With Passage’s first live online play reading of the season, Welcome to Matteson! by Inda Craig-Galván, around the corner, the cast and creative team is getting prepared to start rehearsing the script. This includes the director, Andrew Binger, who will be imparting his own artistic vision onto the piece. The writer of the Welcome to …
I never envisioned myself being “behind the table.” Growing up, I craved to be center stage; to perform for anyone and everyone. In fact, I even organized an annual cousin talent show during my family vacation just so I could perform. However, in my second semester of college at Rider University, I took the most …
You know that whole “Life is something that happens while you’re making other plans” thing? People usually attribute it to John Lennon, but writers had been plagiarizing it from one another for decades before Lennon got ahold of it. But we like to throw that phrase around because…you know…it’s true. (Although it does raise the …
Now that we’ve hit the six-month mark of this pandemic in the U.S., it feels like everyone is hitting a wall. For me, part of that wall comes from my professional life, both in my interim role at Passage and elsewhere: how do we create art that serves our audiences when everything is hard and …
It is 3:45pm on September 2nd. My brand new baby daughter is napping quietly beside me in her hospital bassinet. My husband, wiped out from the past 30 hours of continuous swaddling and diaper changing, is asleep on the plastic-like couch nearby. I am in my hospital bed, a little sore, a little sleep deprived, …
Well, that was a lot. You may not have expected a different voice so early in our Blog schedule but our Artistic Director just had a baby. Congratulations to the Domingues’ family; Ryanne, AJ, and little Gabi Jean. The Show Must Go On! This past weekend, right before Gabi showed up, Ryanne had just led …
Hello, and welcome to the Passage Theatre blog! Twice a month, Passage artists will be checking in here to share their thoughts on our upcoming projects and shows, and to give readers a sneak peek into our process. Sometimes, the blog will be written by me (your friendly neighborhood Artistic Director), and sometimes it will …