Cast Meeting

Thank you all...

what an amazing group of people. that such a group would sit and listen to me blather on for an hour... thank you...thank you...and thank you... nothing, absolutely nothing, that we are attempting is even remotely possible without each of you. i know i tend to come across like an arogant sob (and i am) but you humble me...you remind me of what we are truly about...and you keep me honest, grounded, and focused on what is important: the work, the show, the audience. regardless of everyone else's incessant rumors, the childish backbiting, and the ever-present-no-matter-how-hard-you-try-to escape-it bullshit, you were all here...and committed...and inspirational.

thank you, chris and julieann for your consumate professionalism and dedication
thank you to the casts of Muse and TFG for being who you are and for doing what you do (and for being willing to do what i know you can do)
thank you, lisa, for a passion for excellence that puts us all to shame
thank you.
and the rest (as the man said) is silence...

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This Flattering Glass Cast

In April/May of 2007, Theatre Ventoux will present "This Flattering Glass", our adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Richard II", at the Severance Building.

The following people have graciously consented to give of their Time and Artistry to this small drop in the lake of Wonderful.

Stephanie French as Alais
Dave Otero as Bushy
Hal Bolen as Edmund
Stephen Torres as Edward
Jessica Reedy as Eleanor
Ron Blackwell as Gaunt
Raul Vasquez, Jr. as Henry
RJ Blak as Hotspur
Kimberly Guevara as Isabel
Tessa Cavalletto as Joan
Jaguar Bennett as Percy
and
Matt Otstot as Richard

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It begins...

It is said that all creation is a suffering.

It is certainly true that birthing something out of little more than passion and force of will is, shall we say, taxing. Yet, for all of the angst, here it is...a new theatre company. Unproven, untried, uncertain... undaunted, unbowed, unabashedly wide-eyed.

We have but one goal: "To create something wonderful." That's all, nothing cosmic. We're not out to make a buck, or change the world, or bring theatre to the masses, or even to provide a venue for the artist. Sure, all of that would be nice, and I hope we do all of those things; but more than anything else, first and foremost, it's about the wonder...the kind of wonder that makes you shiver and quake in a tangle of passion drenched sheets...the kind of wonder that makes you jump that last foot into bed because you just know there's something under there...the kind of wonder that makes you laugh and cry for reasons no one else can fathom...the kind of wonder that makes others want to know what they're missing...the kind of wonder that touches.

So there it is in a relatively longer that it probably should be nutshell. Stay with us...because something wonderful this way comes.

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