Paul Melone

The Women Opens

At SpeakEasy Stage.

Cast of 20 women, 67 and one half costumes, 13 wigs.

Check it out at SpeakEasy's home page.

Projects 2006-2007

Upcoming Projects for this season:

Managing production for the Christmas Celtic Sojourn show at the Cutler Majestic Theatre

Directing Neil LaBute's Fat Pig for SpeakEasy Stage Co.

And managing the rest of SpeakEasy's current season, of course.

Kilt

I only hope that the saying "There's no such thing as bad publicity" is true, because here is a picture of me wearing a kilt.  You have to scroll down a bit to see it.

It's for a good cause, people.  Be generous.

- Update - the kilt page is no longer live on the TheatreZone web site.  Sorry, looks like this public humiliation for a good cause has run its course.

To explain, TheatreZone had a fundraiser called "Men in Kilts" featuring a web page full of photos of men in kilts.  The men in question were all connected to the theatre: actors, directors, supporters, volunteers.  Photos were posted on the web page with a "ransom" amount and option to donate.  You could donate towards paying off a kilt-wearer's ransom, and Danielle at TheatreZone will pull the photo down once the ransom is met.  Or, in a diabolical twist, you could donate to increase the amount of a ransom, ensuring more days of kilt exposure on the global inter-web.

It is a great idea, and I hope they do it again.  I'll go ahead and grant TheatreZone permission to use my kilt-wearing likeness in perpetuity.

Search for an image

So I'm trying to find a banner image for this page. Trouble is, what is a visual image that fits the thing that I do? Take a picture of a play and what you are looking at is photography, not theatre. Same with film, video, or sound recording of a play. The two masks, comedy and tragedy, are the best things I can think of as an iconic representation of the art form, but they are just so hokey. Other commonly used images that come to mind: the beam of a spotlight, a performer on an empty stage (problem: not a good icon because it becomes specific, not general: this light on this performer on that stage), tools or sets or clothes, the things used to change theatrical space, but then you're just showing objects or architecture. Something about written text might be interesting, or at least removed enough to be interesting. A photo of text from a playscript is merely a snapshot of an outline for what will or has become the real thing, so at least it is twice removed, twice as abstract.

I'll start a contest. Comment on this post, tell me what you think would work best as a visual iconic representation of theatre art, and if I like it, I'll use it here.

Until then I think I'll try and find a picture of coffee beans. I like coffee. Goes well with the brown/khaki color scheme here.

Beginning...

Welcome to my page. More to follow.