Tech & Dress Rehearsal--entering the home stretch

( all of the other plays in LeapFest have guns, but we get finger bones (played here by chicken bones)

My apologies for not posting in the last couple days. The schedule has been busy. Last night was our dress rehearsal, which was challenging but rewarding. It made me very aware of how ambitious it is to stage these plays with so little rehearsal time, but it made me even more aware that I have been blessed with a truly stellar ensemble. Now I'll share with you a few photographs from the last few days. The quality tends to be quite grainy because I was shooting in low light with no flash, but it should give you an idea of how the piece is coming together.

On the left, Tovah Hicks and Noelle Hardy as poltergeists tormenting Isabelle, played by Soo Jin Park. On the right, the same scene during dress rehearsal.

Isabelle feeds Alice (May Lee Lockhart)

The scene titled "prison ghosts" has come together in a particularly creepy and effect way. They physicality and focus of the ensemble is pretty amazing. This scene makes the hair on back of my neck rise every time I watch.

LeapFest is always a bumpy ride. Last night was the first and only chance to run the play completely, on the stage, with the costumes, lighting and all the props. This is an ambitious project. Maybe even foolhardy. And yet, every year, the results are remarkable.

(the play's final image)