I've just volunteered to act in this weekend's 24 Hour Theatre. If you don't know what that is, let me explain how it works. Friday night, a group of writers will gather and begin to write a play. They will work on it through then night. Then, early Saturday morning, the writers will meet with people who will direct each of the shows that were written. The actors show up around 7AM and are cast in the shows. The actors and directors then work through day blocking the scenes, memorizing lines, and gathering props and costumes. Then at 8PM Saturday night, exactly twenty four hours after the process began, they perform the shows in front of a live audience. Crazy, isn't it?
This will be my first time participating as an actor and i'm a bit nervous. They don't give you a whole lot of time to memorize your lines. You never know what you'll wind up seeing. The shows i've seen have been a crazy mix of absolute crap and inspired genius. Either way it's worth checking out.
Performances will be at the UICA downtown Grand Rapids. Show begins Sat, April 3, at 8 PM. It will cost you $5 to get in. If you can, please come and support this unique form of local, experimental theatre.
Posted by Matthew at April 1, 2004 07:17 PMHave fun with that. I did that here a few weeks ago. Except you're lucky. You don't have to be there until 7am Saturday. I had to be there from 8pm Friday night to 8pm Saturday night when we performed. It was a good time though. Break a leg.
Posted by: Kristi at April 2, 2004 12:19 AM