Opera Philadelphia

Posted6 Feb 2018

Written on Skin in rehearsal

By Shannon Eblen

The cast of Written on Skin works in the rehearsal hall, where two different set elements have been arranged on either side of the room with the conductor, director, pianist, and stage manager in the middle. The real set will rotate on a turntable, but in rehearsals, the cast and crew are the ones who have to move back and forth. 

 

The Protector (Mark Stone) holds the heart of The Boy (Anthony Roth Costanzo) aloft during rehearsal Credit: Shannon Eblen
Maestro Corrado Rovaris conducts a rehearsal of Written on Skin, on stage February 9, 11, 16 and 18. Credit: Shannon Eblen
Alasdair Kent, Krisztina Szabo, and Mark Stone rehearse for Written on Skin. Credit: Shannon Eblen
Krisztina Szabo and Mark Stone rehearse for Written on Skin. Credit: Shannon Eblen
Does this punch look real? The cast of Written on Skin drills a fight scene. Credit: Shannon Eblen
Practicing the moves of the fight scene in slow motion with fight director J. Alex Cordaro. Credit: Shannon Eblen
Mark Stone and Anthony Roth Costanzo rehearse a scene from Written on Skin. Credit: Shannon Eblen
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