Today I'm joined by Artistic Director of Red Stitch Actors' Theatre, Ella Caldwell, to talk about the rehearsal room for my play Monument.

We speak about:
- Finding the right artistic team to build out the world of the play.
- Bringing different perspectives into the development room.
- The rehearsal process and the role of a director and playwright.
- New discoveries in the rehearsal room and going all the way with a choice to reveal the next layer.
- Being brave enough to expose your work early and when to open up the rehearsal room to outside eyes.
- The themes of Monument (politics and beauty culture) and our personal relationship to makeup.
- The challenges of working with a closed time closed place play.
- Engaging subject matter experts at different points of the artistic process.
- Working with a makeup consultant in the rehearsal room.

Come see the show!
Monument by Emily Sheehan
Directed by Ella Caldwell
At Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre
9 August - 3 September, 2023
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Read the script!
Monument by Emily Sheehan
Published by Currency Press
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