lickety jackblog

i'm taking a directing class at chicago filmmakers, a non-profit co-op in andersonville. the whole situation is interesting, because, unlike in the college setting, people here come from all walks of life and all classes. there are several folks from advertising, trying to get out of that fucking racket to do something creative; there's an elderly chinese lady who seems to only have taken the class so that she can direct her daughter and make her a star; and then there is the obese black nurse, who wrote a script that she's directing which is all about interracial marriage. our professor, john mossman, runs a theatre company in town, but mostly he was trained as an actor, guest-starring on shows like "models, inc." and "j.a.g.".

today we auditioned actors for our scenes. mine is about two partnered lesbians who argue over breakfast about whether or not they are still able to effectively communicate as a couple. in the lead role, i cast a woman named elizabeth laidlaw, who has done everything an actor can do (besides larp out in the woods): film, tv, voice work, commercials, theatre (she trained at the royal academy of dramatic art in london. in other words, shakespeare by people who know shakespeare). despite all that, though, she's probably known most for playing xena: the warrior princess in a show called "xena live", a gay and lesbian fanfic play showing at about face theatre on halsted.

Labels: LARP

posted by candycanesammy @ 3:08 AM