Just do that, but more so.
By: Rebecca Fischler, Director, 2-for-1 I’m honestly not sure how this happened. At some point, obviously, I agreed to direct “2 for 1,” one of the short plays in our upcoming show …
Blog
Directing is weird, y’all
By: Erica Smith, Director, Those Are Your Only Options It’s peculiar sitting there watching these two actors say lines–in this case lines that you yourself wrote–and you have to tell …
Nothing left but the screaming
30 days ago, exactly, the Coil had the first official meeting on what would become Strange Tales. Tonight, we open. That day, I had written the first draft of what …
Her name was…oh crap what was her name?
Oh I’m just kidding. It was in the October of 2002, and I was a sophomore in college. She was tall, with large chestnut eyes and long slender arms that …
Tales of madness and mayhem
A friend once told me my apartment was decorated for Halloween all the time. She was not wrong. All the decorations at our afterparty are usually in my bedroom. I’m not the …
Strange Tales
We love scary stories. Or, I love scary stories, and I’ve got the business cards that say “Director” on them, so I get to use the royal we. Can we …
Millions of people happy…
“Yeah, well, I’ve got a dream too. But it’s about singing and dancing and making people happy. That’s the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with. And, …
Closing night
Yes, tonight is Come Out and Say It closing night. Yes, yesterday was opening night. We noticed that opening night and closing night had the best crowds and the best parties, and …
Opening Night
Last night a few of my castmates asked me how I felt about the show, after our last rehearsal before we open tonight. I found it hard to answer. Like …
#techweek
Final stretch here on Come Out and Say It. The bad news is that any of the really interesting tidbits or photos from rehearsal would spoil the show, and one of …