November 2022
Written by Robert Lawson
Director: Jeremy Golden
Stage Manager: Isabel Cravens
This uniquely crafted reworking of Moby Dick is more a poetic fantasia than literal adaptation of the familiar characters and themes from the classic work. With an array of songs, contemporary humor, and the weaving of various myths, a group of whalers set off on an epic hunt. But once on the water, the obsessed Captain Ahab steers them on an entirely different course. In this tale of blind devotion and sacrifice, where will the new path lead this loyal crew?
As The Passage is a very experimental piece, with our production of it including song, shadow puppetry, shadow dances, and aerial silks in the thrust, my work as an Assistant Director mainly dealt with logisitics and figuring out coordination across the ensemble piece. My job included taking attendance at each rehearsal, assisting in assigning lines to actors while working with large chunks of ensemble text, coordinating who would be singing and doing aerial silks at each performance since the participants rotated, leading rehearsals with the women's ensemble, and communicating technical needs with the rest of the production team.