BIG PLANS AT THE FREESTANDING ROOM
A Theatrical Experiment
by Jeremy Taylor and Tanner Harvey
(photos courtesy of the company)
Every experiment needs a hypothesis.
Ours went like this. If we open a show after only six days’ rehearsal, we’ll give our audience something more raw, more alive, and more exciting than what they’re used to seeing.
It’ll be anything but the safe, over-rehearsed presentations which have so become the norm in this biz.
That’s what our hypothesis said. And we looked at one other and weren’t convinced.
The hypothesis continued. If we rehearse during the days of the run, it hypothesized, then the show will evolve over the course of the week, making for a different show each night and a unique experience for each audience.
And so we thought about that.
