defin8tly on our way

So,

I was hoping not to be the only one blogging. Sigh. Still working on this one.

In any case, we have been busy bees these last few weeks. rock.paper.sistahz looms and SummerWorks lingers and we need to create something and we have been. I mean now, we have a script...which is constantly changing.

So far, we have a story about Johnette in a self recovery centre, a dancescape idea and a journey of sorts. We have fleshed out a kickass beginning and some great scenes and monologues written by individual ensemble members. The key now is link all this material together in a cohesive whole. We discusss, we write, we discuss some more. We are also adding additional sessions for those who can attend. (There is one in one hour, but I am burnt out and need a little time off). We are working hard.

Oh yes, regarding the director situation, it was pointed out that we needed to have one as opposed to multiple directors (an idea we were kicking around). But how? We didn't want one person to start our raising our baby, when in fact the baby hadn't been born yet. We decided that we will invite three outside eyes for this initial phase for rock.paper.sistahz and then we have invited Joan Kivanda to be our director. She was a member of the ensemble before and understands how we work. Also, we really wanted someone who understands our ensemble and would take our piece in the right direction. Yeah for finding a director!

We are also working out all kinds of admin details and other stuff. Looking for a stage manager, lighting designer, sound designer and set and costume designer. Some of these might come from the ensemble, but if you are interested, get in touch with us!

Anyway, we are performing next Sunday, May 3 at the SummerWorks launch and at the launch of the rock.paper.sistahz festival. Will be good to test out some of our material....

C'est tout for now.

Sedina