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Once Upon A Caterpillar (New Season)

November 17, 2010

This weekend Ezzy and I produced her one-woman show “Once Upon A Caterpillar,” which she performed at New Season Christian Center in the Bronx. The audience was extremely receptive to her characters and her jokes. She did an amazing job. It was a fun night all around.

Before the “Caterpillar” show began, we gave the audience a short performance from another play being worked on called “The P Tape Chronicles”. This 10 minute scene about life and relationships was written by me. So it was especially interesting to be producing the entire night, acting in “P Tape” with Elaine Glover, then directing the “Caterpillar” show. By now you have noticed I do a lil multi-tasking.

After the “Caterpillar” show, Pastor Phil from New Season curated a Q&A discussion with the three cast members. Ezzy shared her heart regarding each character and how they were born. The 50 or so audience members were treated to this behind the scenes conversation which I thought was wonderful.

In a future post I will share my “P Tape Chronicles” experience that night. But for now stay tuned as the official dates for the next “Caterpillar” performance are Dec 17 & 18. This time we will infuse a Christmas theme throughout the night.

Caterpillar Crawl

March 18, 2010 — 2 Comments

Last night was the first official rehearsal for “Once Upon A Caterpillar”. It was very productive. We attacked the entire script and created a revision which breathed life into Ezzy’s performance. She is brilliant at creativity and improv and we used those elements to enhance an already written script.

We were also able to imagine the rhythm of the show as it relates to music. The selected songs are consistent with the characters, as well as the theme of the show.

Oh, how much fun it is to watch the parts slowly join to form a whole. We are still in the cocoon, but in 20 more days, the butterfly will take flight.