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!

December 6, 2019

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 […]

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October 7, 2019

Behind 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 […]

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October 2, 2019

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Cry It Out #2

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 […]

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September 26, 2019

Behind the Curtain: Cry It Out #1

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 […]

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