Killer Joe Show Blog Post 1

It's our first blog post EVER!

While most folks are winding down from the holidays, we're gearing up for our production of "Killer Joe," which I must say has a killer cast! Tad Janes and Julie Herber are back as another trailer trash couple, and I'm hoping that it will be fun for the audience to see the drastic differences they have made for this pairing. Amy Easton and Matt Baughman, our resident engaged couple, are playing brother and sister (the offspring of Tad's character, Ansel), and Denny Grizzle returns as Killer Joe, the charming yet vicious assassin.

We're in our second week of rehearsal, table work is done, and we're getting through the blocking. This show has a great deal of exciting stage combat, and we're thrilled to be working with Andrew Pecoraro as our fight director. Fight choreography begins tomorrow.
This is an exciting and challenging venture for us – and our audience! Although not the first MET play to include violence (for those of you who saw "Macbeth" earlier in the season), however, we have never done a show with nudity. I must admit that it is not only a challenge for the actors, but for the director as well. There are so many more considerations to think about when staging a nude scene! I hope though they may be uncomfortable, they won't be distasteful.
MET goes to on our annual company retreat to sunny South Carolina next week, so look for more to come!