<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">A <b>NEW</b> blog post by Artistic Director Benjamin Rexroad about Heads Up Productions' work on <i>The Pillowman </i>by Martin McDonagh. </span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Heads Up Productions' is using a new rehearsal method to bring to life this dark, comedic tale of art and child murder. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><i>"</i></span></font><i>I have been directing shows in much the same way for the last 2 years. It’s a system that works for Heads Up.</i></div><p style="text-align:left;"><i>The actors come to rehearsal memorized for
whatever scene we’re working on that day. I give the actors a list (on a
yellow sheet of paper) of things they need to include in that scene
(the color purple, a 15 second pause, a unison action, a change of
tempo, a visual quote, etc.) and a time limit based on the scene’s
length. Then I walk away."</i></p><p style="text-align:left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Continue reading about the company's process at </span></font><a href="http://www.headsupproductions.net">www.headsupproductions.net</a></p><p style="text-align:left;"><i><br></i></p></body></html>