We're Almost There!

  "Little town, its a quiet village . . .

Every day, like the one before,

 Little town, full of little people,

Waking up to saaaaaaaaay:"

GUTEN MORGEN!

Whoah! This time in Marburg has gone incredibly quickly. What a pleasure it is to be working in such a beautiful part of the world. The city itself is situated in a valley, with half the buildings clinging to the hillside, stairways wrapping up and around, narrow streets darting throughout. The picturesque views of the hills and trees, gorgeous architecture framing everything and the castle perched atop the highest hill. It seems like almost every building is at least a five hundred years old, and there are an abundance of cafes hidden in the nooks, crannies and winding staircases.

We are performing our piece in an historic lecture hall in the physics department of the Phillip's University. The room itself is not a theater, but is still extremely theatrical. There are two giant blackboards that span at least fifteen feet each. The best part is that they can be mechanically controlled to slide up or down the wall! We're doing our best to incorporate them into the piece.

The work itself has been intense: we've re-conceptualized the piece almost every day this week, and it seems like nothing is sacred: scenes are created and destroyed faster than the students guzzle beer at night. But what we've ended up with is an incredible collage of our experiences in Japan and with each other over the last eighteen months. I'm really proud of the work we are doing and so excited to share it with an audience tomorrow night!

We will be recording the performance (have been recording the rehearsals for the last few days), so if you cannot make it all the way to Marburg, no worries; there will be documentation! And I'm glad of it, because the piece is so personal, such a rich exploration of the incredible highs and lows we've gone through together, that I'm desperate to share it with a wider (non-German speaking) audience in the weeks to come.

Until then, we are waiting with baited breath for tomorrow. And by waiting of course, I mean frantically rehearsing all day, night and tomorrow morning.

SO EXCITING the audience will stomp and cheer,
SO DELIGHTING it will  run for fifty years!

Woohoo!

Brian