Open Rehearsal: The Court Theatre Blog
October 11, 2011
Joe Clark and Wile E. Coyote
Here at Court, we are in a wonderful moment of transition. The success of Spunk is like a lingering sunset behind us as we turn to face a new horizon in the form of An Iliad. It’s like a theatrical changing of the seasons. From the warmth of Eatonville, Florida, we plunge into the icy unknown of…somewhere. A somewhere with ancient Greek written on the walls like graffiti, a somewhere made out of tile the color of bones, a somewhere that can be under attack by the elements at any moment….but more on that later.
The transition is happening all around. Marketing has new artwork for An Iliad, Development is featuring rare editions of the Iliad and Odyssey at their Producer Circle Event, and Artistic is in rehearsal. Visually speaking however, the best transition is (of course) happening in Production. The set of Spunk is gone, my friends. Poor Joe Clark is now homeless. I found him sitting alone in the costume shop, curled up in a ball like a kid who’s parents forgot to pick them up at school.
As Spunk moves out, An Iliad must move in. There’s debris behind the set shop which I can only guess is destined for this somewhere-set of bone-tile and graffiti. A skeleton has been erected inside the theater and power tools are being revved. An Iliad’s time has come!
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