Getting Personal, Part 4
⊆ April 2nd, 2008 by lorraine treanor | ˜This is the final installment in our series Getting Personal.
Salute to the Producers:
Without producers, a play would be words on paper; actors, directors, and designers would have nowhere to work their art, and stages would be silent. Here’s to those producing companies who risk their resources and reputations for the love of a play.
The work honored in this year’s Helen Hayes Awards is thanks to these companies:
- THE QUESTIONS
- We abbreviated the questions shown in this year’s Getting Personal. Here are the abbreviated questions / followed by the actual questions asked of the nominees.
- ChoreographyWhy this show? / What attracted you to this project?Greatest challenge / What was most challenging about working on this play?Favorite moment / Which was your favorite moment in the show?
If you could work with anyone in the theatre, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Next / What’s next?
Designers: Lights, Costumes, Set, & Sound Design
Why this play? / What attracted you to this project?
Greatest challenge / What was most challenging about designing for this show?
Your best contribution / What’s the best thing you did for this production?
If you could work with anyone in the theatre, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Next / What’s next?
- DirectorsWhy this play? / What attracted you to this project?Most difficult scene / What was the most difficult scene to direct and why?Surprise / What was the most surprising that that happened during the rehearsal process?
Favorite moment / Which was your favorite moment in the show?
If you could work with anyone in the theatre, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Next / What’s next?
Musical Direction
Why this show? / What attracted you to this project?
Greatest challenge / What was most challenging about working with this score?
Your best contribution / What was the best thing you did for this production?
If you could work with anyone in the theatre, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Next / What’s next?
- Outstanding Production & Outstanding Ensemble
- What attracted you to this particular play? Why was this play a perfect fit for your company?Of all the elements you juggled while mounting the production, which was most challenging?What about this production makes you most proud?
- Performers
- The character / Describe your character for us
- Connecting / How did you connect to the character?Surprise / What was the most surprising thing that happened during the run?Favorite moment / What was your favorite moment in the play?Favorite performances / Other than your own work, what were your favorite performances from the past year?Next / What’s next?
Playwrights, Librettists, Composers
- Surprise / From the time you began the writing, what has been the play’s biggest surprise?
- What has been your biggest challenge?Favorite moment / Which was your favorite staged moment?Next / Which other plays of yours will be produced in the coming year?
- This ends our series ‘Getting Personal: the 2008 Helen Hayes Nominees.
- To read it from the beginning, click here.
