You're Being Watched

if you're male that is. Thought I'd let you know.

This weekend the cast of Macbeth, some Woman's Will company members, and a few other folks participated in two workshops.

In the first, Finding Your Inner Man, led by Rami Margron (mult. roles at Woman's Will including the title role in The Rover and Orlando in As You Like It), we worked on creating male gesture, body language, and appearance. The nearly unanimous conclusion was that we all need to study men more. How do they do what they do? So I thought I'd warn you that as you go about your daily activities - riding transit, walking down the street, eating in restaurants or drinking in bars - we're studying you.

The second workshop was an introduction to the broadsword, let by our amazingly talented fight choreographer Carla Pantoja. I know Carla primarily from other contexts, because she's also an actor and teacher, and was blown away by her expertise here. We are in very good hands, and these fights are going to be really terrific.

The energy in both workshops was palpable. We've got a cast of confident, grounded women. I can feel Joan, our director, is ready to rip into this text with the group. Tonight, we begin a few days of table work, so you'll hear more from me soon.

Here are a few photos from Sunday. In the first you can see Carla (white shirt) leading cast member Julia and company member Marilet through a head parry. In the second, I'm standing 'engarde' with cast member Leontyne in the background. In the third, Carla is demonstrating a shoulder parry.