Cry it Out
Cry it Out
Fall 2024
PLOT
A comedy with dark edges, Cry It Out takes an honest look at the absurdities of being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work, and the effect class has on parenthood in America.
PROCESS
Each role in this production was triple cast, meaning all our members got the chance to both play their role (or roles!), and study the actor playing the same character. Our rehearsals often included switching actors part way through, discussing the nuances of each artist’s take and (of course) stealing the best choices. Every night, the audience saw a completely different cast and a wildly different and fresh show.
WHEN / WHERE
Cry it Out went up at the NuBox theater November 9th-18th of 2023.
PROCESS
With just under 6 months, each member of our company took a famous leading role from the Shakespeare cannon and cut down the entire play into a 10 minute monologue, using projections, other actors as puppets, Ken dolls, mannequins and mirrors to convey the each story in its entirety. The entire process was collaborative with the whole company influencing and devising each other’s peices. The result was a play that moved at light-speed from deep mourning to manic hilarity.
Summer 2024
Shakespeare’s Leading Players
PLOT
10 Shakespeare plays told by their lead character in under 100 minutes. We follow Macbeth to Juliet to Cleopatra and beyond in this side splitting, pearl clutching, high octane variety show.
WHEN / WHERE
Shakespeare’s leading players went up at The Alchemical theater June 22-24th in 2024.
