THE WHITMAN PIECE
A Touchstone Theatre Production
Written by
Bill George
Directed by
Christopher Shorr
Movement by
Cathleen O'Malley
Stage Manager
Emma Chong
In collaboration with
Moravian College Theatre
The Chronicle is bits and pieces--photos, back story documents, video and confessions--documenting the emergence of The Whitman Piece from little more than a notion of the mind, through it's various incarnations, workshops, readings, and finally to its first public staging April, 2011.
A Touchstone Theatre Production
Written by
Bill George
Directed by
Christopher Shorr
Movement by
Cathleen O'Malley
Stage Manager
Emma Chong
In collaboration with
Moravian College Theatre
The Chronicle is bits and pieces--photos, back story documents, video and confessions--documenting the emergence of The Whitman Piece from little more than a notion of the mind, through it's various incarnations, workshops, readings, and finally to its first public staging April, 2011.
The Scenario Wall for The Whitman Piece. The smaller sheets on the bottom are for each character—their journeys. Characters that have been cut since this picture was taken back in February or so: 1. Julia—a sort of Kali figure. Six children with five husbands in seven years. Wife of the playwright, Danny. 2. Raphael—the Ensemble Member most politically active and most determined to turn everything into plays about “issues”. 3. Anne—super crystal flower child. Ensemble Member.
They went because of too much overlap with other characters or because we couldn’t go down all those avenues and get the play in in less than three hours—which was a goal. Julia I miss. But what’s got to be has got to be.
