Light Hang

The cast decided that they would approach Light Hang as a team, wearing matching colors (orange and blue), bandannas, and orange face paint. Actors even make manual labor a performance!

Tim Duffy and Charlie Smith look at the light plot

Hanging the lights

Todd Backus shows how tough he can be when doing tech work

Ozan Aksoy, Turkish Musician

We were excited to host musician Ozan Aksoy, who came to Oswego to work with the cast and production team for a few days. On his first night, February 9, he had dinner with the cast, followed by a demonstration of Turkish music. Ozan was a great resource, attending rehearsals, answering questions by the cast, and providing continued feedback to Deanna on the show. He also gave a public informance on February 11, playing traditional Turkish music and discussing its history. The music "played" by characters in Pera Palas will be recordings of Ozan, taken during his visit.

Ozan working with Kim Greenawalt on the pronunciation of Turkish dialogue

Kate Boswell working with the ney, a reed flute

In Production

Production work is now in full swing: Costumes, lights, sound, props, and set are coming along; the cast is working hard in rehearsal; Deanna, Assistant Director (and Assistant Dramaturg) Tess Kaczorowski and Stage Manager Keegan Bushey have been putting in a superhuman number of hours; an article about our trip to Turkey was published in the SUNY Oswego Campus Update (February 4, 2009); I'm doing a dramaturgy presentation this Thursday (5:30 pm, 220 Mahar); and we have a visiting Turkish musician, Ozan Aksoy, this week. Ozan has been working with the cast in rehearsal, and is recording songs this afternoon for the show. So, we've been very busy.

Coming soon . . . updates on rehearsals, costume and set renderings, comments from Deanna on the directing experience.