EDITH nominated for Ovation Award

2013 Ovation Awards Nominees — South by Southeast

Artists at Play is proud to announce that the cast of our 2012 production Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them has been nominated for an Ovation Award in the category of Acting Ensemble in a Play!

Since 1989, the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards have recognized "excellence in theatrical performance, production and design in the Greater Los Angeles area." Judged by Ovation Voters, our peers in the theatre community, our Edith was Ovation Recommended near the end of its run last year. In addition to our GLAAD nomination for Outstanding Los Angeles Theater, we are thrilled by this new honor.

We extend our gratitude and congratulations to the entire Edith team, especially our actors Amielynn Abellera ("Edith"), Brian Hostenske ("Benji"), Rodney To ("Kenny") and director Jennifer Chang.  Without them and our supporters, we would not have been able to bring Edith to life.

Currently gearing up for tech rehearsals, we cannot wait to share our latest production with you... the Los Angeles premiere of Cowboy Versus Samurai, which opens September 28. Stay in touch with Artists at Play through this blog, Facebook, or Twitter, and we'll see you at the theatre!

COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI: Call for Volunteers

Need a few helping hands as we gear up for the opening of Cowboy Versus Samurai. Please review the following, and let us know if you can spare some time to help bring this show to life. Contact us at ArtistsAtPlayLA@gmail.com for questions and confirmations. THANK YOU!

VOLUNTEERS/WORKERS REQUESTS:

Sun., 9/15 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. at ELAR, 1-2 People, Painting

Mon., 9/16 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at COA, 1-2 People, Build

Tues., 9/17 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. at ICA 1-2 People; Light Hang

Tues., 9/17 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Rosebrand to ELAR, 1 Person, Cyc, Platform Load-in

Tues., 9/17 5 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. at COA to ICA; Load-in & Set Build

Weds., 9/18 2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at ICA; Set Installations

Weds., 9/18 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. at ICA: Light Focus (Stand-in)

Thurs., 9/19 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at ICA: Cue Writing (Stand-in)

COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI: Set & Lights

A Set Designer's Perspective 
by Arturo Betanzos

Set design inspiration

When I get a script, I read it for the fun of the story. I sketch on the margins and start to develop my ideas as I go. Then I read and re-read the script, highlighting props, set pieces and locations. As a set designer, I want audiences to feel like they are transported to a specific atmosphere of time and place. I hope they can see the actors' transformation and how they adapt to their surroundings (the set).

For Cowboy Versus Samurai, I love the idea of high contrast black silhouettes against a sunset sky. I want the samurai or cowboy shadows to turn into the characters. I want the Wyoming landscape to stretch behind them and disappear as the lights come up, but there will have be a lot of help with lighting to get this to work.

A Lighting Designer's Perspective 

by Christopher Singleton

A lighting designer’s job is to help show the director’s vision by helping to create the appropriate mood, tone, environment, and focus with lighting. As with all facets in this collaborative art, it is imperative that the goal of the lighting designer is to serve the production and not make lighting stand out.

Lighting colors from design presentations

If lighting for a show is done correctly, no one should notice the lighting on its own. Instead, assuming that all of the departments work together seamlessly, the audience should come away with how great the production was as a whole. That is what I hope the audience comes away with.

 In working with Peter Kuo’s vision for Cowboys Versus Samurai, I want to use lighting to help illustrate the vastness of Breakneck, Wyoming and how alone these characters must feel living there, while still keeping this an intimate theatrical experience. The lighting must also be bright, to keep with the often comedic tone of the piece.

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