GOING TO THE MILL

Included in this blog are images from research and designs that are the

influences of and influenced by the production. About a week ago, Narelle Sissons and I drove up to a small mill called McConnells Mill about an hour outside of Pittsburgh. If you go, make sure to go on the weekend for a tour of the mill. We didn't go on the weekend, but some friendly maintenance/construction men let us in for some snapshots. More photos to come. But this is an actual mill. Lots of wood and metal. Benches and burlap. Many of the things that have come up in my independent pre-production mtgs with Narelle. Detailed notes of those meetings will be up soon. On the way back, we stopped for some Gelato in a small town. Go there: www.beechersgelato.com

I have more photos from the trip, they'll be up soon.

Before the Flood

Welcome to the first posting of the Mill on the Floss blog!
In December, at Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, my thesis, a production of Helen Edmundson's stage adaptation of George Eliot's novel: The Mill on the Floss, will complete. Over the next 7 months, I will journal and document the journey, from ideas to creation into production. I invite those involved to post freely. This is an opportunity to chart a hugely imaginative endeavor. There are no secrets. Only surprises.