How does it all begin... Bondo's beginning line from Antigone ringsthrough my mind. I love that line, repeated over and over again inthat script, and how Bondo delivered it.Where are we?What are we… more

While a child or children aren't as large a part of the story of this piece as they are in Trojan Women there are a few lines that speak of them. For instance, describing the Persians waiting for news… more

Well, another stage in SITI's journey with the Greeks and the Getty Villa began today. The challenge this time around is to do a full production of Aeschylus' The Persians, or as we have decided to… more

Hello everyone, Anne gave me an amazing note a few days ago with a sentiment I'd like to share.  She reminded me that, even in the midst of this tragic story, I can be open to experience joy… more

Today saw our first preview performance of Persians.Working on plays at the Getty, we are faced in effect with two missions. One is that we are charged with honoring the play as an artifact. An object… more

Invited Dress rehearsal from 8pm. We did it! Learned a lot more about our “Persians” performing in front of some 100 audience. Thank you to people who came.   10:02pm I saw some Getty staff… more

It is the last day of the fifth week for rehearsals of Persians. Its now that we start to recognize that we could be the fifth Month, and only have just begun to plumb the depths of this magnificent… more

We are in tech! When did this happen? How did we get here?Time has been incredibly slippery these last few weeks.  It feels, at moments, like we are on a runaway train...it feels possible that we… more

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