Sunday, January 06, 2008

Alaska Overnighters 13


My daughter emailed:

Hey -- It looks like my friend Paul is in a show. Maybe you guys would want
to see you...
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So, what else could we do? Fortunately we got there a little early and got good seats, because Grant Hall was full. It appeared from the audience reaction that many of the people were involved with theater and knew each other.

Four playwrights were picked last night. From what I understood, they were each given a title, a director, cast assigned to specific characters. The playwright needs to write the play and the cast perform it 24 hours later. Given the conditions, this was really amazing.

The plays ranged from quite good to ok. But all the acting was worth seeing. They assigned another set of four plays for Sunday night, so there is still a chance to this. John McKay, the attorney who represented the Anchorage Daily News and KTUU in Federal Court during the corruption trials, was assigned as one of the playwrights for tomorrow night.
It was dark and the actors moved, so I figured I'd make the pictures small so they weren't too blurred.

Another All New Show - 8pm Sunday, Grant Hall at APU. $10 a seat. Great deal.

1 comment:

  1. I am sure it was a good play but unfortunately I am not really interested in them. Thanks the greek alphabet. It seems to be difficult.

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