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A Little Barber Shop
Quartet Anyone?
Trying on their carny costumes for the first time, many of the play's
male ensemble congregate on stage.
From left to right: Anthony
Orlowski, Mark Tattenbaum*, John Vines, Drew McCabe*, and the humble
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A Meeting of the Minds!
Director Kurt Schneiderman* (left) and cast member Drew McCabe* calmly
discuss a slight difference in script interpretation.
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Take a Seat!
In the midst of an experimental movement rehearsal, actress Candice
Kogut* sits delicately atop her human-formed deckchair made up of
castmates John Vines (left) and Drew McCabe* (right). |
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Feelin' the Vibe
The mad geniuses at work! Crazed bohemian found-sound musicians
Patrick Cain (left) and Gabriel Gutierrez (right) get on the ready for
another wild adventure in sound.
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Don't Hold Your Breath
Donning their corsets for the first time, actresses Candice Kogut*
(left), Monica Karwan* (center), and Sarah Brown (right) begin adjusting
their movement choreography to something their scrunched mid-sections
can handle. |
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Pink Precision
Actress Sarah Brown adds a parasol to her ensemble as she rehearses a
lengthy movement sequence opposite actor Patrick Cameron (upper left).
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Ape It Up!
Stage Manager Rachel Zeller (down right) channels the primate within
while filing in for the one and only Hairy Ape.
Cast members from left to right: Candice Kogut*, Sarah Brown, Drew McCabe*, Paul O'Hern,
and (on the far right) Anthony Orlowski. |
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A Well-Oiled Machine
Amidst another experimental movement rehearsal, the cast members Betsy
Bittar (upper left), Monica Karwan* (up center), Anthony Orlowski (left
bench), Paul O'Hern (right bench), Drew McCabe* (down left), and Sarah
Brown (down right) explore ways to use their bodies to form the image of
a massive machine
under the watchful eye of musician Patrick Cain (down far left).
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Of Puppets and Apes
Just before the opening night performance, puppeteer Mark Tattenbaum*
(left), puppet Revelli (center), and movement & pantomime artist
Leonard Ziolkowski (the guy in the ape suit, right) find a moment to
compare notes. |
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Let There Be Paint
Rushing heroically to the rescue very late in the game, set painter
Jessica Fialko magically finds a way to make our stage floor look like .
. . well . . . like a stage floor should!
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Hurrah for Grunt Work!
In the final days before opening to the public, diligent theatre
volunteers Tom Izard* (standing right) and Michael Fanelli* (kneeling
center) work feverishly to finishing construction audience platforms
while set painter Jess Fialko (up left) makes the floor less ugly. |
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Photography by Kurt Schneiderman.