With a little under a month to go, Glengarry Glen Ross has had a fair share of problems. Rehearsal space and rehearsal times being one of the issues, add two members of the cast pulling out due to personal reasons and you have a director who at times has felt a little stressed and questioned ‘Is it worth it’?
The answer to that of course is…’Yes it is’. With Louise Roberts and Marianne Sellar stepping in to save the day by replacing the two actors and the cast doing their best to accommodate the rehearsal schedule, this director is happy:) Everyone is working very hard to put 100% into their characters and what they are doing on the stage.
GG is not an easy play, Mamet writes as he thinks, very fast paced and dialogue that overlaps as characters have multiple conversations at the same time. This makes it difficut for the cast, but they are all handling the text exceptionally well.
Costume for the cast is being prepared by Iona Callum, who normally handles all costumes for Shakespeare @ Traquair and is also studying at Qmu. Posters have been designed by Emma Robertson who is also at Qmu and Sarah Pearson has been liasing with theatres to ensure that everything is smooth at that end.
I am aware that i havent played as many drama games and done as many warm ups as i have on previous shows, but we still have a month, and we have the end of act 2 to block, then we are going to start running the show. The guys are almost ready, and i think that GG is going to be a show that we will all be extremely proud of.
Till next time
Tim:)