Whew! This morning we had a presentation for the TheatreWorks staff, running through the entire show for the first time. It was rough (since we’ve spent all our time writing and none rehearsing, it was certainly not a “presentational event” as Lisa put it), BUT effective – it was wonderful to have an audience and [...]
Today we fleshed out the “Leap”/”We Have Come This Far” combo moment, with Gene alone at the piano at first, and a really nice slow build until we’re all singing and playing together…and also spent a lot of time on the several “diary entry” moments we’ve decided to include. I read out loud, at length, [...]
March 29, 2012 – 12:07 pm
snapshot from Val’s camera at TheatreWorks photo shoot Another very intense day with lots of rewrites…but it was broken up by a fun outdoor photo shoot for Ev Shiro, art director of TheatreWorks. Ev’s neighbor Ron owns an RV, and lent it to us for the morning. The official photos (by the excellent Mark Kitaoka [...]
This was a very intense day. In order to make all the structural changes we discussed with Lisa and Meredith, we got up at 5 AM and worked for several hours…then we tried out the morning’s ideas in the rehearsal space before Lisa and Meredith arrived. Assistant director Jeffrey Lo printed out entirely new scripts [...]
March 26, 2012 – 11:13 pm
“We’ve been waiting YEARS for this!” exclaimed Kelley (artistic director of TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley) this afternoon, as he welcomed us to our week-long intensive WHEELHOUSE workshop. Brendan, Gene and I are all here, with no kids or other family members in tow, for a focused week of honing the structure and writing of our [...]
December 6, 2011 – 3:00 pm
We did our first STRIKING 12 show of the season recently in Lone Tree, CO – and a bunch of disparate elements came together beautifully to make it a very special weekend. First, we were excited to get together and play, ’cause it’s been a while. Second, we’ve also been wanting to get together to [...]
August 24, 2011 – 2:36 pm
Kathy Diamant did a phone interview with us about the origins of Sleeping Beauty Wakes and what we’re up to–and we ranged far and wide in our conversation. Check it out: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/aug/23/groovelily-wakes-sleeping-beauty/ It’s a pretty nice story of how we got where we are, and what we hope for the future.
August 12, 2011 – 5:30 pm
Val, Brendan and Gene convene tomorrow for an intensive week-long WHEELHOUSE writing retreat, at Rhinebeck Writers’ Retreat in Rhinebeck, NY. We are honored to be part of this retreat’s inaugural summer: founded by former NAMT Executive Director Kathy Evans, this program is designed to nurture the creative process, by providing time and space (and food!) [...]
Check it out: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152312-Rhinebeck-Writers-Retreat-to-Nurture-New-Musicals-by-Alex-Timbers-Michael-Friedman-GrooveLily We’re in pretty august company, and it’s nice to read that Gaby Alter and Itamar Moses’ terrific piece “Nobody Loves You” is getting more work time at the Rhinebeck retreat AND is getting a production at the Old Globe. Val and I will be there with bells on–this show kicks butt.