2011 Season, Peer Gynt
At the Dec. 5th panel discussion event, we uncovered little-known facts about this famous playwright and his work that we had to share with you. We added a few additional fun facts and hope you’ll enjoy!
10. Henrik Ibsen, hailed as the “Father of Modern Drama,” began his working life as a pharmacist. Perhaps this accounts for the realistic depictions of his characters’ various illnesses…
9. Since 1928, every August in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, there is a Peer Gynt Festival, which includes an incredible lineup of visual art, music, dance, and theater. If you’re ever in Norway, be sure to visit.
The Musical Stylings of Peer Gynt
Posted by DCA Theater on December 9, 2011 in July-December 2011 Season, Peer Gynt
Submitted by Darren Callahan
Paul Gilvary, composer and musical director for Polarity Ensemble Theatre’s current production of Peer Gynt, had a significant challenge – how best to realize director Jeremy Wechsler’s vision for the Americana influences while staying true to the Norwegian mythology of Ibsen’s rarely done classic. The solution: folk music.
Old Peer vs. Young Peer – The Smackdown!
Posted by DCA Theater on December 8, 2011 in July-December 2011 Season, Peer Gynt
Submitted by Darren Callahan
Having two actors inhabit a single character is not a new phenomenon. Having two actors who play the same role and actually like and respect each other, now that’s news!
Peer Gynt: Post Your Review
Posted by DCA Theater on November 23, 2011 in July-December 2011 Season, Peer Gynt
The wild, globe-trotting adventurer Peer Gynt barrels across the stage in the Chicago premiere of Robert Bly’s high-energy translation of this seldom-performed Ibsen classic. In this adaptation, unencumbered by morals or a sense of responsibility, Peer’s mythic journey is envisioned as that of America itself, from scrappy trickster to imperial power and beyond. The rustic settings and live music reminiscent of 19th and 20th century Americana accompany Peer on a 150-year whirlwind tour of the American psyche.
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