And the Audience Favorite for the T Plays 2010

is Green.  John J King's play M. Riverside with Nate Gundy and Forrest Walter are the proud recipients of the (blank) - there is still time to vote on the name for the award (see poll at left).  This year's voting was very close with only 7 votes separating the top three.  And sinlge votes separating the some of the other four.  We will be posting some photos soon (Thanks, Meg) and will have the vote percentages.  Thanks to all the artists involved and to all the audience who attended.  The T Plays will return.....

Coming around the final turn it's....

Green ahead by a sack of nuts.  Followed a few skittles behind by the # 1 bus.  The Silver Line's 3 ladies are in third.  Barry White says "Next play....Red Line".   #39, Blue and Orange are still within striking distance.  Confused by these inside references?  Well get yourself to the last two performances of The T Plays 2010.  At 1PM (a goodly number of seats still available) or 4 PM (about 8 seats available).

Half way there

The standings are even closer than ever.  Currently after three shows: The Green, Silver and #1 Bus are separated by 4 votes.  The Red, #39,Blue and Orange are quite close behind.  It will go down to the final show for certain.  No one is walking away with the prize.  Our Saturday show is one or two seats away from ebing sold out but at the moment there are seats available for Sunday, so come out and view.

What is in a name?

All the cool awards have nicknames.  The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre is just called a Tony.  The American Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have their Oscar.  So what should the nickname for the T Plays Audience Favorite be?  We have listed several options in the poll to the right.  Take a moment and vote.  If you chose other feel free to drop us an email at mill6theatre@gmail.com and tell us.

Tune in your wireless set today at 3PM

WBUR radio (90.9 on your FM dial) will be doing a feature on The T Plays 2010 today June 24th at 3PM.  Jessica Alpert followed writer Patrick Gabridge on his journey on the Blue Line and gets a first hand look how his play Escape to Wonderland came to be.  Jessica also came by rehearsals for the play and popped in to several different shows, so there's bound to be plenty of Mill 6 goodness to hear.  Plus I've always been told I have a face for radio.  So tune in.

Some early results

With one show under our belt we have tallied the votes on our way to finding out who the next audience favorite is.  Having counted and recounted the ballots I can say it will be a very tight race.  Currently the Green Line is in the lead followed very closely and in a tight pack by #1 bus, The Silver Line and #39 bus.  The next batch is also very tightly grouped: Red Line, Blue Line and Orange Line.  Remember this is still early in the voting process (it would be akin to announcing the Presidential election results with just Delaware and Rhode Island reporting).  I suspect we're in for a real horse race.  Hmm maybe next time we could have the playwrights write while racing a horse....

We're in Today's Metro!

An interview with the terrific Rick Park, who wrote on the Red Line for us!

Metro - Whose Red Line is it anyway?

Photo: NICOLAUS CZARNECKI/METRO

Opening Night

The T Plays are like a box of chocolate.  You never know what you're going to get.  Comedic hi-jinks?  Angry confrontations?  Sweet romance?  Gay Dolphins?  The one thing I will divulge that you will see is some pretty amazing plays.  Our writers, actors, designers and directors have really put together a great evening of theater-on-the-fly.  Or perhaps on-the-rail is more appropriate?  Get your tickets now.  http://www.mill6.org/ There are fewer than 10 seats available for tonight, but we have 5 more shows, so don't be left at the station.  Pictured are Rodney Raftery and George Saulnier III with a great big box of T Plays.

Rumors of Publicity

Eagle eyes readers of this blog may have noticed Pat Gabridge mentioned a reporter was at his rehearsal.  Less eagle eyed readers can scroll one post back and read it there.  Jessica Alpert of WBUR radio will be doing a feature on the T Plays this week.  When you ask?  Stay tuned to the blog and we will let you know...

Once again Guest Starring: Patrick Gabridge as The Blogger

We had a great rehearsal for my T play this afternoon. The actresses, Ally and Jen, were zeroed in on their roles, and Barlow Adamson, my director (who is actually co-directing with John ), seemed to completely understand these two characters I'd created. It was a pretty inspired rehearsal, actually. Intense time pressure can truly focus the mind.


