It’s me again. Yesterday concluded my first work week at Shakespeare & Company where I am assisting Daniela Varon on Romeo and Juliet. I know I know, it’s not fall. But I am THRILLED with my first assignment. See I didn’t share my “spiel” in my first post, so you probably didn’t know that my [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2011’
Amanda Friou – Photos from Professionals Week Day 2
Day 2 began with a trip to MTC to chat with Artistic Producer Mandy Greenfield. Unfortunately it was one of the few things we didn’t manage to get pictures of. After our trip to MTC we had about an hour to kill so most of us spent a little time in the always useful Drama [...]
Amanda Friou – Photos from Professionals Week Day 1
Over the course of Professionals Week I made an attempt to take at least one picture of everything we did and everyone we met. While we missed a few, it has been so fabulous to look back over the week and realize just how much happened in the course of 6 days. Over the next [...]
Amanda Friou – May 26, 2011 – All the Days of our Lives
On Day 5 of the Professionals Week The Drama League took us to see Sleep No More. I have been excited about Sleep No More coming to NY since before anyone told me it was. Last year several scientist friends of mine in Boston insisted that I make the trek up there to see it, [...]
Lily Whitsitt- May 25- Getting Started
“The purpose of art is to interrupt.” – Morgan Jenness quoting Geo Wyeth quoting the Futurists. As you’ve probably read already from the other fellows, last week was Professionals Week. I’m still processing all the information we received and experiences we had. Each person we met, across a wide range of jobs and positions, had [...]
Dawn Monique Williams 5/23/2011 WIDE AWAKE
Well Professionals’ Week has just come to an end, and I totally get why all the OGs call it Wonder Week. I am still in a daze from all the amazing and gracious people we met and whirl-wind of activity. This week was like my own personal dream ballet. Truly surreal. A lot of incredible [...]
Desdemona Chiang-5/19/11-First Post!
Hello everyone! What a thrill it is to be the first blog post of the Class of 2011… My name is Desdemona Chiang, and I’m a director from the San Francisco Bay Area. Roger has been grilling the fellows about perfecting our individual bio pitches, so here’s my version (in under 100 words): Like every [...]
Drama League Announces Directors Project Class of 2011
The Drama League Directors Project is pleased to announce its “Class of 2011,” a group of nine distinguished individuals who have been selected as this year’s Drama League Directing Fellows. Now in its 27th year, The Directors Project features six distinct programs designed to address the needs of directors at various stages of their careers. [...]