From the last night of #ThePeopleAndTheEnemy from @thechambertheatre.bsky.social
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@thechambertheatre.bsky.social and our latest production, #ThePeopleAndTheEnemy, are back performing in the Kleinhelter Gallery. Our last two performances are here Friday and Saturday this week at 7.30 - tickets are limited but you can still get a few at thechambertheatre.square.site

Industry Night here in the Kleinhelter Gallery for The People and The Enemy from @thechambertheatre.bsky.social - three more performances on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Tickets available at thechambertheatre.square.site
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Dress rehearsal for The Enemy and The People from @thechambertheatre.bsky.social at The Kleinhelter Gallery.
Opens on Friday Jan 24th for 6 performances only. Tickets available now at thechambertheatre.square.site
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First dress rehearsal for The People and The Enemy - opens Friday at 7.30 in the Kleinhelter Gallery (701 E 8th St in New Albany). Tickets at thechambertheatre.square.site
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First run through for The People and The Enemy from @thechambertheatre.bsky.social in The Kleinhelter Gallery. Opening on Jan 24th in New Albany, IN. Details and tickets available at thechambertheatre.square.site
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Our new season with @thechambertheatre.bsky.social!

If you are in Kentuckiana, my latest show, #ClashOfTheWoyzecks for @thechambertheatre.bsky.social is on at the Kleinhelter Gallery in New Albany this weekend and next. Tickets at thechambertheatre.square.site

Awaiting orders to invade Texas in 1845, an American army officer suggested they perform a Shakespeare play. They chose Othello. Being all men, a young Ulysses S Grant was cast as Desdemona. Unfortunately, he never took the stage, but he is the only US Pres I know to have been cast in #Shakespeare

The Crucible is an oddity among US written 20th century plays. While seeming naturalistic, it lends itself more to a classical style of performance. It strikes one as easier for a Shakespearean to compass than a method actor - grand nation-framing emotions rule the day
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Last moments backstage before a show, stage bare, gentle chattering of the audience, tension before the curtain opens & the 1st lines are delivered. For non-actors, a time filled with potential & excitement; for actors the best time and the worst: waiting, waiting: the readiness is all.
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When tackling a theatre classic like #TheCrucible, you face the expectation to continue a tradition. How does one progress from the expectation while still serving the audience? Reassessing what the work means to a contemporary actor is a step to engaging with the contemporary audience.

Nearly done our first week of #TheCrucible here in Hayswood in Corydon (tix still on sale, etc). What is more interesting is to observe the evolution of the group & storytelling. The sobriety of the opening performance has given way to performative joy & energy, despite the heavy themes