A Crumbly Photo Shoot

This last weekend, the cast and crew of Crumble took some photos. Our location was at 68 Cent Crew member Kristin Lerner's home.  

Cast and crew pose in front of the house for photographer Crystal Mandel. 

Though Kristin swears this Victorian relic houses no ghosts, our group shared a different view. HOW COULD IT NOT!? Regardless, this house was the perfect choice for an on location shoot. It had crumbly walls, dark shadowy corners, and an all around somber atmosphere. It short, it was AWESOME. I'd love to live in a house like that. I bet the people that live in the attic-converted apartment upstairs have found some pretty neato, perhaps haunted, artifacts from previous owners, maybe even way back from 1906! I have to believe that kind of stuff actually happens, and not just on "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

From a marketing point of view, this shoot was extremely important to me. I wanted to get shots of each character so that I could slowly present these wacky folks to the general public. I got the idea from Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland." I loved how they rolled out pictures of all the different characters to show the internet public the production's take on some of the story's unnatural characters. Of course, the movie used this tactic to showcase Burton's artistic visions of classic well-known characters whereas my plan more introduces Crumble's generally unknown cast to anyone intrigued enough to click through the photos. I just think that all five of the play's characters are so interesting that a picture of each could really entice a person who knows nothing about the show to want to know more. The Mother with her endless food, Barbara with her endless cats, etc. I know I'd take a peek.

Here's some production shots! The official ones will released soon!

Crystal Mandel and Jarrod Robbins help me set up Janice's room.

Julianna Bolles-Morrison gets into Barbara mode, cats, tuna, and more cats!

We stand around as Heidi Rhodes prepares for the "Mother" photograph

 

Crumble Update #2

We're off and running. Four rehearsals down. Tomorrow will be the first rehearsal that we're putting this thing on its feet. Up until now, we've only read and discussed Sheila's work and how it affects us as individuals and how we can mix what's on the page with our own experiences to bring out the truth behind the characters' thoughts and actions.  Yes, yes, theoretical theatrics but can we DO IT. Yes. And we will start tomorrow.

This past Saturday, we read the play for Danny Cistone, our possible Set Designer. It's been a little tough getting him in the room (because he's so awesome and therefore so busy) but he came and had lot of CRAZY COOL ideas to share afterward. I hope that means he's in. Fingers crossed. We'd be so lucky to have the Ovation worthy fella!

Staged Reading for Danny Cistone

Danny discusses what he envisions for the set. Looks like the stage manager is gonna have a lot of work to do behind the scenes. Pulleys, pins, FIRE GUN!!

I spent the rest of this past weekend thrift shopping and collecting prop/set pieces. Mostly stuffed animals. I reclaimed a ton of my old friends from my parents' garage too. This is just a portion of the bounty.

Danny will also be dropping off a ton of creepy dolls that we use for the Theare 68 Haunted House. Looks like I will have a lot to play with.