"The Highway Play" Trailer!

'Ascension War' Trailer!

Below is the trailer for 'Ascension War', by Kevin Human.  Enjoy...and keep an eye out for the rest of the trailers for this year's plays!

"Kitchen" Check-In

"Highway Play" Check-In Video

"Revelation" Rehearsal check in!

Here's the chat with Samuel Brett Williams about Revelation on the day of the play's second reading.

Rehearsal Check-In: 'Technicolor Life'!

Here's the Rehearsal Check-in with Jami Brandli for Technicolor Life. 

Look for the check-ins with Revelation and The Highway Play in the coming days!

Support WordBRIDGE!

Take a look at the vid below and head over to wordbridge.org/support to help us out!

Days 19 and 20

I apologize for the delay in posts, but as you can imagine the last few days have been hectic for everyone on the company. The second readings were all extremely successful , and left each of their playwrights quite pleased. The final nights were both celebratory and emotional for everyone involved.  Each of the teams became very united throughout the last two weeks of the lab, as did the entire WordBRIDGE family.

It goes without saying that more detailed posts are forthcoming. I have many different videos and Under The Bridge videos to post, so make sure you're still checking the site often. The Photobucket account is also about to get a ton of pictures added to it from all members of the company, so make sure to stop by there as well (link in the photos page).  The trailers for each of the plays will also be coming soon...

But most importantly, make sure you're keeping an eye out for when these plays make their way to the stage:

Where The Whangdoodle Sings by K Frithjof Peterson
Apartment 213 by Joseph Ritsch
Technicolor Life by Jami Brandli
The Highway Play by Erin Phillips
Revelation by Samuel Brett Williams 
Ascension War by Kevin Human
and John Freedman's English translation of Maksym Kurochkin's Kitchen.

Day 18

Well, after a long, long journey...we're finally here. The last two days of the lab bring forth the final readings of all of the plays.  Yesterday we saw Revelation, Kitchen, and The Highway Play. Today will show us Where The Whangdoodle Sings, Apartment 213, and Technicolor Life.

I will be chronicling the whole day-start to finish- which will be compiled into one incredible roundup video.  The Contact Improv. session, as well as many other short videos, will soon be popping up in the 'Under The Bridge' section. As will videos on the rehearsals for Technicolor Life and The Highway Play.

Also, there is a plethora of pictures that need to find their way onto the internet, so keep a lookout for those.  Again, most of the pictures will be seen on Photobucket and not the page on the blog (see that page for the link).


Today, I am sure, will be a remarkable finale to what has been a terrific year at WordBRIDGE. We will all have trouble leaving tomorrow...but that's not what is important right now.  What's important right now is the same thing thing that has been of most importance throughout the entire lab: the playwrights. 

So check back later or tomorrow for a final post from the actual lab, but keep coming back and make sure you catch all the different posts that will be coming throughout the summer, and probably beyond that.

Day 17

Hello everyone,

It appears The End is Nigh, as they say, and I'm simply trying to make sure you are all covered out there.

For me, Day 17 was about making sure that Day 16 was covered.  It was also about making sure everything was set-up and ready to go for our live broadcast of the New Russian Drama Guest Artist Roundtable.  Beyond that, it was also the final day of rehearsal for Kitchen, as well as all of the other plays.

The final rehearsal day has already started to conjure up tearful-thoughts among the company. The last three weeks (or two weeks for most of the company) truly have zipped by.

Day 16

Hello everyone,

No roundup today, unfortunately, but I have uploaded a rehearsal check-in for Ascension War, featuring an interview with playwright Kevin Human.

Yesterday was a busy day for everyone in the company. Kitchen had another read-through rehearsal, as did Ascension War; which switched up parts once more, and tonight the show has an open-rehearsal in the recital hall to conclude it's process here at WordBRIDGE. All of the other plays also met and worked, obviously, working towards the last day of rehearsals today.

Yesterday's guest artist was actually myself, who led a Contact Improvisation workshop in The Dance Studio, look for pictures (and perhaps an 'Under The Bridge' video?) coming soon.

Also, make sure you head over to USTREAM today at 4:30 for a live broadcast of the guest artist discussion on New Russian Drama.



-Matt

Day 15

Well, the first day of the final week is behind us.

I started off the day observing a run-through of Apartment 213, footage from which is featured in today's video, along with some thoughts from writer/director/actor Joseph Ritsch.

Kitchen, the show I am in (along with Ascension War) rehearsed today, taking a look at an old German film on the legend of Siegfried, which, I thought, cleared a lot of questions up about the tale, and cleared up the images we had already been given by our storytelling expert Crosby Hunt.

Speaking of Crosby, the day ended with a special presentation from Crosby, as he presented his piece: The Deerfield Massacre.

The lack of sleep is starting to catch up with everyone, but we are all pushing right on through. The readings begin on Thursday, and everyone is excited to see what the other teams have come up with. Check out today's round-up below for the chat with Joseph.

Day 14

Hello friends!

Today's video is minus a Word of the Day, so Joseph will just have to have two in tomorrow's video. What this video does include, however, is a check-in with the rehearsals for Where The Whangdoodle Sings. We talk with Kris Peterson, the playwright, Chuck Kartali ('the Whangdoodle') and Stage Manager Anthony Conway.

The other big event for me today was the initial reading for Kitchen by Maksyn Kurochkin. Kurochkin is WordBRIDGE's Professional Playwright-in-residence this year, and is bringing his play from Russia to have it translated by John Freedman.

The final week is upon us. Friday night is when it all wraps up, but not for the blog, no sir.

Make sure you keep an eye out for more interviews, Under The Bridge videos, picture updates for the rest of the summer.

Additionally, I will be composing 'trailers' for each of this year's plays, as well as mini-documentaries on each of them. There will also be an over-arching WB2010 Documentary, so keep an eye out for all this exciting footage!



Matt

Day Twelve

Hey everyone!

A special Thank-You to those six viewers we had watching the live broadcast, sorry for so short of notice. We will be doing another Live-broadcast next Wednesday at 4:30pm, that discussion will be on New Russian Drama and will feature all of our guest artists coming in from over-seas.

So yesterday was the twelfth day at WordBRIDGE, and it was another very exciting day. I stopped in on rehearsals for both Apartment 213 and The Highway Play. I know I said I'd have a rehearsal-footage tape up today, but look for that in the coming days, I want to make sure I can get a good sample-size of all the rehearsals.

Yesterday was also the WordBRIDGE cabaret, which there are a couple of brief clips from on the video, which is, of course, right here:



-Matt

Live Designer-Round Table!!

Follow this link to get to the live disscussion with the WordBRIDGE designers!!

The Round Table Starts at 4:30 pm, live from Clemson University!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/designer-round-table