May Show at the Avery Schreiber Theatre

I am working with The New York Acting Ensemble and their first performance in LA, A Hatful of Rain. Next month, we are showing at the Avery Schreiber theatre from May 2nd - May 25th, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.


I'm excited about working with this group. They've just recently come over from Florida and have welcomed me into their group for this project. I was introduced to them as an artist because they were looking for a better poster for their show. I painted the poster for them and it went on from there.


In May, I will be showing a series of drawings from their performance of A Hatful of Rain. These drawings show moments from the play that really stand out and visually tell the story, and will be up before and after each performance. In this way, audience members have the chance to take home a piece of the play with them in either a print or an original drawing. In a separate room there will be prints available as well as some originals of my other work.


Other than my artwork, I have accumulated a few other roles in the play, including the role of Putski, a rich, attention seeking drug addict who offers the drug dealers a way out of the city during a crack down.


A role I wasn't expecting that has been a bit interesting to me is the directing. Myself and Junior have teamed up to finish the blocking and character direction for the play. He's great to work with; full of ideas and never pushing his ego for the direction (which is usually what you get). It's an exciting experience. Because I'm drawing these scenes, I'm watching for good composition and powerful moments, which I think gives me an advantage on the direction. I've never done this before, but I'm happy to, and the cast has been patient and helpful the whole time. It's also a very cool experience to offer advise to bring a scene in a new direction and then watch them take on that direction and run with it. They're capable actors and are all concerned with nothing more than offering a good show. I've never done theatre before and so there are many things I do not know, but they've all been gracious to help and work with me to meet the same goal.

I'm working on the drawings now and they're coming out nicely.


For anyone who is interested in attending, here's the info:

May 2nd - May 25th,
Fridays and Saturdays (art) 6pm-8pm (play) 8pm -
Sundays (play) 5 pm (art) 7:30 pm -

At the Avery Schreiber Theatre
11050 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood, Ca.
91601

www. FrogFaith. com/Sienna

Art.Sienna@gmail.com