Script Competition

Over the past five seasons Open Dream Ensemble has produced five original shows. We believe that original shows best allow students to experience live musical theater - no preconceived notions on what will happen, no expectations of characters, songs, or special effects, AND the benefit of allowing our writer, director, and designers to really be CREATIVE and use their IMAGINATIONS in bringing the production to life.

Our next original show will be written by .... actually, we don't know. We are holding a competition, open to all UNCSA alumnus, for the next show to be produced in the summer of 2011.

Dream Team

As the season begins in August and continues through December, the cast will make their contributions to this blog in the form of posts, photos, and video. We have a wonderful group of talented people taking up the call to be Open Dreamers this season.

Returning members include Haydee Thompson (actress), Peter Shanahan (musician), and Julianne Harper (dancer). New members are Ian Antal (actor), Sanford Enseln (musician), Brandon Harris (actor), Bryn Harris (actress / fight choreographer), and Jon Odom (actor).

We are looking forward to starting rehearsals six weeks from now with our co-directors (and former cast members) Brian Sutow and Joshua Morgan. James Stewart will return for the first week to coach the music and instruct the cast on the use of the sound equipment.

We are gearing up for rehearsal and looking forward to seeing this new Dream Team take on the challenges and joys of work with Open Dream Ensemble.

Open Dream takes on the Laws of Motion

1. An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in uniform motion tends to stay in uniform motion unless acted upon by an outside force.

2. The change in velocity (acceleration) with which an object moves is directly proportional to the magnitude of force applied to the object and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Fifth grade science. Remember?

Isaac Newton was an amazing thinker. Not only did he create calculus, discover properties of light and optics, run the British mint, and prove the laws of motion, he was largely responsible for ushering in the era of scientific method and proof.

What would our world be without him? Likely, very different.

What does this have to do with Open Dream Ensemble? Well, Isaac Newton and his Laws of Motion are the basis of our upcoming webseries. In a seven-episode series, Open Dream Ensemble will examine the Laws of Motion in the only way we know how -- through dance, drama, and music... and time travel -- of course.

More to come in later posts....

Open Dream on Facebook

Open Dream Ensemble now has a facebook page! Visit and become a fan.

Thanks!

Planning

June is a month of planning for Open Dream Ensemble.

We are planning the season, planning the rehearsal process, planning the changes to the set and costumes, planning an original web-series for youth, and planning slight changes to our website as well as launching a facebook page.

The planning period is both fun and crucial. Preparing for the expected allows us to move forward with confidence to the next step. Creating. Next month will begin the creation process for the set, costumes, final drafts of scripts, draft of the season schedule, an updated website and facebook page.

August brings the many elements together through the remounting of Peril on the Red Planet and filming the web-series (more about that in the next post).

For now, all things are in processes, planning, and flux.