Monday, August 18; the first day of our 5th week here @Getty Villa. From today, we’ve got into the new schedule from 1pm to 9pm so we can have more night time at the outside theatre.We engaged in… more

Tuesday of week 5. The process of staging our play and the process of tech-ing it have intersected. Like a snake eating its tail, today we went back to working on the beginning of the play while not… more

Persians Diary for Wednesday August 12, 2014 Getty Villa

This post was originally sent on 8/1/14 to the company in rehearsal at the Getty Villa, while I was in Shanghai, China From: The SITI foreign correspondence desk:

Well, first things first.  You know today was Darron's birthday.  Mine was Friday. "Back in the day" D and I used to host a shared b'day bash every year with our friend and colleague/board members… more

original entry July 24, 2014 Day Three: It's been a long road.

It's a hot, sunny Sunday morning here in LA.  My favorite kind of morning...just me, my dog and a cup of extra strong coffee. Yesterday marked the end of our third week of Persians rehearsals at the… more

So much of what we do is about building routines. Of course we have “routines” that we perform on stage, but more importantly at this point in the process are the countless routines that evolve… more

At the last part of the rehearsal, we experimented the entrance of Messenger. With Emily’s brilliant idea, we ran around holding the edge of huge fabric which is hung from the top of balcony.… more

Just last night I was doing some investigation into the whens and whichones of the Marathon battle, and the Thermopolae battle, and the Salamis battle  (Think of the new movie The 300).  It's really… more

Now week two and rain at night, so strange – – – u – u – u –

Greetings to all from the Oakwood Marina Del Rey!While I have lived in LA for several years now, my move to the west side last Sunday felt like a big one...a significant and scary and exciting… more

This last weekend I had the distinct and singular honor of officiating at the wedding of SITI Company’s beloved Vanessa Sparling’s wedding. I missed rehearsal on Saturday to fly up to Monterey… more

Last evening, I wandered  around the beach mumbling some Greek language with a small paper in my hand. Unusual gestures and faces happened to me occasionally.

There is something of the divine, its like touching into something of the divine working at the Getty Villa. For an actor at least. And so making an ancient play is an evocation of sorts. The tasks… more

SITI Company is currently engaged in a three-year project with the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.  Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, our… more