SWEET ON TEA: Notes from an AD Tyler James Greene Hey, ya’ll.  Tyler Greene, here, Assistant Director of SWEET TEA and 1/3 of the Artistic Intern Army at About Face Theatre.  I’m happy to report that this next thrilling production goes forth at breakneck speed towards opening night, supported at this speed by a company of extraordinarily talented artists.  We’ve quite a few exciting things on the horizon in conjunction with SWEET TEA.  Most of these I will save for future notes.  Today, though, I wanted to take a brief moment to share with you, dear audience, our current operating schedule so that you have a sense of where we’ve been and the places we plan to go. We began development on January 4th with a weeklong workshop of E. Patrick’s pre-existing script for POURING TEA, a touring production including many of the men you will see in SWEET TEA.  This script, nearly 150 pages in length and broad in scope, emerged from our workshop in the form of a tight, 90-minute performance script.  In a few short days from today, director Daniel Alexander Jones will meet with E. Patrick in New York City for a series of rehearsals of that text.  On April 15th, we begin working in Chicago.  All of this will prepare us for the first preview on April 29th and dual opening nights of May 7th and 8th.  A compact but unquestionably driven schedule, yes?  The most magical things happen in small frames. For the next few months, I will be your eyes and ears in the room, regularly posting updates with each passing Wednesday.  Next Wednesday, I will discuss the talkback as a mode of connection beyond the theatrical event itself and how we plan to integrate one after every performance of SWEET TEA.  You can look forward to Monday as well, wherein we will feature blog entries from other members of the creative team.  Coming up this Monday is lighting designer and theatre historian Kathy Perkins.  If you have any questions, I encourage you to post them here.  I’ll try my best to address them as quickly and efficiently as possible.  We look forward to sharing these stories with you!

SWEET ON TEA: Notes from an AD

Tyler James Greene

Hey, ya’ll.  Tyler Greene, here, Assistant Director of SWEET TEA and 1/3 of the Artistic Intern Army at About Face Theatre.  I’m happy to report that this next thrilling production goes forth at breakneck speed towards opening night, supported at this speed by a company of extraordinarily talented artists. 

We’ve quite a few exciting things on the horizon in conjunction with SWEET TEA.  Most of these I will save for future notes.  Today, though, I wanted to take a brief moment to share with you, dear audience, our current operating schedule so that you have a sense of where we’ve been and the places we plan to go.

We began development on January 4th with a weeklong workshop of E. Patrick’s pre-existing script for POURING TEA, a touring production including many of the men you will see in SWEET TEA.  This script, nearly 150 pages in length and broad in scope, emerged from our workshop in the form of a tight, 90-minute performance script.  In a few short days from today, director Daniel Alexander Jones will meet with E. Patrick in New York City for a series of rehearsals of that text.  On April 15th, we begin working in Chicago.  All of this will prepare us for the first preview on April 29th and dual opening nights of May 7th and 8th.  A compact but unquestionably driven schedule, yes?  The most magical things happen in small frames.

For the next few months, I will be your eyes and ears in the room, regularly posting updates with each passing Wednesday.  Next Wednesday, I will discuss the talkback as a mode of connection beyond the theatrical event itself and how we plan to integrate one after every performance of SWEET TEA.  You can look forward to Monday as well, wherein we will feature blog entries from other members of the creative team.  Coming up this Monday is lighting designer and theatre historian Kathy Perkins. 

If you have any questions, I encourage you to post them here.  I’ll try my best to address them as quickly and efficiently as possible. 

We look forward to sharing these stories with you!

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