Week Five - Entering the home stretch

Moses Yim and Jeremy Berens.

After reviving the cast after informing them of David Henry Hwang's visit, we've entered the stage where the rubber hits the road. People are pretty much off book (though actors can still get prompts from the stage manger by calling "Line?"). While a session or two may be devoted to particular scenes, each rehearsal is generally a run through---going through the entire with blocking, though costumes aren't used. With each run-through, blocking can and is usually tweaked, to help with the flow of action; it's not unusual to move scenes from one side of the stage to the other in order to facilitate the movement actors--make transitions smoother and avoid big gaps in the action.

Designer Maggie Lee (on the right),
donning her performing hat.

More designers are dropping into rehearsal; lighting designer Maggie Lee has come into to the run-throughs this week (not because she just felt like it, but because she was running the sketch side of Pork Filled Players for two performances)(the guy usually running it was off running damn fool artsy fartsy mockumentary show). As well, she has a ten minute piece in the Balagan show that's running in the Seattle parks. And, oh yeah, she's writing a new script for SIS Productions' Insatiable. Other designers have dropped in from time to time, and more will as we get more and more run throughs under our belts.

On the PR front, I've been trying to line up some interviews. I've gotten one lined up for DHH for the Seattle Times (I hope), and one for myself and David Hsieh for the International Examiner. Also will be talking to the NW Asian Weekly, and maybe trying to get a cast member interviewed for the Northwest Vietnamese News.


Just a reminder:
* there's a group deal with the Seattle chapter of National Asian American Professionals Association
* there's a group deal with the Seattle chapter of Asian American Journalists Association.
* there's a group deal with the Seattle Chinese Garden on August 27.

YELLOW FACE is a production of both the Pork Filled Players and Repertory Actors Theatre. It opens on Friday, August 5 and runs through Saturday, September 3 at the Richard Hugo House (1634 11th Ave in Seattle’s Capitol Hill area). Shows are 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays at 2 pm and 8 pm. Admission is $15 General Admission, $12 Students/Seniors/Artists at the door; tickets can also be purchased in advance at Brown Paper Tickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/181433) for $12 General, $9 Students/Seniors/Artists. Discounted group rates are also available for parties of 10 or more. For more information and ticket reservations, please call the ReAct Box Office at (206)364-3283 or visit online at http://www.reactheatre.org or go to the Pork Filled Players website. 


Oh, and we've just released a video teaser: