Penguins' Paradise

My mainstage directing debut at EV, Penguins' Paradise, opened this week. The show is about penguins...go figure...in the arctic who are preparing for the parade of the penguins. During their preparations they throw away all their used "stuff" and the GIANT trash pile blocks the wind and causes the heat to rise. Fortunately...after they become zombie penguins due to the heat...they learn to Recycle, Reduce, Reuse..take down the trash..and return the temperature to normal.

This is by far the biggest undertaking of my artistic career and I'm so very very proud of it. The script..the music..the choreography..were all created here at EV. I designed the set and the rough draft of the costumes which were then created fully by our costume captain here. The set and costumes look almost exactly like what I drew and I have to say that it is an incredible feeling to see the images from my imagination life sized and on stage.

I have been married to this show for the last 3 months starting with my directing interview, auditions, rehearsals, power point, underscoring meetings, sound cues, props meetings, music meetings, set meetings, costume meetings, lighting meetings, photo shoots, tech week, dress tech, and finally the opening which was Tuesday afternoon. My joy and pride in how the show turned out was overwhelming. It'll run for 3 months here at EV and I will actually be understudying two of the roles and getting to spend almost 3 weeks in the show as well.

I videoed some of the scenes and put them on youtube so if you want to take a look here are the links..it's not the whole show...i'll try to video more and put up the remaining stuff as i have the time. Enjoy!!

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=-s33mG2UwXk

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOlARBhPzk

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=o52NENsrMvk

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=AQVCDqC4pPU

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=UYSB3iMspes

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ZmiKRtL38

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=wNRfDgmpvxU