About 6-7 months ago, I began work on what would be Idle Muse Theatre Company’s 11th full-length production, THE MONUMENT. I had no idea what to expect from a project of this kind, but I had an inkling it would involve a good deal of introspection and thought about the nature of what we it is we do in the pursuit of this art form. I was right…but I’d be lying if I claimed this left me anymore prepared for the challenges I was to encounter.
And that was rather the point.
All theatre involves acts of bravery and discipline – but for THE MONUMENT, these were just the price of admission…the baseline required for a seat at the table. To the many artists and staff who believed that the opportunity to learn something about ourselves was worth spending a little time in a dark place: Thank you. I am forever in your debt.
Theatre is an art form that exists not on the page or even on the stage – but in the space between Player and Audience. To the Idle Muse extended family, who came along and made that journey to the Forest with us: Thank you. I am forever in your debt.
What we learned was…what we knew from the beginning: this was a play about those things which are lost…and also those that endure.
--Evan Jackson
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