Dear Brutus

Written by J.M. Barrie

Directed by Jackson Bernard Poulin

A Clarkstown Theatre Company Production

Artistic Director: Laurie McDermott

Assistant to the Director: Jeremy Cazes

Stage Manager(s): Hannah Jane Moore and Patsy Coleman

Production Assistant: Julianna Holmes

Head Technical Director: Rick Poulin

Assistant Technical Director: Alex Poulin

Costume Design: Laurie McDermott

Lighting Design: Rick Poulin

Prop Design: Rick Poulin

Sound Design: Jackson Bernard Poulin

Photography: Glenn Smith

Special Thanks to the Clarkstown Parks Department

Why Dear Brutus now?

I see J.B. Barrie as an incredible fantasy writer and explorer of magical worlds. He continues his trend in what some call the "adult version" of his own Peter Pan. I was called to the piece because I saw this play as his Midsummer Night's Dream, and, quite pleasantly, J.M. Barrie includes many references to Shakespeare and Midsummer throughout the piece. I was called to this play by it's character transformations and subsequently the transformation of its audience.

Script

The following is the script edited for my 2020 production. J.M. Barrie's play was chosen largely because it was in the Public Domain. This allowed for a larger transformation of the text to fit our production needs.

Dear Brutus Script (revised)

Inspiration

A large part of the movement of the piece was structured off my experience with devised direction from Emily Ritger.

All of the transitional scenes involved a falling sequence created by the entire cast and creative team through movement exploration.

The following is the vision book used when contemplating what Dear Brutus would look like.

The Working Vision Book

Process

Most of the production time was spent thinking about the safety of the actors. The goal was to stay more than compliant to all of the COVID precautions and we are thrilled to say no one caught any illness through the entire production.

Masks, outdoors, special staging diagrams, distance, tests, and more were all used in combination to create this performance and succeed in several invited, masked performances.

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