Teaser Video for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Asolo Rep

We’re now in Tech rehearsals for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, directed by the brilliant Peter Amster, and our official opening is this coming Friday, January 24th.  Even Tech is fun for this show!  Here’s a little teaser that the clever folks at Asolo Rep have just released for the show (if the image …

Philadelphia Here I Come! Opens Tonight at Asolo Repertory Theatre!

Well, it’s here at last!  Tonight I make my formal Asolo Rep debut as we open Frank Galati’s eloquent production of Brian Friel’s early masterpiece, Philadelphia, Here I Come! Working with Frank has been a quiet revelation.  His rehearsal room is a nurturing environment for organic collaboration; all ideas are given genuine and gracious consideration, and …

A Day of Fantastic Firsts at the Asolo Repertory Theatre

Today, we had our first run-through of Philadelphia, Here I Come! directed by the amazing Frank Galati, at Asolo Rep. This production is wonderful; funny, truthful, and utterly heartbreaking.  Frank works so quietly, so unassumingly, and so openly.  And the result is such an organic, richly-textured depiction of a rural Irish community that at three …

The Asolo Rep 2013-2014 Season Calendar is Now Available!

If you’ve read my prior blog posts, you know that I’m very excited to be heading down to the Asolo Repertory Theatre for three plays this Winter.  And I’m delighted to announce that their web site now offers a full season brochure, as well as a detailed calendar of performance dates and times. The Asolo …