Behind the Curtain: COF Blog
The team at Company of Fools is excited to introduce “Behind the Curtain: The COF Blog.” Look for behind-the-scene production insights and actor and creative/production staff interviews, diaries and musings. We’ll also be sharing in depth show information and analysis to deepen the audience experience.
We are excited to bring the unique and personal stories and give an insider’s view into the world of theatre and the Fools!
Behind the Curtain: Miss Bennet #1
Community
By Orion Bradshaw (Actor / Educator)
What does the word community mean to You, individually? Ask yourself… Now think about it just a bit longer… And now: “You’re welcome.” It’s high time to reclaim these two words within our vernacular, to transform them from cliché to genuine invitation. Let us not forget that “Ally” is also a Verb. A verb which implies taking […]
Read MoreBehind the Curtain: Cry It Out #3
Cry It Out and Civic Practice
By Scott Palmer (COF Artistic Director)
Molly Smith Metzler, the playwright of Cry It Out, describes the inspiration for her play in this way: “When I was six months pregnant, my husband and I relocated from NYC to a small Long Island suburb called Port Washington. He was starting a new teaching job nearby, and we thought Port seemed like a […]
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We do our Best
By Denise Simone (Director)
I had a nine week maternity leave. I had to go back to work – for the money and because I loved what I did for my life’s work. Somehow I thought I could have it all and do it really, really well. I was due back to direct a Theatre IV touring production about […]
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Finding the Truth in Cry It Out
By Michelle Carter (Actor)
I’m Michelle. I’m an actor, a wife and a daughter. Three and a half years ago I became a mom. A MOM!! Nine years after I was told that I wouldn’t be able to have kids because of all of the chemo and radiation I received for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, I was blessed to start my […]
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