Hello it's Dakota again!
The last time I did anything related to Oedipus was in Freshmen year English, and I said to myself "I hope I never do this play." Low and Behold two years later here we are doing it for the 2013 fall play. Speaking of freshmen year, when I started my acting career here at Benedict's, with TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, which is the only play I can relate to OEDIPUS REX, meaning in both plays, the entire cast was always on stage and all our movements had to be very stylistic and recognizable. But unlike TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, we all have worked in some way with Oedipus, and we're no stranger to the play and its plot. The hardest part other than learning lines is figuring out how to convey stylistically, abstract themes, without looking too realistic.
On another note, I am the music supervisor again and now I am trying to figure out the best way to gain this "Ancient Greek" sound using the Dorian mode and instruments that could give a "legit sound." I am going to do this by having the company use woodwinds, small and portable percussions and vocals.
Gloria in fatis regem et malum!
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