Meet Sonya: Maria DeCotis on her role in ‘Uncle Jack’
What is your role in ‘Uncle Jack?’ Sonya What have you learned while creating this role? I have learned a lot about how I measure my own worth. And how my characters measure their worth. Sonya is a very intelligent, strong, and stubborn individual. She’s a ballbreaker. The ballbreaker I wish to be. It’s a […]
Into the woods?
Just for fun — as we enter this final weekend of Michael Hammond’s Uncle Jack — posters from all over the world advertising productions of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. (Thank you to our intern Marissa for her help with this!) Don’t miss Michael Hammond’s ‘Uncle Jack,’ a new collaboration with our friends at the Boston Center for American […]
Meet Elena: Madeleine Lambert on her role in ‘Uncle Jack’
What is your role in ‘Uncle Jack?’ Elena What have you learned while creating this role? Acting 101 (I think I relearn this every single time I work on a play): Stay present with your scene partners and in doing so surprise yourself and your fellow artists. Abandon originally held ideas so that more effective […]
Talkin’ To: Michael Hammond
Don’t miss our co-production with the Boston Center for American Performance, Michael Hammond’s Uncle Jack, which opens in preview tomorrow night! (And thank you, as always, to our friend and resident videographer Alexis Scheer!)
‘Uncle Jack’ poster art
Uncle Jack by CFA faculty member Michael Hammond — a co-production with the Boston Center for American Performance — opens next week. The multi-talented Tim Spears (who is also in the Uncle Jack cast!) designed this elegant poster featuring Uncle Jack himself, actor John Kooi.