Re: RAT this week in sf

[InTheLime@aol.com]

In a message dated 99-05-04 10:56:08 EDT, you write:

<< Tell me about DJulie.... >>

Your schedule sounds like ours. :)

DECONSTRUCTING JULIE is our updated swing on the themes and language of MISS 
JULIE with some major plot changes to explore a contemporary sexual  (rather 
than financial) classism.  We're having a blast absolutely ripping MJ down to 
it's bones and rebuilding the flesh and skin around politics and sex (two of 
my favorite topics) at the Millenium.  

Julie - a widow of a famous senator -  is running to fill her dead husband's 
office in a flashy campaign.  On the eve of a major political rally where she 
plans to speak out for  closing down a homosexual dance club - she falls into 
relations with an ex-student, Jean (also a dancer at a male strip club).  The 
arc is the same, the outcomes the same...but the language and plot have been 
reconstructed.  

It's the process that is really awesome...going through exploration of the 
original text and arcs, themes, super objectives...and then saying "what if 
we..."   Exploration and experimentation all over the place.  It's great fun 
so far... 

I'm happy to say that I'm in this one...but it's being directed by another 
ensemble member, Charlie DelMarcelle...so I'm off the hook for awhile, and I 
get to play, play, play!

--Aileen McCulloch
Managing Artistic Director
The Vagabond Acting Troupe
Philadelphia, PA
On the SF Fringe September 9-19
http://members.aol.com/InTheLime/vagabond.html