Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Condola Rashad's Juliet Playlist


In the recent NPR Interview - Condola Rashad: A Fresh Face to The Classic "Juliet" the musical Miss Rashad, who studied classical piano as a young girl and currently has her own band, notes that for most of her roles she creates a playlist that describes the character's journey. So what are some of the songs on her Romeo and Juliet playlist? 

Here are a few she identified during the NPR interview.

All is Full of Love by Death Cab for Cutie

Beautiful Surprise by India Arie 

Cannot Hear a Word by Condola and The Stoop Kids

Cosmic Love by Florence and the Machine

Crazy for You by Adele

Dirty Child by Rosey

Monday, October 28, 2013

Quote from Conor McPherson's "The Weir"

Jack in Conor McPherson's The Weir
Ah, you get older and look back on why you did things, you see that a lot of the time, there wasn't a reason. You do a lot of things out of pure cussedness.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Quote from George Kelly's "Philip Goes Forth"

Mrs. Ferris in George Kelly's Philip Goes Forth:
Well, lots of people have very good ideas...but that isn't enough-that's only part of it; and often a very small part. It's the doing of it that's the important thing.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

The "Roadkill" Forum: Stop the Demand to Purchase the Bodies of Victims


This summer, like some addict, I kept refreshing the St Ann Warehouse site hoping that a ticket would open up for the sold out run of Cora Bissett's Roadkill. My perseverance paid off and I did indeed score a ticket to what turned out to be one of my top theater experiences of the year to date. Months later as I continue to share the experience with other women, they are enthralled at first and then when they learn that Roadkill is based in part of a true story, they become outraged.