Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Trying to Roll With The Punches
Three weeks until Theatre on the Edge and I was just getting started with rehearsals for The Spelling Bee when I heard from Huey who had to drop out. Since we don't have anyone around who can fill in for him, we'll have to put that show on the back burner for now. Perhaps we can do it next year!
So, Jay has suggested a play by Edward Albee called The Zoo Story to fill the void and I really like it! I found a good descriotion of it on enotes.com:
"The story, in simplest terms, is about how a man who is consumed with loneliness starts up a conversation with another man on a bench in Central Park and eventually forces him to participate in an act of violence. According to Matthew Roudane, who quoted a 1974 interview with Albee in his Understanding Edward Albee, the playwright maintained that he got the idea for The Zoo Story while working for Western Union: "I was always delivering telegrams to people in rooming houses. I met [the models for] all those people in the play in rooming houses. Jerry, the hero, is still around." Combining both realistic and absurd elements, Albee has constructed a short but multi-leveled play dealing with issues of human isolation, loneliness, class differences, and the dangers of inaction within American society. He focuses on the need for people to acknowledge and understand each other's differences. After garnering its initial critical praise, The Zoo Story went on to win the Village Voice Obie Award for best play and ran for a total of 582 performances. The Zoo Story continues to be a favorite with university and small theatre companies and persists in shocking and profoundly affecting its audiences."
So now it's just a matter of getting it cast and getting going with rehearsals. Hopefully I'll have that worked out by the end of the day!
Posted by Dre at 12:50 PM
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