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 [...]
Author Archives: Anita Kilgour
Hungry before Shadowlands?
Learning
Today was the Shadowlands play polish
The Trailer is live!
Trailer for TenBareToes production of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands – May 3-5, 10-12 & 17-19, 2012
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.







