My URI Theatre Life: TARTUFFE CUE-TO-CUE

Above is the poster designed by Michael Lapointe for our current production of Moliere's "TARTUFFE." We are in the throes of tech weekend. This means all the elements of our show are coming together. The reins of rehearsal have now been handed off from our director, Tom Gleadow, to our Stage Manager (and fellow Senior) Travis Greene! Below, I'll give you a rough sketch of how we are running rehearsal so you can get an idea of what our working weekends are like.

1:00 PM: All cast members arrive for cue-to-cue. Tech has been here since 10AM! Lighting has probably been in this room for about 72 hours at this point. (;

1:50 Break #1

2:00 Back to work! Matt Terry, lighting designer, is busy focusing our lights. We have some "specials" for featured moments in the show that take a little more specificity during the cue-to-cue.

3:45 Dinner break! Here's a quick picture of the actors in the Actor's Lobby eating various delicacies from the Emporium

MEANWHILE @ 3:45 in J Studio : Lighting, management, tech, and director are still working on the show. LAZY ACTORS! :)

4:33 Cue-to-Cue #2 BEGINS! Two actors aren't here today so it makes no sense for us to do a full run! Have to go on stage, brb.

5:20 Just finished Act One Scene One. Our rehearsal was initially scheduled from 1-10pm but we should finish within the next hour.

5:26 Just a side note on why two actors aren't here during tech weekend. During the second semester of our Senior year, many Seniors go to different Graduate Schools to audition for MFA and Certificate programs. Miles Boucher who plays Orgon (pictured below), and Kira Hawkridge who plays Laurent and is also our Assistant Director are both in D.C. today. We send them our best wishes!

5:32 I'm chillin' in the SM office writing this for you lovely folks as I wait for my next entrance. (In case you were wondering....)

5:53 Just finished my last scene in Act 1, so we should be going on an intermission break in 10 or so minutes. Looks like this will be a relatively early night. (Quiet "Yay!")

5:55 Ten-minute break for intermission.

6:07 BACK TO WORK! I'm on stage more in act 2, so I'll try to post again soon.

6:39 DONE!

Here are some publicity shots from the show: