An influx of the new
This season has already seen the remount of last years energetic 80′s rock touring show “Zeus on the Loose”. We have now opened “The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee“, “The Ladies Man” and “The 39 Steps“. And we are well into rehearsals for the 4th season of Boomtown Improv and just began our read through of This Day and Age.
All of this is great of course. But what makes me smile is the amount of heavy lifting being taken on by new members of the company. For example the tech crew, which is largely new to Creede, not only had to do their jobs superbly (which they have), but had to learn Creede’s entire system of running things on top of that and believe me, we’re a special group. The run crew for The 39 Steps needs a bow of its own with all the work they put in behind the scenes and all of them but one are new to the theater. What most of you who come to see the theater have already realized is that a great deal of the acting company is new. Spelling Bee is wowing audiences with a cast that has only 3 returning company members, meaning the new kids are kicking butt and taking names!
All of this newness is not only wonderful, but necessary. As the theater continues to expand and improve it needs new blood to keep pushing it to be better and new ideas to liven the place up with. So, I just want to take a second to tip my hat to the ever impressive group of actors, administrators, and technicians who have taken so much of the weight of this season on themselves and are making it look easy.
Cheers to the new kids!
Gary Mitchell and 
Tim Brosnan 2:20 pm on July 17, 2010 Permalink |
Hi, Michael -
How about some new actor blood from the Bible Belt? A friend of mine who’s working at Shuler Theater in Raton this summer came to see your production of “39 Steps” and he was MUCH impressed … which impressed me … because impressing him isn’t an easy thing to do.
So please tell me, short of driving to Colorado from the Carolinas, how does one become a blip on the Creede family radar screen? Quarterly P&R? That seems so primitive.
Maybe an invitation to my Web site would improve my chances! Here: http://www.creativehammer.com. Yes, maybe that will do it. Maybe you’ll watch the videos there and … email me!
Tim Brosnan, Greenville, SC
Gary Mitchell 2:15 pm on August 10, 2010 Permalink |
Having seen 39 Steps, I say AMEN to that!