Margo Gray, Director

Margo Gray, Director

past

• What of the Night?
• Sex
• The Cats Meow
• The Wonder
• Aria da Capo
• Ryan's List
• Poor Bibi
• The Doctor's Dilemma
• Tartuffe
• Voysey Inheritance
• Frozen
• Born Yeserday
• Gem of the Ocean
• Half Life
• Compleat Works
of Wllm Shkspr
(Abridged)

• Mugnog

• I Rise in Flame,
Cried the Phoenix
• Far Away
• Measure for
Measure

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	Two children turn an ordinary cardboard box into an imaginary friend, and have all the adults in town up in arms over their mischief.
			Read more in my analysis paper >> Scarlet & Black review >>
	In a community where theatre for children was rare, it was important to me to make the experience a good one for children who may not have seen theatre of this kind before. I choreographed exciting musical numbers to keep visual interest high and accommodate child-sized attention spans. Instead of dramaturgy packets, audience members were given Mugnog activity books, and picked up crayons that lined the path to the seating area. Creating interaction between the performers and the spectators was another important goal for me. I made use of common childhood experiences (a blanket fort, for example) to create camaraderie between the characters and the young spectators. I brought actors into the seating area (which involved few chairs and more mats and pillows) to keep the audience involved and emphasize the play's message that children can affect their environment.

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