Archives for February 2014

We Are Proud… is a complex play and as we dissect it at the start of our rehearsal process, we are finding out just how complex it really is. We the cast, as actors, have to dig out who we are portraying from the words, as we are not given our characters outright. We the cast, as people, have to deal with the social issues brought out by working on a play that deals directly with race, and race issues, in a cast of 3 white actors and 3 black actors. And through all of that, we also have to remain true to the comedy in the script and not let it falter. The failing ensemble of actors is funny, and that juxtaposition is how the play creates intimacy to talk about the hard stuff later.

More to come…