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  • The Show Opens – Heather Oakley

    “I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.” -Henry David Thoreau I’m borrowing this quote from our director Jenna’s latest email to […]

  • Actor/Producer Lila Dupree takes to the Blog!

    Four Days Out In the days before opening a show, everything feels like organized chaos. Or, just chaos. Add to that state the challenges of the NYC Fringe Festival and you are in for a wild ride. This has been a particularly challenging process for many reasons. One of the joys of working on a […]

  • The Actor Speaks – Matt Hurley’s Perspective

    So I have never been involved on a project for longer than three months at the most before attending Columbia University.  I lucked out and was given a wonderful opportunity to do a new play with Danny.  The short piece that we had two years ago was really exciting and now Danny has been able […]

  • The Director’s Chair by Jenna Worsham

    I was doing some research on sparrows not long ago, and, among other qualities, was fascinated to find out what makes their biology unique: they have a bone in their tongue. I love that. If I could find a metaphor to represent the lithe strength of Danny’s words, it would have to be that; he […]

  • Shannon- The last connection…

    Friday, January 14 Except it never is the last connection.  That’s the beauty of theater: we start the connection for people and for ourselves.  A wonderful director who i totally forget right now once said that theater should be like staring out at the ocean.  You don’t want the audience to be thinking about the […]

  • Lila- Snow Daze

    Thursday, January 13 There was this beautiful snowstorm the other night which started just as we were all arriving at the theatre. Everyone arrived in the green room, breathless and excited about what was sure to be an impending blizzard. At least that’s what all the news outlets were saying. We chattered excitedly about the […]

  • Bronwen- As a writer… As an actor…

    Monday, January 10 The Make-Out Queen is a piece I wrote. I am also the only person who has ever performed it. I’ve been working on it for two years off and on, as a writer…as an actor… When I first started working on it I had no fear or panic about the writing… If […]