Well it's still two weeks to dress rehearsal for our Sheridan workshop (February 15) and we've already completely run through Act 1 and Act 2.

Not too shabby. Especially when you consider the students go to classes all day and then rehearse all night!

One of the really cool things about this process is how different (and yet the same) things are from the show we did at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

In New York, the scene changes were done by stage hands in black, as quickly and quietly as possible. Part of the reason for that was we had very limited rehearsal time. Marc Richard, our director at Sheridan, has taken a different approach. He has choreographed the movement of set pieces and people. People move about in character, sometimes acting out little scenes downstage, sometimes moving a set piece with a little flourish (Marc refers to that as Jeujing (both j's are soft)), and sometimes and out and out bit of choreography gets the job done.

It's really cool because you can impart extra information, or reinforce character development in these little montages/scenes. The audience is meant to enjoy them for what they are, not pretend they aren't really happening. It's sort of a highly choreographed ballet with lots of moving parts!

Oh and the other big difference -- at Sheridan we have a week to do tech, and at NYMF we had...um...something like four hours!

And, general seating tickets are on sale now for the Plane Crazy "Bold Strokes" production!

Here are the details from the Theatre Sheridan Box Office Web site:

PLANE CRAZY ("Bold Strokes" Studio Production/General Seating)

February 16 @ 7:30 pm
February 17 @ 7:30 pm
February 18 @ 2:30 and 7:30 pm
February 21 @ 7:30 pm
February 22 @ 7:30 pm
February 23 @ 7:30 pm
February 24 @ 7:30 pm
February 25 @ 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm

The Box Office is currently open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Two weeks prior to show openings and during the run of the performance, the Box Office is open Tuesday to Friday, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. On performance days the Box Office is open one hour prior to performance times.

Tickets are:

$19 for Saturday matinees;
$22 for Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday evenings; and
$25 for Friday/Saturday evenings.

Group Sales -- Theatre Sheridan offers discounts for groups of 15 or more. Some conditions apply. Please call the Box Office for details.

Box Office Telephone: 905-815-4049
Box Office Fax: 905-815-4082

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