So, originally, I had only interpretted two major moments for necessary fight choreography.

After pulling in the fantastic Joshua Simpson, we collaborated on other moments and have a sleu of moments throughout the show.

Today we went back over the choreography they lear...

This is a video series I found about the life of Women in 17th century England.  There are three episodes (each about an hour in length).  The one here is about women at home.  It's very interesting to learn how this was a time when women were growing in power, but the...

Having laid down the basic movement of each scene, tomorrow we begin our deeper journey into the characters and the choices they make.  

I'm excited to watch these actors (all new or recently returning to the stage in this style of production) grow and develop in their...

At rehearsal two days ago, we began going back over the work we had previously done on Morse's first two monologues. 

I captured a snippet of one of these to share with you guys.

Caroline is doing a fantastic job of enhancing her storytelling skills.

We are working with h...

I recently found this awesome article, from the New York Times, discussing the power of Naomi Wallace's work in general.

It then, quickly, goes into a deeper discussion of One Flea Spare and its relevance to today.  

New York Times Article

I found this paragraph on page...

This poem was one of the inspirations for this beautiful piece Naomi Wallace has created.  

It is two lovers sitting together, the gentleman is romancing/coming on to the woman.  He talks of a flea and attempts to convince her to let it live.  The flea, having bitten bo...

Tonight we dove into character analysis.  With one week of no rehearsal - the actors had homework of bringing research relevant to their character to help the other actors understand the people they'll be in "the world" with.  

This snippet shows us in the middle o...

Here's the link to the pinterest I've used to give some of my image research to the designers!

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One Flea Spare Pinterest!

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