Creativity = Endless Possibilities

The following post is from Brian Sutow. Brian just completed his BFA in Acting from the UNCSA and comes to Open Dream Ensemble with a little prior experience with us; he was one of the writers of Peril on the Red Planet which will begin rehearsal in August. He plays the role of Wilbur Wright in Dream Machines.

I have just finished my first two weeks of
rehearsing with Open Dream, and what a
wonderful whirlwind of work it has been.
The ensemble is made up of fun, supportive and creative people,
and I can’t wait to start touring with them.  Every day is filled
with a lot of laughter and a lot of hard work.  I think our show
is going to be really fantastic, as we were able to get it staged in
just ten days, and now we have two more whole
weeks to work on making it even better.

Ever since we started working on the show, I have been
feeling like a little kid again.  Our directors, Matt Cowart
and Isaac Klein, have created a world of incredible creativity.
This is a world where two umbrellas can become a bicycle.
It reminds me of being a kid and letting an empty ketchup bottle
become a telephone, a paper towel roll become a telescope,
and a refrigerator box become a time traveling spaceship.
These every day objects, matched with a little creativity, were
how I found my love for acting in the first place.

One of the things that is so special about live theater, is
that we can all use our imaginations together.  In film
and television, company’s spend millions of dollars
making sure everything looks real, but in the theater
everyone can easily understand that a mixing bowl can
become a warrior’s helmet, a coat rack can become a horse,
two flashlights can become a truck’s headlights, etc.

I hope that when kids see this show they not only come
away from it with an understanding of how the Wrights
dreamt big and made their dreams of flying come true,
but that it also reminds them that with a
little creativity, the possibilities are endless.