NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at Elevator Repair Service's The Select (The Sun Also Rises)Vin Knight offers an exclusive backstage look at Elevator Repair Service's The Select (The Sun Also Rises), a dramatic adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's post-war work.
By
Matthew Blank
October 18, 2011
Through a series of candid snapshots, Knight introduces the cast and crew and provides a glimpse behind the curtain of ERS' complex and original rendering of the classic.
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at Elevator Repair Service's The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at Elevator Repair Service's The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
Elevator Repair Service's The Select (The Sun Also Rises), an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's post-war work, is a complex and original dramatic rendering of the classic. Cast member Vin Knight offers an exclusive backstage look at the production, introducing the cast and staff and providing a glimpse behind the curtain. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Arriving at the theatre for our 7 PM show.
Vin Knight
I come in to find Ben Williams and John Collins playing some online poker. Mike Iveson and Matt Tierney are usually in on this as well.
Vin Knight
Ben goofing around with the carnations that we throw after the bullfight.
Vin Knight
Lucy Taylor got a surprise birthday visit from son Augie during her mic check.
Opening night tributes. Lady Brett always talks about bathing, so Lucy gave us all fancy soap. Kate Scelsa wrote a song to the sound cue when Brett and her "teapots" arrive at the Cafe. Stritch is always in the dressing room... just in case.
Vin Knight
Our fantastic run crew setting up all the beverages for the evening -- red wine is purple carrot juice, white wine is white tea and whiskey is mint tea.
Vin Knight
Lady Brett and Count Mippipopolous are ready to party!
Vin Knight
Time for Montoya's mustache.
Vin Knight
Does it look straight to you?
Vin Knight
Hello, gorgeous!
Vin Knight
Frank Boyd, Kaneza Schaal and Kate Scelsa on stage. I like to snap candid photos from the wings.
Vin Knight
Sometimes Ben and Matt have to run sound without being seen.
Vin Knight
Caitlin helps Susie Sokol become Pedro Romero, the matador.
Vin Knight
Intermission java break.
Vin Knight
I'm also a notary public, which comes in handy for Kate tonight.
Vin Knight
Catching up on celeb gossip. As you do.
Vin Knight
Just before the bullfight.
Vin Knight
Pete Simpson takes the bull by the horns.
Vin Knight
The curtain is down and we toast another performance of The Select (The Sun Also Rises) and celebrate the birth of lighting designer Mark Barton and Emma Griffin's twins!
The Select is the final work in ERS' trilogy that began with Gatz in 2006 and was followed by William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, which debuted at NYTW in 2008.The Select is the first production of NYTW's 2011-2012 season.
The Select (The Sun Also Rises) promises the "tale of young expatriates living in early 20th century Europe in which journalist Jake Barnes, his former lover Lady Brett Ashley, and the writer Robert Cohn cope with post-war realities and enter the 'age of anxiety' following the end World War I," according to NYTW.
The ensemble includes Frank Boyd, Mike Iveson, Vin Knight, Kate Scelsa, Kaneza Schaal, Pete Simpson, Susie Sokol, Lucy Taylor, Matt Tierney and Ben Williams.
Designing The Select are David Zinn (set and costumes); Mark Barton (lighting); and Matt Tierney and Ben Williams (sound).
Performances continue through Oct. 23.
For tickets, priced $70, visit NYTW. The New York Theatre Workshop is located at 79 East 4th Street.
