The conference is always a great one, thanks to the efforts of its’ organizers, the KenCen’s Kim Peter Kovac and Deirdre Lavrakas, and this year was particularly rich for me. Of course, the opportunity to get together with colleagues is always good, but after the challenges of the last two years, it was marvelous to gain insight and inspiration from wonderful practitioners from around the country.
I actually got there a day early, which allowed me to see the KenCen’s production of KNUFFLE BUNNY before the symposium started. Imaginatively directed by Alliance Theatre’s Rosemary Newcott (one of my favorite directors in the field),
with a wonderful cast, I was delighted by the theatricality, the imaginative puppetry, and the far-more-sophisticated use of projections than we are currently able to do at NCT. KNUFFLE BUNNY will tour nationally this season, and if it comes near you, check it out. Besides, on that tour, NCT’s own Tia Shearer (you may recognize her from our productions of BAMBI: A LIFE IN THE WOODS or THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK) will be in the cast – congratulations, Tia! Tia just moved up to the D.C. area, and between the KenCen and IMAGINATION STAGE in Bethesda, has lined up a full season of work.More to come about New Visions/New voices
Scot Copeland
NCT Producing Director
