Doubt, a Parable - Blog 12 - Audience Response Wednesday 9.24

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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 11 - Audience Response Sunday 9.21

Actors Theatre began the conversation with our audiences after Doubt, a Parable right in the lobby of the theatre. We had a large dry erase board and asked the audience the burning question on everyone's mind as they leave the show...."Was Sister Aloysius right?"See what he/she said after Sunday's show...(obviously there was more than one person in the audience...just only one response. Thanks whoever you were!)

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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 10 - Audience Response Saturday 9.20

Actors Theatre began the conversation with our audiences after Doubt, a Parable right in the lobby of the theatre. We had a large dry erase board and asked the audience the burning question on everyone's mind as they leave the show...."Was Sister Aloysius right?"See what they said after Saturday's show...

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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 9 - Audience Response Friday 9.19

Actors Theatre began the conversation with our audiences after Doubt, a Parable right in the lobby of the theatre. We had a large dry erase board and asked the audience the burning question on everyone's mind as they leave the show...."Was Sister Aloysius right?"See what - well...one audience member...said after Friday's show...
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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 8 - Audience Response Thursday 9.18

Actors Theatre began the conversation with our audiences after Doubt, a Parable right in the lobby of the theatre. We had a large dry erase board and asked the audience the burning question on everyone's mind as they leave the show...."Was Sister Aloysius right?"See what they said after Thursday's show...

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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 7 - Audience Response Sunday 9.14

Actors Theatre began the conversation with our audiences after Doubt, a Parable right in the lobby of the theatre. We had a large dry erase board and asked the audience the burning question on everyone's mind as they leave the show...."Was Sister Aloysius right?"See what they said after Sunday's show...
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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 6 - Audience Response Saturday 9.13

Actors Theatre began the conversation with our audiences after Doubt, a Parable right in the lobby of the theatre. We had a large dry erase board and asked the audience the burning question on everyone's mind as they leave the show...."Was Sister Aloysius right?"See what they said after Saturday's show...
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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 5 - Audience Response Friday 9.12

Actors Theatre began the conversation with our audiences after Doubt, a Parable right in the lobby of the theatre. We had a large dry erase board and asked the audience the burning question on everyone's mind as they leave the show...."Was Sister Aloysius right?"
See what they said after Friday's show...

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Doubt, a Parable - Blog 4 - Angelica Howland (playing Sister James)

Opening weekend is done! What a long week! I was really feeling the lack of sleep and the overabundance of stress & jitters crashing down on me today. Note to self: Do NOT day dream about Spaghetti Carbonara when you are about to take an entrance -- Sister James ran into Sister Veronica in the garden!! Sister James did NOT run into Sister James in the garden as that would be a physical impossibility. Jeesh!! Thank the Big Sky Guy for April keeping us on track -- that little slip up won't happen again! Who needs 3 days off? I do!

Doubt, a Parable - Blog 3 - Patti Davis Suarez (playing Sister Aloysius)

Wow, the words!!!
Feeling them gurgle, spew, spit, hurl, like tiny torpedos, from the inards (scene 8); or ooze from the sinuses in slick coils (scene 5); or just stick there, south of the tonsils, refusing to come out (scene 9).
The devil and God are both in the words!
Or, as we hillbillies would say, “I'm lovin' them words.”
And to play word ping-pong with the likes of Angelica, Rusty, and Lillie????
Well.
Also, I gotta' say, the physical plainness of Sister A is grabbing me.
No eyelashes, no lip gloss, no blush.
Mmmmm, have aliens taken patti?
Where is she?
Help!!!!

Doubt, a Parable - Blog 2 - Rusty Ferracane (playing Father Flynn)

Well, I’m stepping into the 21st Century and writing my first blog. (I guess I’m not the only one behind the times since Word just underlined "blog" as a misspelled word!) We’re finishing up our first three weeks of rehearsals this weekend and then we head over to Stage West to begin tech week. Way too much has happened during rehearsal to attempt to document the process here, and Kerry Lengel is taking care of that in the Arizona Republic anyway. Let me just say that the four of us and Matthew and April have gone on a rich and fascinating journey putting our little skit up on it’s feet. While Patti and Angelica have to deal with "nunny head gear" a couple of interesting things I have to deal with are a full length cassock and long fingernails. This is the closest I’ve been to dressing in drag on stage! The fingernails are particularly wild because I used to chew them down to the nub but Father Flynn likes to wear his nails long so I’ve kicked the habit and now sport nails that would make Streisand envious. I may even go get a manicure. Of course, I’ll go to a man’s salon like Boxers in order to maintain my "masculinity"!

Doubt, a Parable - Blog 1 - Angelica Howland (playing Sister James)

Friday 9/29/08

It is very warm under my nunny rehearsal head gear -- and to be honest -- its starting to get a little funky too. I wonder if it will grow its own legs and walk away in the next couple of days? I'm looking forward to a day off, to a day with no nunny hat head -- and a chance to do a little nunny hat laundry. Next week's goal: STOP SWEATING! (I'm pretty sure nuns are supposed to glisten) -- and ask Mr. Castellano about the possibility of installing an AC unit inside my cornette.