Artistic Director Guy Sanville and Purple Rose Cast Members Discuss the New Play Sea of Fools and the Art of Creating A Theatrical Production from a Brand New ScriptTuesday August 21, 2007: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library Multi-Purpose Room.
How do you create a play from a brand new script? Set in the height of the McCarthy era, Sea of Fools, penned by Michigan's own Matt Letscher, glimpses a company of actors who live in an elaborately-constructed fantasy world. The talented cast includes Guy Sanville. Hear Sanville and members of the cast discuss the transformation from the playwright's page to the performance stage!
Guy Sanville celebrated his twelfth anniversary as Artistic Director of The Purple Rose Theatre Company on May 1st. He has directed over twenty productions for the company and has received the Detroit Free Press Excellence in Theatre Award for Best Director four times. Sanville has appeared in seven plays for the Rose, most recently as Brock in Born Yesterday and Stu in Boomtown.
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Guy probably wouldn't remember me, be worked together as actors many years ago at the Thunder Bay Theatre in Alpena...he played Oscar Madison and I played Speed in a so-so production of The Odd Couple. I hope to audition for him soon at tha Purple Rose...
Tom Zainea
Tom, I shared your message with Guy. He is on facebook.
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