We had a read through of all the plays last night, and the other plays were so funny and got great response, and of course, I had to go and write a drama, and so I felt like the guy who brings a cat to an all-dog party. I was a little concerned I hadn't managed to write what I'd intended (in terms of quality, at least. Playwrights can be so damn insecure.). But today set my mind at ease and got me very excited about this play. The evening is going to be a lot of fun to watch

The WBUR reporter was there again briefly. I wonder what she thought of the piece. This was a rare instance where we were actually chatting about the idea I had for this script, almost exactly as it was still gestating in my mind but before I'd written a word yet.

I'll miss tomorrow's rehearsal/tech, but hope to see a run through on Tuesday before the show opens on Wednesday.

All Matched Up

So here are the Match ups for The T Plays 2010

The Red Line
Writer: Rick Park
Director: Dawn Simmons
Cast: Adam Kassim and Jason Myatt

The Blue Line
Writer: Patrick Gabridge
Director: Barlow Adamson
Cast: Jen O'Connor and Ally Tully

The Orange Line
Writer: Terry Byrne
Director: Kristin Baker
Cast: Melissa Barker, Casey Preston and Greer Rooney

The Green Line
Writer: John J King
Director: John Edward O'Brien
Cast: Nate Gundy and Forrest Walter

The Silver Line
Writer: Bill Doncaster
Director: Mikkel Raahede
Cast: Sasha Castroverde, Juliet Gowing McGinnis and Marie Polizzano

The # 1 Bus
Writer: Sean Michael Welch
Director: Meg Taintor
Cast: Jim Barton and Jason Lambert

The # 39 Bus
Writer: Melanie Garber
Director: Antoine Gagnon
Cast: Anthony Dangerfield and Kevin LaVelle

There you have it.  More to come later on...

Some special guests

The blog is about to become crowded.  Several artists while working on the T Plays 2010 will simultaneously and at the same time blog their thoughts about their experience.  We're hoping to get tidbits from Pat Gabridge who already has a blog of his own  http://writinglife3.blogspot.com/  Pat promised us all new blog entries.  If you find he's just copying older posts from one blog to another be sure to send us a comment.  Also Juliet Gowing McGinnis, star of one of Mill 6's first big hits Cafe Society returns to our acting troupe and our blog, and Mikkel Raahede will share his thoughts on taking an eight hour flight to direct a ten minute play.  And we may even have a few more contribute.  Keep and eye on the blog for these posts and all your T Plays 2010 needs.

Attention Audience the next round of T Plays is now approaching.

June 23-27th (Wed-Sat @ 8PM; Sun @ 1PM and 4PM)
The Factory Theater
Tickets are $15.00 general admission (June 23rd is pay what you can $5.00 minimum)

Back by Popular Demand! Chance will team up a playwright, director, actors and a T line (and we're including buses this time too). The playwright will board the T knowing only the number of characters and the setting (the very T line they are on). At the end of the round trip they turn their freshly written script over to the director and actors. Three days later the shows go up!

Every night we'll be asking the audience to vote for their favorites. At the end of the week the Audience Favorite will be announced.

Contributing artists:

Barlow Adamson, Kristin Baker, Melissa Barker, Jim Barton, Terry Byrne, Sasha Castroverde, Irene Daly, Anthony Dangerfield, Bill Doncaster, Melanie Garber, Patrick Gabridge, Antoine A. Gagnon, Nathaniel Gundy, Benjamin Janey, Adam Kassim, John J King, Jason Lambert, Kevin LaVelle, Kathy Maloney, Juliet Gowing McGinnis, Jason Myatt, John Edward O'Brien, Jennifer O'Connor, Rick Park, Marie Polizzano, Casey Preston, Mikkel Raahede, Rodney Raftery, Greer Rooney, Dawn M. Simmons, Meg Taintor, Ally Tully, Forrest Walter, Sean Michael Welch.

The T Plays Return

And this time it's personal.  And this time there is a video promoting it.  Extra special thanks to all those who helped in making it happen.  We are currently gathering actors, writers and directors and soon will let you all know who will be riding the T this year.  In the mean time please enjoy this youtube video.  Oh and writers - if your play involves ice cream we know where you got that idea from.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Mill6Collaborative#p/a/u/0/1hkX49YZjyM