The Many Faces of Michael Pemberton…

 

The Many Faces of Michael Pemberton

1. What is the most uncomfortable position you find yourself in during the performance?

 Psychologically uncomfortable while sleeping on the porch, knowing Im about to get squirted (if the hose works) and trying not to flinch.

2.  What has been your most memorable evening FOLLOWING a SOUNDING performance?

 After our first preview. We were jubilant at having our first audience and the celebration went on pretty long
into the wee little hours. Thankfully Walters is in an inebriatory/hungover state throughout the show but I think we added a couple minutes on the show that night. Thick tougues, thick heads, being how they are. Lady O. Was the exception, wise as she is.

Yup. Miss O is smarter than us all…

 

It’s all about Irene…

 

The Many Faces of Irene Longshore.

We asked Irene:  What position in the show is really uncomfortable to hold, and

are there any specific memories that stand out for you in any evening FOLLOWING a performance of SOUNDING?

Irene:

1) I’d say, every position is uncomfortable and comfortable at the same time and i love it all! Well there is the lighthouse curtain, it’s so much fun, but every night i pray that i don’t get chocolate on it after eating cake(i have never licked my fingers that clean any other time in my life) and that I grab it in time when hilda runs with it, took me a while to get that!

2)  Opening night which turned into my birthday at midnight-lots of whisky that night, in honor of the show of course and i do have a juicy story from that evening…alas I don’t believe I should share! 

Ok Irene. Wink wink.

 

 

The random candids…

Sometimes everyone appears like this in the morning after hanging out...

Even the baby needs some recognition- even if it's the ghost version. Ghosts need love too.

Kamala and Emily- all smiles all the time!

Sisters on stage and off! Irene- nice hat...

 

The Text. It felt left out.

 

The Cast of SOUNDING in 30 seconds!

 

The Ugly Face Blog

We thought that it would be fun to share our ugliest photos with you all, since there have been so many great photos taken in  the past few weeks during SOUNDING- Call it a line up, call it silly, or just plain ugly, here we are!

Ms. Gibbs!

Not so secret... Irene and Rudy

Deer in the headlights- Stephen!

The fearless leader- New Haircut face.

This woman isn't so into it. She's like, a famous actress or something...

Ana: Shocked and shot from above

Taili: There ya go. Tongue and all!

 

Friday —> To Understudy

 

Gearing up for some new stage energy...

 

Well, today was understudy day. George went on in lieu of Mr. Pemberton.  It was really interesting to have a new energy on stage. The cast was really on their toes, and George did such a fantastic job- hitting all our technical beats, going with our flow… Yay George!

 After the show we had a really wonderful panel discussion about the use of media elements in live performance.   Everyone agreed about altering expectations of audiences based on ratios, surfaces and the integration of content. Everyone agreed that SOUNDING was a great example of all these things!    :)

 

Thursday –> To Understudy or NOT to Understudy…

 

Pemberton- The disgruntled Superstar himself

 

The cast came in early today- 3:30- for an emergency understudy rehearsal.  Mr. Michael Permberton, our very own Walters, is a big tv star in his spare time, and when that happens, we are go to the back burner!  So yesterday, with the impending possibility of him being a star for the rest of the evening, we had George (yay George!) in for understudy rehearsal.

Kristin did an amazing job of condensing 6 weeks of our rehearsals into 3 short hours.  We practiced all the important details- finger fucking versus real fucking, head flips for alcohol, how to respond to rain and thunder, the amount of breaths in the Leda composing sequences- everyone was really on their toes. Right as we finished our run, Mr. Pemberton showed up!  

No understudy after all! We love ya George!

 

Wednesday: Stage Stealer –> Moaning Fish Tank

 

Wanted: Demands attention and focus unexpectedly

The beauty of live performance are the variables and possibilities that come with trying to repeat an entire whole, nightly.  Wednesday night, we came back after a much needed three days off.  We had a wonderful brush up speed through in the early evening, and our set just didn’t feel like it was getting enough attention.  Halfway through the show, Mr. Fishtank (pictured above), decided that it too should have a more prominent voice in the performance (kudos for vocal energy) and it began to make moaning noises- some might say farting- but you get the picture.  Luckily, Stephen was kind enough to unplug Mr. Fishtank, and kill him for the night.

Sorry Mr. Fishtank.  We already have one Strange man in SOUNDING….. and he’s sexier than you.

 

Week one, SUCCESS

We have completed the first week of the run!

Saturday night was SOLD OUT- with standing room only!

We’ve already consumed 7 chocolate cakes & polished off 10 bottles of scotch…

Come and join us for another week of SOUNDING at HERE, continuing through March 13th!

Cake

photo courtesy of Carl Skutsch.

 

Official Opening Night Tomorrow! Reception to Follow

Join us tonight for preview #3 or

COME PARTY WITH US at HERE after our OFFICIAL OPENING!

Saturday, February 20th

photo: Nick Vaughan

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