Greetings,  All!

Thanks for all the ideas that poured out in the
last couple of  weeks. They were a wellspring of inspiration. Now, we are asking that you  focus
your scene suggestions on ideas related to the themes  "Mystery/Magic/Reunion/Reconciliation". (Past reunions have been built around  "Fools and Madmen/Masking,"
"Deception," and "Dream
and Play.")  In  order to help us with the monumental culling process ahead, please resubmit  any scenes you have already submitted if you
feel they fit the  themes.

We are thinking about a structure for
the performance that  would include transitions between scenes, so as to accommodate all the  weekenders who might want to perform.  It
would look something  like:

PART I
(Intro/Prologue)
Scene 1
Transition 1
Scene  2
Transition 2
Scene 3
Transition  3
ETC.

Intermission

PART  II
(Prologue?)
More
scenes/transitions
Finale

For
transitions,  there could be anything from poetry to song to dance to monologues ....   whatever weekend people would like to contribute; weeklongers could sign  up, too.

In '05, the performance went on for
close to 4 hrs., which  was too long.  We think we should aim at 1.5, followed by 20 minute  intermission and come back with a 1 hr
closing.  Figuring now: If we  limited the scenes to 10 minutes and the
interludes to 3 minutes, we could  do 11 scenes and 10 interludes within
the 150 minute period comfortably.   The number of scenes will
depend upon what scenes are selected, of  course - many scenes seem to
run 10-12 minutes.

The day of the  reunion is meant to be a day
full of performances. There will be  opportunities available to do
something at the brunch, at a pre-performance  moment,
and later, at
the banquet.  (During these times, we won't  necessarily be concerned
about theme). We "week-longers" should remember  that those
opportunities exist for us (if we have time!), as well as for  the
week-enders (anyone want to name these two groups, please??)  and  we hope to capture three or four Camp Shakespeare kids for  some
things.

We are setting a deadline for  contributing
ideas/brainstorming of Sunday, May 23, which gives all of us  ten days to read, think,
dream, put it out there.

Thanks, and more  thanks.

Cheers,

Doc and the  Gals.




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