Perseverance Theatre

39 Steps: Day 39: Opening Night!!!!!

2011-09-23T14:51:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNNN! Opening Night is upon us! We are just a few tickets from selling out and we've received excellent coverage in the local papers: Juneau Empire: http://juneauempire.com/art/2011-09-22/season-33-perseverance-kicks-first-pla....Tn0DDrLlapp Captial City Weekly: http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/092111/ae_888595830.shtml We've been busy putting the last

39 Steps: Day 35: The Chase is Really ON! (Sticker Location List)

2011-09-19T15:40:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Okay, so, we really want to give away a pair of season tickets. I know many of you have a head start on the sticker contest, but may be having trouble finding those last few...so now the chase is really on! So, here it is in it's entirety...The 39 Steps Location List: 1.) Douglas Café 2.) Douglas Depot 3.) A&P Coffee Bar 4.) Tasty

39 Steps: 6 Days to Go: Scenes from Tech & First Preview

2011-09-19T02:28:00.001-08:00

We've been busy this past week! We spent the last week building the technical elements into the show. It's been quite the week! And tonight, we welcomed our first audience to see the show. It was a pay-what-you-can preview/rehearsal where we bridge that last important element into our work: the audience. We had quite the turnout tonight and if this is any inidication I think the audience interest

8mm set footage 39 Steps.

2011-09-16T16:18:00.001-08:00

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11 Days to 39 Steps: Tech Happens plus Hints re: Sticker Contest

2011-09-13T01:10:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Sometimes TECH happens. When it does, it can and probably will take over one's whole life. The last few days have been some of the most lovely weather-wise since I arrived in JNU. That recognition had to take place from inside a darkened theatre though, as technical rehearsals have started for The 39 Steps. Somehow, we didn't let that recognition get the best of us and this team

39 Step: behind the scenes

2011-09-11T00:06:00.001-08:00

a fee shots for the last fee crazy busy days. more soon. See the full gallery on Posterous --bostin christopher-- mobile: 310-562-1210 --more than likely typed with my big thumbs on a tiny device, forgive typos-- ;)

39 Steps: We say our goodbyes...

2011-09-09T00:45:00.001-08:00

Good Evening. Today is sixteen days from opening and tonight we said our goodbyes to the rehearsal room! We did a final run-thru in the space which we have definitely outgrown as more and more set elements and props have shown up. Wow, will it be nice to have some space! And soon we will start our technical rehearsals and start adding in costumes. Here's a sneak peak: See this and many

39 Steps: 17 was a busy one!

2011-09-08T00:23:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Whew! You can feel the train leaving the station. As we wind down our time in the rehearsal room and get ready to make our move into the theatre, the entire theatre is buzzing with activity: Sheila Wyne, our set designer, arrived late last night. We had drinks at the Harbor and a little Pel Meni (where I did notice one of our 39 Steps stickers. Hint, Hint!) Then, today, she

39 Steps: Costumes - Part Deux

2011-09-07T01:11:00.001-08:00

Here are JPEGs of the costumes renderings for those who can't see/download the .PDFs referenced in the previous post. See the full gallery on Posterous

39 Steps: Costumes

2011-09-07T01:06:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, One integral part of the process for all involved in the show is costumes. This show, being one with only 4 actors but dozens and dozens and DOZENS of roles, is an amazing task for a costume designer and their crew. Quick changes, multiple character changes on set during the show and costumes needing to be on top of other costumes are only part of the Herculian tasked asked of THE

39 Steps: Halfsies

2011-09-05T22:07:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Happy Labor Day to all! The official end of summer as they say. Juneau apparently has had ten more inches of rain than normal and we all surely can recognize that fact by the fact that it's been raining non-stop basically since our rehearsals began August 16th. It's the day off today and well deserved by all! We just ended our third week of rehearsal yesterday. We completed

39 Steps: Nikki

2011-09-05T00:13:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, And now a word from our stage manager, Nikki Dawson. She how she puts it all together in 20 days! --------------------------------- Juneau. 2007. March. It was dark and rainy and I was driving down Egan Drive one evening when I heard Jeffrey Herrmann on the radio. He was looking for people to help backstage on Perseverance Theatre's production of The Who's Tommy. I'd always

39 Steps: Progress

2011-09-04T11:28:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, This post is a little late tonight. Let's pretend it's not past midnight here and this is Saturday's post...k? We worked for the first time on the last scene of the play! We then had time to go back to the start of act two and begin the process again. Working through the scenes, giving the actors the chance to remember what we had done. Part of the process in the rehearsal room

39 Steps: A Stile, Handcuffs on a Punchy Friday Night

2011-09-02T23:15:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Tonight was a good night. We are well into working on the second act of the play, and being about half way thru the process of rehearsal, we are all feeling a bit punchy. Much of that energy worked itself into much laughter and giggles tonight as we were reviewing scenes that we had worked on yesterday. TIme in reherasal is important, but at certain times, laughter is more

39 Steps: Jed

2011-09-01T13:38:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Jed Hancock-Brainerd, here. I am the last 1/4 of the acting crew on 39 Steps to post on the blog. I'm also the final member of Strange Attractor Theatre Co. to do so, the theatrical outfit Aram, Roblin, Rebecca, and myself make up. As Aram and Rebecca mentioned in previous posts, working on this play is a huge leap from the way we normally work together, as we tend to generate

39 Steps: 39 Stickers Contest!

2011-08-31T14:42:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, I mentioned yesterday we had something fun in store for everyone. Today, we announce The 39 Steps Sticker Contest! Details: We have placed 39 stickers that look like this: all around Douglas and Juneau (Downtown and the Valley)! The FIRST person to find all 39 stickers will win a pair of season tickets! A value of up to $272! There are other prizes as well:The SECOND

