The Joy of Directing

I am currently directing my 6th Production for KCCT. Prior efforts were All My Sons, The Foreigner, It's a Wonderful Life:Radio Show, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (for Children's Theatre), and Brighton Beach Memoirs. I think I'm a decent Director, but I have discovered that I don't really enjoy doing it. I am just not too much of a details oriented person. I'm good at seeing the "Big Picture" and having a vision for how I want a show to be, but I'm not great at the administrative stuff that goes hand-in-hand with Directing. Or at least with Directing at KCCT.

I have a little more help on the peripheral stuff for this show than I did for Brighton Beach Memoirs, but there's still to many minutiae for my tastes.

Brighton Beach Cast

And here's one of the cast after the final show.

Brighton Beach Set

Here are a couple of pictures of the set from Brighton Beach Memoirs, which closed today.


This is the living area with a view of the bedrooms on the second level.


This is a closer view of the bedrooms.

The Lights are Bright

I mentioned in the last post that I'm running the light board for KCCT's Brighton Beach Memoirs. I'm pretty proud of the lighting design, even if it is somewhat basic. I've never designed the lighting for a show before. I'm still very much a novice, but I think I did a decent job using the lights to help tell the story of the play.