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Kurt Vonnegut’s only play, Happy Birthday, Wanda June opens in a week from today, on Valentine’s Day. The actors are hard at rest this Friday night while the crew is working on their final steps to get their jobs prepared for the show. Costumers Harris Armstrong and Hannah Richards are sewing and collecting the rest of the costumes. Lighting designer …
On or about January 2020, the world stood still and terrified—A new coronavirus, called COVID-19 struck. In one fell swoop, the world froze in the uncertainty while no cure or preventive measure was at hand. Performance arts productions were canceled. Directors and actors as well as whole production crews are hit with directives to socially distance from one another. Theaters …
1. Know your target audience for each social media platform. We use Twitter, Facebook and Instagram mainly at Theater Company of Lafayette but we approach each of them a little differently. Each of our audiences on those platforms are slightly different but there is also an overall customer for each business so it’s important to know your overall demographic and …
TCL concluded on August 17, 2019 its successful CO premiere of Nora Douglass’s “SHORN” – an artistic success. Before it fades away in memory, we revisit its journey and put it away safely in the hearts of those it touched. First, we recall things that some of our audience have posted on social media: M. Hamto: “Awesome, you all did …
To encourage engagement in the theatrical process. Have an audition coming up? We like to include audition info in our stories along with our timelines. Need volunteers? We include this in our story and more than a few messages have come through our Instagram asking about times to be there. To get more notice through hashtags and geolocation. Do you …
Backstage with Nora DouglassPlaywright, “SHORN”TCL Summer 2019 Production: Aug 2, 2019- August 17, 2019 We caught up with playwright Nora Douglass (Nora) as rehearsals started in earnest for the Theater Company of Lafayette (TCL) August production of her play. Before there was “SHORN”, there was a fourth grader who would produce and act in her plays in the basement of …
Photo Credit: Hannah Richards
1. Community involvement Playwrights, directors, crew, cast! So many people can be involved in a play festival and they don’t even have to be in our area. Our playwrights are located across the United States! 2. So many themes to choose from Over the years, our theater has taken part in 8 different play festivals before this one. Themes have …
Photo Credit: Brian Miller
Photo Credit: Brian Miller