Serious Money

It has been an amazing experience.  There’s no question about that.  :)  We are doing a line run today and then starting tomorrow we are in tech.  This has been the biggest opportunity for me yet in my short theatrical career.  I am incredibly grateful for the experience and the opportunity given to me by my director Eda Holmes and Shaw’s Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell.

Look, this show is incredibly out of the realm of what is usually produced here.  It’s a complete departure from the mandate as the play is not set nor was written during Bernard Shaw’s life; it’s all in rhyming verse; and to top it all off we end the first act with a huge rap number in which the “C-word” (not capitalism) is repeated over and over.  

Will there be walk outs?  Probably.  But a huge part of me has hope that people will look past that and realize that the same company that just opened two Bernard Shaw plays will be opening an in your face, contemporary, controversial, and edgy Caryl Churchill play.  It is a testament to the versatility of this company.  And it’s incredibly exciting. 

BTW, this play is so fucking relevant it kills me.