Auditions for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
August 17th, 2010
William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Directed by Rob Bergquist
One of Shakespeare’s most popular works, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM witnesses the bitter dispute between the Fairy King and Queen, smashing two worlds into a mass of love, illusion and magic. Their quarrel engulfs a group of unsuspecting humans as this fantasy world transforms them emotionally, mentally and physically.
Rehearsals: Begin in late September and take place weekday evenings and weekend days, between 3 and 5 days per week
Auditions: The evening of Wednesday, August 25th, with callbacks by invitation only on Saturday, August 28th
Performances: November 5 – 21, Thursday – Saturday evenings, as well as some Saturday and Sunday matinees, and one Monday Industry Night
Auditions, Rehearsals, and Performances will be at:
The Ballard Underground,
2220 NW Market Street, Seattle, 98107
Men and women ages 18 and older needed for all roles
To audition, please email Rob Bergquist, rob.bergquist@gmail.com, for an appointment, and with any questions
Ghost Light Theatricals is currently an all-volunteer company, and unfortunately is unable to pay actors at this time.
Matt’s Magnificent Meanderings
May 4th, 2010
Howdily ho, neighborinos!
Ghost Light is in the offseason, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t still doing stuff! We are working on our website, we are planning our company retreat and getting ready to ramp up our next season!
Take a look at the website. Look up. Look down. See that? No? Well, we added the “Like” button AND “Share” buttons. I know that doesn’t feel like much, but come on, baby steps.
Guess what else you should check out: our photos. We have spent a lot of time trying to make sure we had a solid archive of all of the shows we have done in our history, and Chelsie (our wonderfully talented graphic artist and archivist) has spent a lot of time getting the images put on our Flickr page and now (due to stupid Flickr’s stupid image limit and their dumb faces) we have decided to move to Picasa!
This move is going to take some time, so Flickr will still be there, but we are going to put photos up on Picasa going forward and Chelsie (bless her soul) has offered to spend the time to re-upload all of our images to Picasa. Hopefully this will be the last move. I mean, they have lots of upload space, so cross your fingers! Plus, to upgrade (if needed) is $20 less a year ($25 for Flickr, $5 for Picasa), so all of our wonderful donor’s money goes to the theater, not to us adding photos to the internet…look to the future, not the past.
Also, we will need some ideas for next February’s Battle of the Bards V, so if you have ideas feel free to email matt@ghostlighttheatricals.org. The only things we ask are:
1. No/minimal royalties
2. At least 7 actors
3. Based on a classic text
Those are the only rules! But we do loooooove local playwrights (hint, hint).
I think that’s it for now. Look out for more updates – because I have decided that I will be updating you as often as flippin possible!
“Conformity is the ruin of the mind” – Jesse Shelley
Matt
We have a new home!
December 21st, 2009
Dear Friends,
After 6 1/2 years of roving, Ghost Light Theatricals is thrilled to announce our new permanent home, at 2220 Northwest Market Street in Ballard! We couldn’t be happier to become Ballard’s theatre company. We’ll be moving in January 1st, so come on down and visit us in our new 65-seat basement home in the new year (formerly occupied by our friends Live Girls Theatre).
Give us a house-warming gift by clicking “Donate” above, or party with us and choose our next season February 5th and 6th at the fourth annual Battle of the Bards! We’ll see you soon – at our house!
HOME for the Holidays?
December 15th, 2009
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes are afoot
December 8th, 2009
Thank you to everyone (cast, crew, company, audience members) for a fantastic opening to our 2009-10 season with The Oedipal Duplex. We haven’t ever been this excited to start a season, and we hope to have even more exciting news about Bards, The Three Sisters and our future in the coming weeks.
You might notice that there is a new design to the page and we have added a Donate link at the top of our page; that’s because Ghost Light is closer than ever to having a permanent space. Having a home means being able to grow and thrive as a theater group, without the constant worry of finding a temporary space to rent. In order to secure a new Ghost Light home we need to raise enough money for one year of rent. One year of rent and expenses will cost over $30,000, which is no small feat. We hope to raise $8,000 by January 31st and $35,000 by June 30th. Please, help us to reach our goal!
If you are interseted in contributing to our 501(c)3 Non-Profit, just click on the button below or email info@ghostlighttheatricals.org for more information:
THE OEDIPAL DUPLEX, Nov. 6 – 22, 2009
August 8th, 2009
November 2009 Ghost Light Theatricals will be featuring not one but two new adaptations of Oedipus Rex. The first of the world premieres, written by Ghost Light Literary Manager Matt Lyman, is an adaption of Oedipus Rex aptly titled Mother PhΩcker. As a second act, Ghost Light proudly presents BATTLE OF THE BARDS winner Blinding Pains, a sitcom style comedy written by company members David Van Wert and Ben Newton. Blinding Pains features Oedipus Rex (as a restaurant owner in Phoenix, Arizona) as well as many of the craziest characters in classical drama. The Oedipal Duplex plays at TPS Theatre 4, on the fourth floor of the Center House in Seattle Center, at 7:30 p.m. the first three weekends of November. Stay tuned for more information soon!
