I was in NY week before last to cast The Chosen.  This was just before the big snows hit, and while I only saw a few flakes, it was cold as the dickens.  I’ve grown fond of The Belvedere Hotel, which is on W. 48th between 8th and 9th Avenues.  It’s close enough to the [...]

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{photo by Owen Carey. Kabuo (Bruce Locke) and his fellow Islanders of Japanese descent face the possibility of internment for the duration of World War II in Snow Falling on Cedars.}
Final preview for Snow Falling on Cedars this evening.  Sales have been so brisk that we’re already adding two performances.  Overheard a woman behind me [...]

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We finally left the rehearsal hall and moved onstage this week.  Lots of questions about how we keep the intimacy found in the rehearsal hall once we move into the theater.  (Vince Nappo and Olivia Oguma are seen above rehearsing their first scene inside the cedar tree.)

Jayne Taini brought in this beautiful picture of her [...]

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Yesterday afternoon I drove with half the cast of Snow Falling on Cedars to the marina near Sauvie Island to check out a boat or two.   Casi Pacilio, our resident sound supervisor, also happens to be a passionate boater, so managed to find an old fishing boat that was larger than the one used in the [...]

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{photo by Owen Carey. Hatsue (Olivia Oguma) is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her childhood sweetheart Ishmael (Vince Nappo) in Snow Falling on Cedars.}
Just about to finish staging Snow Falling on Cedars.  Really fascinating work with the cast.  I love how Kevin McKeon’s adaptation pops around between time periods, and juxtaposes the [...]

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