This post is from Brian Sutow. Brian is a recent graduate of the UNCSA School of Drama and a first-year member of Open Dream Ensemble. He is pictured here in the center as Wilbur Wright. Also in the photo are Lauren Culpepper as Katharine Wright and Joshua Morgan as Orville Wright.
On Tuesday we performed Dream Machines at the the Southern Legislators Conference. All of us were a bit nervous and intimidated - how would this group of governors and legislators respond to our children's theater show at 9 PM after a long day of events?
Fortunately, the show went over incredibly well, further verifying my belief that Dream Machines isn't just good children's theater, it is really good theater. The audience was attentive and engaged throughout. At one point during a song where the Wright Brothers try to figure out where to have their flight trails, my character screams out to the audience, "Can anybody tell us where the heck we should go?" To my shock and amusement, dozens of voices in the room echoed back the correct answer. Later, at a tense momnet in the play when one brother has potentially put the other brother in danger, an outraged voice rose up from the crowd yelling, "it's all your fault."
So Dream Machines seems to be in wonderful shape and Peril on the Red Planet was received very warmly by our first test audience. All in all it looks like a very happy and successful season of Open Dream lies ahead.
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