So, we’ve moved out of Narnia. Which is what I had taken to calling the former literary office, since you had to walk through the coat closet to get there. Now we’re on the main hallway, which is much more sociable and even allows us oblique glimpses of natural light—a very rare and exciting commodity in the theater, I have found. (Carrie likes to point out to all our visitors—with an air of distinct pride—that even McCarter’s rehearsal room features a window.)

So far we’ve only had a chance to get half-moved-in to our new space, amidst what seems to be the constant river of projects that flow across our desks here in literary. The diversity of the tasks I get to work on keeps life interesting, and any time one project has me almost overwhelmed I can always take a break and try something completely different.

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As you may know, Edward Albee’s newest play, Me, Myself & I, deals with identical twin brothers named OTTO and otto (I swear that I’m not making this up). So right now, Mara, Laura, Emily and Edward Albee are flying out to Los Angeles, where they will be auditioning sets of identical twins.

Meanwhile, the Tartuffe dog-hunt is still going strong.

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Last night was the “Company Dinner” for the Stick Fly cast. McCarter’s artistic staff does this for every show - the entire cast is invited over to either Emily or Mara’s house for a relaxed evening and a yummy dinner. It is a chance for them to unwind, relax, and get to know us and each other in a non-rehearsal setting. It was great fun.

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Click on “Read the rest of this entry” to read the second half of Elizabeth Edwards’ interview with Shirley Jo Finney.

(click here to read the first half)

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So you all remember when McCarter Literary Intern Elizabeth Edwards said she did a neat interview with Shirley Jo Finney (director of Stick Fly)? Well, she did. It’s super-long, so I’m splitting it into two posts. So read on for the first half of the interview!

-Adam

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So I conducted my interview with Lydia Diamond this weekend at the Carousel Diner in Princeton. Yum. I had a mushroom omelet with swiss cheese. I recorded the interview with my computer, and the edited transcript will appear in the online resource guide (coming soon, I promise). If you want the audio version, you can listen to it here.

I don’t know if the technology of this will work, but you should be able to right click “save file as” or something and download this to your computer. So, um, you can put it on your iPod or something.
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It’s hard to believe, given everything that has happened since I got here, that it has only been two weeks since I started my internship at McCarter. And technically, since I didn’t actually start working until August 1st, it’s only been a week and a half. Which is crazy.

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The first weekend of Stick Fly rehearsal has just finished. I was in for most of the day yesterday (I stepped out for a few hours when the actors did another read-through of the entire play), and wow, there are some cool things going on. (more…)

So everyone is here. The actors arrived at the theater this morning and are inside the rehearsal hall conducting equity business. Actors’ Equity is the union of actors and stage managers, and they gotta do private union stuff at the beginning of every rehearsal hall. Voting on rehearsal hours, breaks, etc. Everyone else is gathering outside the hall, milling about, shaking hands, and waiting to come in for the “meet and greet.” (more…)

Wow!

I AM HERE, W0W!!

I arrived yesterday, not knowing that the world around me was unraveling. New York was hit by a tornado, subways were flooded and people again had to adapt to Mother nature and her changes.

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