We’ve just started rehearsing The Gene Pool and Michael Brunk stopped by to take some promotional stills of our family of actors.
A high resolution photo set is available on Flickr
The Gene Pool Photos
Frankie & Johnny Photo Gallery
On the night before we opened Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, our pal Michael Brunk stopped by to take some photos of Meredith and Greg.
A high resolution photo set is available on Flickr
‘Frankie & Johnny’ Do Fremont
Kirby Lindsay, editor of Fremocentrist, wrote a detailed piece on Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune in her article ‘Frankie & Johnny’ Do Fremont.
After a recent rehearsal, she interviewed actors Meredith Binder and Greg LoProto as well as director Roy Arauz. Here’s a brief excerpt:
Arauz has extensive experience staging huge, classic productions, and described his work as director on ‘Frankie & Johnny’ as “very intense. It’s as intense as directing a production of ‘Annie’ with thirty people.” Along with the actors, he had to find key moments in the play, and ways to underscore them among all the words and movement (and food.) Ultimately, he admitted, directing this smaller work took as much time as a large production.
Read Lindsay’s full article ‘Frankie & Johnny’ Do Fremont.
Music and Sound Design of “Frankie and Johnny”
The sound design requirements for a show like Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune are minimal. Because Frankie and Johnny are listening to the radio, the script calls for specific musical selections to be played throughout the show. I thought it would be fun to extend the “radio” concept into intermission and keep the music flowing, with additional music and intermittent radio announcements that are not called for in the script itself.
Music
Whenever I work on sound for a show, people ask me where they can get the music that I’ve used in the show and during intermission. I would like to think that this is about my meticulous taste and musical skills, but in reality I think I’m just benefiting from a captive audience that likes the arts. So, in the spirit of sharing, here are some great examples of music that is called for in the script. These links go to Amazon.com, a great resource for classical music MP3s.
Act I Playlist Example
Bach: Goldberg Variations (1981 Digital Recording)
Scriabin: Symphony No. 2
Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque
Intermission Playlist Example
Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood
Charles-François Gounod, Funeral March of a Marionette
Edvard Grieg, In The Hall Of The Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Act II Playlist Example
Richard Wagner, Ride Of The Valkyries from Die Walkure
Cesar Frank, Sonata in A Major
Dmitry Shostakovich, String Qiartet #2
J.S. Epperson is the sound designer for Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. He has previously created sound for Arts West, Redwood Theatre and Theatre 9/12. You can read a clever paragraph or two about Epperson on the Cast and Crew page or you can visit his website.
Frankie & Johnny Rehearsal Shots
We’ve been rehearsing Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Michael Brunk stopped by to take some photos of our disciplined actors hard at work.
A high resolution photo set is available on Flickr
Musings of a Set Designer
Here I am doing set design, costumes, color, and props for the play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Continue reading “Musings of a Set Designer”
Meet Johnny….
Meet Johnny from Arouet’s debut production “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.” Now do you want to meet Frankie?
Promoting A Play With Film
It is becoming popular for theater companies to hire filmmakers to make promotional videos for shows, but how does a filmmaker create a promotional video for material that is entirely under copyright?
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The Gene Pool Cast and Crew
It’s official: The Gene Pool has a cast! Meet the talented folks that will bring the Gray family to life.
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Frankie and Johnny Cast and Crew
Meet the fine folks that bring “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” to life at Fremont’s Downstage Theater.
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