News from the "MARS OUTPOST" -- the second blog entry from Peril on the Red Planet Director, Mollye Maxner....
Today I met with Peril on the Red Planet composer, James Stewart. We went through the script and the score, talking about how we might stage certain songs, and how we might transition physically and musically from one scene to the next. And we made some great discoveries! (I am often stuck by how sciences and arts live and thrive in the world of discovery.) One fun discovery was the ZARTOK THEME, a melody for the important but invisible "monster machine" that puts the "Peril" onto the Red Planet. This musical theme was originally part of the play's opening song, but it had been cut when we wanted to shorten the prologue. Well today that exciting lick of music, that we all were sad to see go, made it back into the play! Yay!
All of the performers have the musical score, and James and I are awaiting (like children before their birthday) the moment when we finally have all of the performers in the room and get to hear what it will all really sound like!
Signing off, until next time...
Mollye
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