Battle of the Bards IV
August 8th, 2009
Ghost Light Theatricals is proud to announce information about the 4th annual Battle of the Bards. This year’s scorecard features plays directed by Ken Holmes, Wilder Nutting-Heath and Shawn Bookey. It will be performed February 5th and 6th, 2010 at Freehold Theatre in Belltown. Following the final Saturday performance, Ghost Light will sponsor a party that culminates in the selection of our final play for the 2010 – 2011 Season. Join us at this raucous, alcohol fueled fundraiser, and be involved in choosing part of our season.
More updates to come!
Three Sisters
August 8th, 2009
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| The final show in Ghost Light Theatricals 7th season will be Anton Chekov’s The Three Sisters, directed by Nikky Przasnyski. All shows will be at TPS Studio 4 and will run April 3rd – 18th, 2010. We’ll be keeping you updated about auditions and design opportunities, so check back often for more information! |
I need a costume designer!
February 23rd, 2009
Good morning faithful readers (whoever you may be),
Ghost Light Theatricals is in need of a costume designer for our spring production of A Dream Play. If you are interested or know anyone who is interested, please send an email to rob.bergquist@gmail.com. It’s a really exciting production, and should be buckets of fun to design and work on. That’s right, I said buckets of fun.
-Rob
The nature of Dreams
February 22nd, 2009
I am going to be spending a lot of time over the next few months thinking about the nature of dreams: as in, what is the nature of a dream? I find it remarkably interesting that once I decided to start keeping a dream journal, in order to personalize the process of directing A Dream Play, my dreams started to take on what seems to be, a greater meaning. Maybe it has to do with the fact that along with rehearsals just having started, I am working my way through the dream dictionary that Beth got me for Valentine’s Day.
At any rate, the dreams that I am having have been rather vivid and filled with a lot of the stereotypical dream symbolism. There are always a ton of people that are in some way a representation of myself, or at least how I view myself. There is often some form of violence, whether it is toward an object (such as the aquarium that broke over my head the other night) or toward a person (seemingly always self inflicted). There are doorways, there is falling, there are very clear allusions to the play. I think what it comes down to, or at least how I am choosing to view it, is that in this case my conscious personality is winning out over my subconscious one. Perhaps I have, at least in terms of dreaming and this play go, conquered the tension that exists between my conscious and my subconscious–though that is not likely the case. Whatever the case is, I am beginning to become very emotionally invested in the process (which is what I should expect of myself), and I am quite connected to the majority of the working concept that we have.
I am unabashedly excited about the team of people that we have assembled for this production. We have such a fantastic core of actors and designers, and even though I have my definite hesitations about portions of the show, as well as a healthy fear in my ability to direct it cohesively, I am filled with complete confidence in the team’s ability to make it happen, even if an aquarium breaks over someone’s head.
-Rob
Our Best Fundraiser Yet
February 19th, 2009
The 2009 edition of Battle of the Bards was by far the most successful yet!Thanks to everyone who worked on the productions and to everyone who came and was so generous with their votes and their love.
Also, congratulations are in order for Blinding Pains which will be produced in full as part of our 2009 – 2010 season. We couldn’t be more excited to produce this local, original script as part of what could be our most challenging and rewarding season!
A Dream Play
February 16th, 2009
The 2008-2009 season’s last show is August Strinberg’s “A Dream Play.” Playing at The Down Stage Theatre (Stone Soup Theatre).
April 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 18th @ 7:30 PM
April 19th @ 2:00 PM
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Seattle, WA 98103
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The Misanthrope
February 16th, 2009
THE MISANTHROPE by Molière, translated and adapted by Lauren Goldman Marshall – based on a concept by Alan DiBona
Directed by Jessica Stepka
Dates: January 23 – February 7, 2009. 7:30 pm. February 8, 2009. 2:00 pm.
Where: The DownStage Theatre at Stone Soup in Wallingford, 4029 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103
What happens when reality finally catches up to your fantasy life? What happens when your brutal honesty comes back to bite? Alceste’s darkest fears become a reality as the world he has constructed crumbles around him in Lauren Goldman Marshall’s adaptation of Moliere’s The Misanthrope. Based on a concept by Alan DiBona, this “rock ‘n roll” variation on the classic comedy shows us a modern take on this social misfit and his battle for true love.
Measure for Measure
February 15th, 2009
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
by William Shakespeare
directed by Beth Raas
October 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 7:30pm
October 19 at 2:00pm
Stone Soup Theatre – in Wallingford
4035 Stone Way N
Seattle, WA 98103
Tickets $15 ($12 st/sr) at the door or brownpapertickets.com
Shakespeare’s dark comedy about sex, power, and hypocrisy. Angelo takes advantage of his temporary authority to crack down on fornicators . . . and to join their ranks.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE features the work of Rob Bergquist, Val Brunetto, Becky Chong, Steve Cooper, Justin Emerick, Melissa Fenwick, Jalyn Green, Matt Lyman, Molly Mahar, Daniela Melgar, Jeff Pierson, Jenifer Ross, Jessica Stepka, Derek Van Heel, David van Wert, John-Paul Wilson, Evan Woltz.
In the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. – Matthew 7:1
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Ghost Light Theatricals' mission is to create theatrically bold and imaginative stories that are inspired by classical texts and resonate with a modern world. Founded in 2003, Ghost Light Theatricals is a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company based in Seattle. Ghost Light is dedicated to producing classical and classically-influenced plays in theatrical ways. Volunteers are always welcome. Contact Us for more information.
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