A Word About Tigger…
Tigger, as iconic as he is, did not actually appear in the first volume of the Pooh stories. He is introduced in The House at Pooh Corner, which did not enter public domain until January of this year. Since we…
Enter the Actors!
Only when there are live humans embodying the characters can the play truly come to life. The personalities, vocal qualities and insights of each individual affect how the role is played. But more than that, the spirit and enthusiasm of…
The Design Team
With the script under control, now Lauren needed to recruit a team to make the show come to life. Lauren met with costumer Mary Swerens to describe her ideas for how to easily morph the human characters into the dream…
AUDITION NOTICE: Father Brown
Father Brown by Patrick RiegerAdapted from stories in The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. ChestertonPresented by all for One productions at the PPG Artslab September 20 -29, 2024 AUDITIONS WHEN: Monday, May 13 at 7:00 PM with call backs on…
A New Collaboration is Born
This play originated over two years ago with a casual conversation between two friends: one, a father-to-be, mentioned that he was practicing his “Pooh” voice so that he could read to his baby the stories beloved by his wife; the…
2024-2025 Season Announcement!
London is once again confounded by the notorious thief, Flambeau. Scotland Yard detectives team with an unlikely ally: the humble and unassuming priest, Father Brown. Patrick Rieger’s faithful adaptation weaves together four of author G.K. Chesterton’s beloved mystery stories, which…
A Unique Partnership
A.A. Milne and his illustrator, Ernest Shepherd, were both veterans of WWI and met through working with the magazine Punch after the war. Shepherd was hired by Methuen Books to illustrate Milne’s first book of poems, When We Were Very…
About the origins and creator of Pooh
In 1914, Harry Coleburn, a veterinary surgeon, was traveling with the Fort Garry Cavalry unit from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Great Britain, to prepare to fight in World War I. Getting off the train to stretch his legs at a…
My Life as a Theatre Director, part 2
by Lauren E. Nichols Read Part 1 here Just months later, in the spring of 2005, I found myself in the director’s seat once more. This time, the play was one I discovered and fell in love with: William Gibson’s…