39 Steps: Getting the word out...

2011-08-30T17:46:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, So far, this blog has been pretty centered on the rehearsal/tech aspects of putting this show. No show is complete, however, without many wheels turning behind the scenes. I'm hopeful that we can highlight some of those here over the coming weeks. Beyond productions meetings, sets being built, walls being painted and the actors working through their parts to figure out the

39 Steps: Roblin

2011-08-28T17:34:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Today we have a post from Roblin Gray Davis, who is acting in the show. Enjoy Roblin's post and see all he's doing and more on stage in...27 days! ---------------------------------------------------------- What a pleasure it has beeeeen! (Practicing my Standard British dialect there.) There is little as enjoyable as the creativity demanded of the rehearsal process. Playing

39 Steps: Peek in Rehearsals

2011-08-27T22:54:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, It's a sneak peek into rehearsals with some pictures --- See the full gallery on Posterous And an update on Akiko and here fantastic scenic painting job -- And last, after rehearsal Art Rotch (Artistic Director for Perseverance and The 39 Steps Lighting Designer), Kathleen Harper (Production Mangaer and Props Master) and I did some some testing on the "shadow play" ---

39 Steps: Dialects

2011-08-27T00:56:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Working on this show is extremely fun. Part of what makes this show so fun is that four actors take on the entire canon of characters in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. From London to Scotland, many different characters appear and it requires swift characterization in body and speech. So, working with our dialect coach, Christina Apathy, is a key part of this process for the

pic in rehearsal for #PT39Steps for the twitterverse.

2011-08-25T21:54:00.001-08:00

39 Steps: Aram

2011-08-25T20:50:00.001-08:00

Good Evening,Greetings Perseverance Blog World!Aram Aghazarian, here. Perhaps you've seen a portion of my face in a previous posting--my lip is much better, thank you. I'm the fellow playing Richard Hannay in the 39 Steps. For me, the experience has been like making a 200 foot swan dive onto a massive chocolate layer cake. That's what it feels like being an actor in a full on production. I don't

39 Steps: What Happened? Was it a MacGuffin?

2011-08-25T00:17:00.001-08:00

Good Evening. Well, well, well.... something went crazy with my attempted mobile posting last night. I was trying to give you all a look at a couple of shots... These: See the full gallery on Posterous Not sure where they went in the interwebs, but it's good to know we've got them back! So, the pictures are of Akiko working hard on the scenic painting. She's doing an amazing job and I

39 Steps: Back at It!

2011-08-24T00:31:00.001-08:00

week two begins! Akiko continues to paint. and who's the guy? ah...the tease...more to come!!

39 Steps…The Day Off

2011-08-22T17:36:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, It's the official day off today. Why Monday? Seems to come from tradition mostly. Most weekly performances end with a Sunday matinee, with the company getting the Monday off. This carries over to rehearsal and, in my mind, provides rhythm throughout the process. One other possibility exists: "One ghost-related superstition is that the theatre should always be closed one night a week

39 Steps: What a Week!

2011-08-22T01:22:00.002-08:00

Good Evening, What a fantastic week this has been! We ended our first week of rehearsal today, strangely enough, by working on the first scene of the play. Many times, rehearsal starts at the start, beginning with scene one and going from there. But, I think, it all depends on the play. After our first night of rehearsal, we had two nights of physical exploration and play. If you read Rebecca

39 Steps: And now some words from...

2011-08-20T18:35:00.002-08:00

Good Evening, Today we begin exploring the thoughts of various other members of the company. We start with Rebecca Noon. Enjoy this guest post and see her on stage in 35 days… Rebecca Noon is a producer, actor and deviser based in Providence, RI. She is a founding member of Strange Attractor Theatre Co. with whom she is currently developing a new play based on Ibsen’s classically “unperformable”

39 Steps: Start at the Start

2011-08-19T17:40:00.001-08:00

Good Evening, Blog/Day #4 Starting at the start is appropriate for today. We have begun. We have begun physical and dialect work with the actors. All departments are ramped up and busy finding props, and building pieces and painting the walls (see photo). And tonight, we begin working with the text and putting this thing up and playing with it. I ask the actors to learn the lines for each "beat

39 Steps: Productions Meetings and Physical Play...

2011-08-18T18:13:00.001-08:00

Good Evening,…blog day 3...Things are ramping up. We had our production meeting yesterday which is run by the incomparable Production Manager for Perseverance Kathleen Harper. Production meeting are invaluable in the process of creating a show. It’s a chance for all aspects of the production to come together and “check-in”. Make sure everyone is on the same page about who’s doing what, when

First Rehearsal Thoughts and a Sneak Peek at the Set

2011-08-17T17:16:00.001-08:00

Good evening, ...it’s blog day #2...Our first rehearsal was amazing. First rehearsal gives everyone a chance to meet and share with the cast all the wonderful design work leading up to the beginning of rehearsal. It’s an exciting time and it was a joy, as the director, to see all these elements intermingling. It also got the actors excited to play and that’s always a joy to watch and be a part of

39 Steps: Good Evening...

2011-08-16T15:14:00.001-08:00

Welcome to Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps at Perseverance Theatre!It’s the 33rd Season at Perseverance Theatre and I have the honor of directing the first show. The 39 Steps is a theatrical romp based on a novel by John Buchan, adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for the 1935 film and adapted again by Patrick Barlow based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon. Whew!It’s part homage

Artistic Director Art Rotch's Musings on This Wonderful Life

2010-12-07T08:54:00.000-09:00