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Writer's Stage presents workshop of Jim Reyland play |
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November 1, 2009
Writer's Stage presents workshop of Jim Reyland play
By Fiona Soltes
FOR THE TENNESSEAN
For some, "workshopping" a new play means allowing actors to read it out loud, inviting critique. Jim Reyland jokes that it's something deeper: "sheer terror."
It's Monday night, and Reyland is flanked on stage by professional actors/directors Mark Cabus and Barry Scott. They're discussing the script of Article 4 — Reyland's script — in great detail. Altering words. Questioning interpretation. Picking it apart bit by bit by bit. The mood, however, is far from antagonistic; Reyland has been around the theater long enough to know that — painful as the process can be — it's better to let trusted peers give an honest assessment before an audience does.
"It's really wonderful," he says, "if you're surrounded by the right people."
In addition to veteran actor Cabus (who takes the lead in the production) and Scott (a longtime friend who will direct), those "right people" include the cast of Evelyn Blythe, Jamie Famer, Chris Goodrich, Ted Welch and Greg Wilson. With them in tow, Article 4 opens this week still in workshop mode before its full premiere.
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With a strong director and cast, Writer's Stage workshops Jim Reyland's original script |
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 By Martin Brady
Published on November 04, 2009 at 3:06pm
Yet another original play opens this weekend when Jim Reyland's Article 4 receives a formal workshop staging under the direction of Barry Scott. Operating under an Actors' Equity special appearance contract, Reyland has gathered together a notable cast featuring Mark Cabus, Jamie Farmer, Evelyn Blythe, Chris Goodrich, Ted Welch and Greg Wilson.
"It's worth it to me to go a little extra to have great actors," Reyland says. "You can see the difference between really top-flight performers and those who simply aren't at that level. I wanted the best director and the best actors I could find."
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Caught Between Here and There Is Heavenly Place for New Original Musical |
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According to the synopsis of “21 Baker Road” an original musical by, Nashvillians Jim Reyland and Addison Gore, the main character Charlie Brigade, “falls from the only thing he’s ever loved, his house. He wakes up somewhere between here and there.”
Directed by Barry Scott, for one night only, March 1st at 7:30pm in the Bill and Carole Troutt Theater on the campus of Belmont University. Writer’s Stage, Nashville’s NewVoices theatre company presents a concert performance and stage reading of ’21 Baker Road’.
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Join the cast of 21 Baker as they performed song from the prodcution live on WPLN the Nashville NPR affliliate.
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