Tag: Ask the Actor

A Chat with a Stage Manager

Andrew, age 23, acted as the stage manager for a production of Rejected: The Inside Story, and he’s been so kind as to share some thoughts about his experience. I hope you enjoy this “backstage” perspective  that  Andrew  offers! What were your main responsibilities as stage manager, and how did you go about them? My […]

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Ask the Actors: “Narrow Escape”

Here’s the third installment in our “Ask the Actors” video series! (If you missed them, you can find the first two videos here — Ask the Actors: Intro and Ask the Actors: Rejected.) This third video clip features three young actors who performed in a production of our drama Narrow Escape. The clip is short, but […]

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Ask the Actor: Ana Owens

Fifteen-year-old Ana Owens performed in a production of my play Narrow Escape last summer. She played the role of Kendall, a rather ditzy, oblivious prisoner who refuses to follow the Guide to freedom unless she can take with her the chain that binds her. Ana enjoyed her experience with the drama, and she was kind […]

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Ask the Actors: “Rejected”

It’s hard to believe it’s already been over two weeks since I last posted here! My apologies for being Absent Without Leave. . . . I was on Spring Break with my parents visiting my sister in the UK, and we had such a full schedule walking all around Oxford, London, Windsor, Nottingham and more, […]

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Video: Ask the Actors!

I’m excited to announce that we’ll be starting to post some special video clips soon on the blog! We’ve been doing interviews with kids and young adults who have performed in productions of our dramas, and soon we’ll begin sharing these recorded interviews in our “Ask the Actor” series. You’ll get firsthand accounts of what […]

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Ask the Actor: Cristian Washburn

Nineteen-year-old Cristian Washburn performed in a production of my play Narrow Escape last summer. He played the role of Chris, one of the few prisoners in the story who trusts and follows the Guide to freedom. (Check out the picture at the end of this post to see Cristian in costume and in character.) Cristian […]

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