So One Pure Longing is done...
and life moves forward. As I rehearse Poetic License, I am thrilled to be back in the actors process- loving this show, able to not be playwright- but performer in a finished solid piece! I love this piece- it's fun, has depth and I keep finding new things in it... of the three characters... Marty (the professor), Kathryn her sister with MS and the angel, Marty feels much cleaner/more specific now and the angel I am finally figuring out (takes me YEARS to figure out my own plays!) I am excited and the logic and NEED of the character is finally clear. The challenge now is... the show does take a lot of energy and I am VERY out of shape- by the time I get to the angle I am pretty tired... and with only 2.5 weeks to the show in Amherst MA... not really enough time- so I will have to keep building my stamina (it doesn't help that I am rehearsing in Toronto in an unairconditioned location during a heat wave!!!)
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- Erika Batdorf
- Erika Batdorf has written, created, performed, directed and choreographed original movement theater since 1983. Her solo works have appeared in such places as the Smithsonian Institute, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Landegg Academy for International Development in Switzerland, Nine Dragon Heads International Art Symposium in South Korea, Harvard University, amongst many others. Batdorf performed for the UN conference in Switzerland entitled, ‘The Role of Women in a United Europe’, the UN Global Summit in Copenhagen and at the Jakarta Arts Center for the 7th International Women Playwrights Conference in Indonesia. She ran The Batdorf School for Movement Theatre in Boston for several years, currently teaches at York University in Toronto and is an Associate Playwright at CanStage. She has received 4 Dora nominations since 2005 (two for new plays, one for performance and one for directing). This summer, she will be working on a new play, "One Pure Longing: Tahari's Search", commissioned by Luminato. It will be shown June 11th-14th, 2010.
Dir. Erika Batdrf (Center) and cast members Kate Digby, Matthew Romantini, Meegwun Fairbrother, Marya lowry and Akosua Amo-Adem (left to right) gather to discuss their improvisational work.
Marya Lowry, in the middle of an improv.
Maria Popoff, our Director of Production, observes a group improvisation.
Stage Manager Sarah Mersereau takes notes during rehersal.
Associate Producer Paul Shaw dropped in to rehearsal for a production meeting.
Meegwun Fairbrother listens to Erika's rehearsal feedback.
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