Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Emerging Actors, Sounding to Find Truth

Adding Sound Effects to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” has required me to be at rehearsals the past few nights. There is a change in the show . . . a change in the actors every night! The show is taking shape as the actor’s find the truth of their characters . . . each one finding body movements, idiosyncrasies, fears and courage . . . Randy takes the time to uncover and encourage the instincts that are there and to guide them – and, with Lynda and Bruce’s professional background, characters are grounded in reality.

Living with a mental illness, people are haunted daily by emotional ghosts . . . they are truly emerging through the actors on stage now at NYCA. And Peter, as McMurphy comes along like a kid in a candy shop, poking each one of them – until it turns back around to him. Great Job Cast and staff . . . the show is shaping into something truly amazing!

- Doug

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