Flurry/Sleep
Posted by Polly Noonan on 3/20/2008Big News! I’m lucky that Steppenwolf gave me a new mattress today because tomorrow is a very big day and I’m hoping for a good night’s sleep. We are doing two full run-throughs of the play. The first one is at 11am; when we’re finished we’ll get notes and break for lunch. The second run-through is at 3pm for all of the Steppenwolf staff. It is the first time since we started rehearsals that we will have an audience, and I am looking forward to it.
There has been a flurry of excitement about this play from the press. Just in this last week alone, I was interviewed by The Chicago Tribune and The Evanston Review. Last Monday, The New Yorker did a lengthy piece on Sarah Ruhl. Read it if you get a chance, it’s fascinating. Last Thursday I received the Vassar Quarterly (my alma mater) which has a two page feature on me and the play.
In response to Justin’s question after my first blog entry: Hello Justin! Thank you for writing in. Here is his question: “I wonder if you feel that you have some kind of advantage coming to this new script, having done Sarah Ruhl’s plays before? Or, does it still feel like starting out on any other new play?”
Justin, having worked on Sarah’s plays before, I feel a connection to the way she uses language. Sarah’s plays read so well on the page, that they appear to be simple to perform, but that is not the case at all. I feel so lucky to work on this play with this bunch of phenomenal actors as they help make Sarah’s words come alive.
Night, night. I can’t wait any longer to test out the new mattress! Sweet dreams and bonne nuit.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
thanks for sharing the great articles, Polly! i’m (almost) done with the New Yorker piece. i think i read that Ms. Ruhl the play FOR you. what an honor.
i can’t wait to see it.
as a young playwright myself, i wonder what kinds of changes Sarah Ruhl’s work has taken over the 10 years you’ve been working with her. reading about how (in the New Yorker article) she began her career was very inspirational.
and this is your second shot at Dead Man’s Cell Phone? how awesome!
March 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
thanks for sharing the great articles, Polly! i’m (almost) done with the New Yorker piece. i think i read that Ms. Ruhl wrote the play FOR you. what an honor.
i can’t wait to see it.
as a young playwright myself, i wonder what kinds of changes Sarah Ruhl’s work has taken over the 10 years you’ve been working with her. reading about how (in the New Yorker article) she began her career and what kinds of plays she wrote was very inspirational.
and this is your second shot at Dead Man’s Cell Phone? how awesome!