Anonymous Theatre

ozron · 03-30-2007, 09:04 PM

One of the Portland theatre community's big annual events was earlier this week - the 6th Anonymous Theatre!

Picture this...auditions are held. Private auditions.

The show is cast secretly. Not even the actors know who is in the show with them.

Rehearsals are run on a one-on-one basis. No one meets anyone else, but work with the director alone.

More than 600 people fill the theatre. No names are listed in the program. The overture plays. The cast is known only when they make their entrances - from the audience - upon their first lines. Hilarity ensues.

Monday was AT's first attempt at a musical. The chosen work - "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum". It was a blast! Three people I've worked with were in the show, and I knew more. It was a train wreck at times, but the most entertaining train wreck you've ever seen!

see you at the zoo

ron

Not Afraid · 03-30-2007, 09:11 PM

Brilliant idea!!!!

Kevy Baby · 03-31-2007, 08:41 AM

Oh I love it!!! That alone is a worthy reason to visit the PNW (not that there aren't other reasons!).

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-31-2007, 11:08 AM

Awesomeness! I did some searching to see if anyone else does it, and the answer is no.

I wish I could see that.

Snowflake · 03-31-2007, 11:14 AM

What a great show to do as AT, how I wish I could have been there to see it. Must have been really hysterical!

ozron · 03-31-2007, 11:26 AM

It's starting to catch on, CP. The organizers have been in contact with a company in the midwest who want to try it, and a company in Australia is actually flying one of them over to help them set it up!

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-31-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ozron

It's starting to catch on, CP. The organizers have been in contact with a company in the midwest who want to try it, and a company in Australia is actually flying one of them over to help them set it up!

Hmm, must notify Gn2Dlnd....

03-30-2007, 09:04 PM	#1
ozron The once and former... Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 421	Anonymous Theatre One of the Portland theatre community's big annual events was earlier this week - the 6th Anonymous Theatre! Picture this...auditions are held. Private auditions. The show is cast secretly. Not even the actors know who is in the show with them. Rehearsals are run on a one-on-one basis. No one meets anyone else, but work with the director alone. More than 600 people fill the theatre. No names are listed in the program. The overture plays. The cast is known only when they make their entrances - from the audience - upon their first lines. Hilarity ensues. Monday was AT's first attempt at a musical. The chosen work - "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum". It was a blast! Three people I've worked with were in the show, and I knew more. It was a train wreck at times, but the most entertaining train wreck you've ever seen! see you at the zoo ron
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Brilliant idea!!!!
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Oh I love it!!! That alone is a worthy reason to visit the PNW (not that there aren't other reasons!). __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Awesomeness! I did some searching to see if anyone else does it, and the answer is no. I wish I could see that. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	What a great show to do as AT, how I wish I could have been there to see it. Must have been really hysterical!
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ozron The once and former... Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 421	It's starting to catch on, CP. The organizers have been in contact with a company in the midwest who want to try it, and a company in Australia is actually flying one of them over to help them set it up!
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