Judith Thompson
iPhoto caption: Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' Photo by Jae Yang.
REVIEW: Tarragon’s Queen Maeve packs one hell of an emotional wallop
The astonishing Clare Coulter manages to appear one moment as if she’d blow away in a faint breeze, another as though she’d easily cleave you in twain with a broadsword.
iPhoto caption: Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' Photo by Jae Yang.
Clare Coulter brings a lifetime of experience to Judith Thompson’s Queen Maeve at Tarragon
“This is the first stage play I've done in such a long time,” says Coulter, “but I feel I've really learned what the stage asks of the actor: that they go beyond what we used to call the footlights and settle in to where the audience is.”
When the Playwright Goes Prose: In Conversation with Haley McGee
My process with solo shows involves sharing bits of text with audiences when I don’t really know where it’s going, or how it’s going to end. I’m pivoting myself to the responses from the audience — I sniff out where I want to go, and how I want to shape the piece. Through creating solo shows, I discovered how much I love this direct, unfettered relationship with an audience.