http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog Northlight Theatre Blog Thu, 13 May 2010 20:33:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In loving memory of GUY ADKINS 1968 ~ 2010 After a long battle with colon cancer, actor Guy Adkins passed away at the age of 41.  We are grateful that he graced our stage, and will forever remember him fondly. [caption id="attachment_437" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Guy Adkins in 'Visiting Mr. Green' with Mike Nussbaum, ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/northlight-mourns-the-loss-of-guy-adkins from BJ Jones, Artistic Director At 35 years, Northlight is moving into elite territory as an institution that has a history which is intertwined in a meaningful way with the community.  So many of you have talked to me during this production of Awake and Sing! to tell me your story ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/your-northlight-story from Cindy Gold (Bessie Berger, Awake and Sing!) Rehearsal after four or five previews = very exciting day.  We had notes with Amy, and then did a speed-through of the show.  (That's when you run it all, but fast!)   It's mostly for muscle memory, but I find it ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/time-for-a-speed-through from Cindy Gold (Bessie Berger, Awake and Sing!) Playing someone outside my personal comfort zone, like Bessie Berger, is exciting.  In this case, Bessie is so LOUD.  Amy [Morton, director] keeps telling me to have a megaphone at ALL times.  Bessie needs to be seen by everyone, and ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/outside-the-comfort-zone from Mara Mihlfried, Associate Director of Marketing "This is always my least favorite day, because everybody looks at me like I know something...but I don't." So began Director Amy Morton at the first rehearsal of Awake and Sing! earlier this afternoon. I always love first rehearsal - the entire cast, production team ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/first-rehearsal-for-awake-and-sing from BJ Jones The importance of intiatives like Interplay for theatres like Northlight is vital.  So often a playwright would truly relish a reading, provided by sensitive and supportive artists and theatres where the work is appreciated and the environment is safe. That is the goal for us here at Northlight. ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/the-struggle-for-new-work from BJ Jones It's the week after the opening of Souvenir and our audiences and the critics appear to be most pleased.  It's funny, charming and surprisingly moving, but what appears to fascinate our audience the most is that it is about a real person. Over the years, work that reflects our ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/the-search-for-a-season Souvenir is a "deceptively complicated piece" (Chicago Tribune) - funny and light on the surface, yet delving more deeply into the lives and psyches of its two characters than one might initially realize - and we're so pleased that the critics have seen it that way.  Some of their ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/souvenir-deceptively-complicated from Lynn Baber, Artistic Administrator I really think that theatre has a lot of magic in it.   I'm really lucky to have a job where there is a little bit of magic in every day.  This week's magic looked like this~ Five minutes before The Marvelous Wonderettes closed: Two hours after The Marvelous ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/a-little-bit-of-magin We asked, you answered!  Though we were sad to say good-bye to The Marvelous Wonderettes this weekend, we had a marvelous time on memory lane and were thrilled to have so many audience members take the trip with us.   Here's a final look at the 1950s with your answers ... http://northlight.mighty-site.com/blog/and-the-survey-says