Super duper uber excited to share with the world that the fundraising campaign for my play, Frankenstein, is... wait for it... alive! Okay, just had to get the puns out of the way there before you think that this adaptation is anything close to cheesy or corny. We've all seen those movies and cheap Halloween … Continue reading Feed My Frankenstein
Reviews are in for Our Town!
4/27/2016 1:51:00 PM 'Our Town': a Timeless Classic By Eleanor Cade Busby "Our Town" opens Friday, April 29 at the Poe Theater in Newcastle. Heartwood's production of the play, under the direction of Griff Braley, strives to bring the production directly into the audience. It has an inclusive quality that welcomes the attendees into the … Continue reading Reviews are in for Our Town!
“OUR TOWN” – IN OUR TIME
From the Wiscasset Newspaper, published April 13, 2016 By Joy Braley, Heartwood executive director HEARTWOOD PRESENTS “OUR TOWN” - IN OUR TIME “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder, opened in 1938 in NJ, went on to enjoy Broadway success, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama … and has remained in performance on the global scene, ever since. Heartwood Theater … Continue reading “OUR TOWN” – IN OUR TIME
Exploring Grover’s Corners
Today finds me not in the usual place at all, not any where near the usual place in fact. Right now I am on a bus in New Hampshire, traveling to Portland, ME where I will then catch another bus to a little coastal town named Damariscotta (also in Maine) where I will meet the … Continue reading Exploring Grover’s Corners
Clybourne Park
Happy Opening to the cast and crew of Clybourne Park at Yellow Tree Theatre! This was an opportunity that came my way last summer in the midst of moving to Minneapolis and in the thick of Fringe and The Matchmaker (where I first worked with the wondrous Craig Johnson and Dan Hopman). I remember feeling … Continue reading Clybourne Park
Terra Nova Featurette
Live! From the South Pole! Not really, but this is the perfect video from the Star Tribune to encapsulate the show. http://video.startribune.com/local-theater-company-brings-audience-to-the-south-pole-by-taking-the-show-outside/365599111/
Expedition: TERRA NOVA
Adventure play opening in January. See you there!
Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice
Opening next month is a play I've been rehearsing for some weeks now called Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Many of us know this avant-garde adaptation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and rightly so. It is full on poetry-in-motion in the writing, characters and visuals called for. With that, you can also see why … Continue reading Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice
Sweet Home Chicago… (Avenue Project)
Friends, I am so thrilled to let you know that next week I am acting in the world premiere play, John and Shawn's Summer Vacation, by emerging playwright Lamonte at the Pillsbury House Theatre here in Minneapolis. You mean you haven't heard of this play? Or of Lamonte? Well, you will. It may be twenty years … Continue reading Sweet Home Chicago… (Avenue Project)
Ivey! Ivey! Ivey!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Ivey Awards were last month so I'm way late on this headline but I figured, "hey, it's still news worthy right?" RIGHT? Right. O.K. So for those of you who don't know, the Ivey Awards are the theatre awards given out to honor live, professional theatre in the Twin Cities but unlike … Continue reading Ivey! Ivey! Ivey!
VINCENT HANNAM 