The cast and crew met for the very first time on Saturday, May 29, 2010. It was exciting to see them together after so many months of casting and interviewing tech specialists. After coffee and a chat, the actors completed a read through of AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
"It was quite extraordinary seeing the play move beyond the point from which it was written," says Writer/Director, Robert Gough. "Actors often have surprising nuances in their interpretation of their characters, and for me that was the highlight of Saturday's reading."
ELEPHANT was originally read in the winter of 2008 with a completely different cast. It was read again on March 2, 2009 at Melbourne Writers' Theatre in Carlton, Victoria. From that reading, the producers decided that Bill Ten Eyck was so perfectly cast that the play's July, 2010 season was scheduled around Bill's availability.
Pictured above: Actors Bill Ten Eyck and Jennifer Innes, May 29, 2010.
For more rehearsal photographs, please visit our cast album. There's also some footage of Bill Ten Eyck as the irrepressible Wally Stern on our YouTube channel, ElephantStagePlay. Enjoy!
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