SiNNERMAN

Hey folks!

Greetings from Week 4 of rehearsals for Bible B-Sides (opening March 23rd)!  We are in the thick of it, friends.  We chose to do this piece because it was risky and completely unlike anything we’ve done.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  Our last play was also a brand new piece that we work-shopped together and built from the ground up.  And while this show is very different, the process is the same kind of deal. There’s no blueprint, no template, no proof that it’s going to work.  It’s just leap after leap in the dark, throwing ideas out into a room and seeing what sticks.

The concept of “taking big risks” is tossed around in the theatre world a whole lot, so much so that it’s almost begun to lose it’s meaning.  It can become romanticized.  And maybe that’s because you have to make it sound romantic in order to get yourself to go through with it.  The truth is, risks are scary.  Risk-taking isn’t always fun while you’re doing it.  It’s hard.  It’s terrifying.  It gives you a headache.  It makes you question who you are, and what you’re doing, and if you should be hauled off and committed somewhere.

But when a risk pays off?  Oh, man.  There’s nothing like it.  And when a risk pays off on something that you created from scratch, something over which you have real ownership?  Well, that’s pretty much the best feeling in the world.  For us, anyway.  This idea is mentioned in The SiNNERMAN Way, our long-winded credo that we wrote to remind ourselves what we stand for:

…It doesn’t matter if it’s never been done. It doesn’t matter if everyone on the outside says it’s impossible, looks at us funny and thinks we’re crazy. As long as we believe that we can do it, it’s on the table. It’s not that we are unafraid of failing. It’s just that we want it so bad that we’re willing to take that risk… over and over again. In crude terms–borrowed from one of our mentors–we’d rather be assholes than chicken shits. And we understand that risk-taking yields excitement, wisdom and growth…

The good news is that our team for B-Sides is absolutely incredible.  We can’t help but be confident.  The designers are geniuses.  Our director is passionate and brilliant.  Our stage manager is flawless.  And the cast… Oh, the cast!  Not one big ego in the room.  Everyone is generous, kind, fiercely intelligent, amazingly talented and completely down to earth about it.  It’s a dream.  Seriously, all of the SiNNERs have been talking about our dream team so much, it’s bordering on mania.  We’re like those couples who won’t stop gushing about how in love they are with their mate.

This is the good life, folks.  We are living the good life.

Stay tuned for more info on Bible B-Sides, our special Wine, Cheese & Chat Night (March 28th!) and the official announcement of our exciting 2009/2010 season!

Posted by Sue Redman