Author Archives: Anita Kilgour

Hungry before Shadowlands?

Just finished talking with Dorothy and the folks at the Embassy Bar & Grill.  They’re right across the street from KWLT, facing King Street. She’s offering a 10% discount (excepting alcohol) to all TenBareToes patrons upon providing proof (tickets or a print out of your ticket confirmation email) for the night of the performance you [...]

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Learning

Today was the Shadowlands play polish

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The Trailer is live!

Trailer for TenBareToes production of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands – May 3-5, 10-12 & 17-19, 2012

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What happens when you have a very serious play

Occasionally, when the cast & crew are allowed to play, they come up with things. Like this: Meet “Aslan” – the cast/crew mascot for Shadowlands.   He is fulfilling his role as a way to give them an outlet when they work very hard. They want him to have a show credit.  I haven’t entirely convinced [...]

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Directing Workshop – the spring edition

You know how I said I was going to do another round of the preparation for directing workshop I did in the fall? I’m doing it again. Once again, the workshop is limited to a dozen people. The workshop dates are weekly on Mondays from March 12, 19 & 26, April 2, 9 & 16. [...]

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Reading for a good cause

Hopefully you remember our first production, The Taming of the Shrew.  Mat Kelly, our set painter extraordinaire, is also a playwright with a number of scripts under his belt. He approached me last fall with a proposal.  He has a new script that he’d love to get some feedback on & was hoping we could [...]

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Serendipity

It amazes me on a regular basis just how, sometimes, the universe gives you just what you need. Shadowlands gets the books it needs thanks to an awesome person and great timing.

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The dangers of thinking

So I finished the directing workshop last week & I’ve been thinking ever since. I really enjoyed doing the workshop & I’m excited about doing it again in the spring (if you have any preferences for dates, comment, please!) Then I started talking to my husband who is involved with developing a workshop on stage [...]

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Quick post before I crash for the night

I was talking to a friend tonight about theatre – specifically about the directing workshop that’s coming up in a month. I was explaining the general format and that I would be showing the work the attendees would be doing using the next show I want to direct (Cyrano) as the example. We were talking [...]

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Acting workshop filling fast

If you haven’t emailed Karen about a place in the acting workshop, you’ll want to do that ASAP.  As of her email this afternoon, there are less than a half-dozen spots left for the workshop.  

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