Our final performances for The Lion King Jr are coming up this weekend! Audiences can’t get enough of our take on the animated classic. Today I am bringing you my final dramaturgy blog post about The Lion King, so, whether you have already seen our show or you are getting ready to see it this …
This is Tips of the Trade, and today I’m going to talk about What’s In My Rehearsal Bag. Our season is in full swing, which means we have rehearsals happening for a couple shows at once! To give a little insight into what might be expected of actors arriving at rehearsals, I am going to …
Welcome back to Parker’s Performance Playbook! As we look toward the opening of The Lion King Jr. here at Encore, we’re going to dive into the history of puppets on stage. Let’s dive right in! In the original Broadway production of The Lion King, there were over 200 individual puppets used throughout the show. It …
What does it mean to be courageous? Do you have to climb a mountain? Or stand up to a bully? Is it possible that we can find courage in just being ourselves? This season, Encore is exploring the theme of courage through a variety of mainstage shows, from The Lion King Jr to Flip the …
Welcome to our new series, “Parker’s Performance Playbook” which is all about theatre dramaturgy! If you’ve never seen that word before or you don’t know what it means, read on! I’m here to talk all about it. So, what is dramaturgy? Dramaturgy is an exploration of the world of the play. It is the study …
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