Find and Sign - Pioneer Theatre Company

Set in NYC at a huge music conglomerate…

PTC staged the world premier of Find and Sign. MacLeod’s script had a lot of interesting narrative tension with Othello without being a clumsy reiteration of Shakespeare’s classic. I tend to naturally bring a slightly different energy to a new work–I like the idea that no one has ever seen a show before, that it is brand new for all of us. New shows make me want to put my stamp on them.

I felt like most good, mainstream hip-hop had vocals, which didn’t really work to our benefit. A lot of the instrumental tracks I found felt uninspired, so I brought on student Adam Harris, and together we built dozens of tracks from the ground up. In true hip-hop fashion, we sampled old records and hit You Tube to see what latest and greatest were up to. We also had the distinct pleasure to work with two really great artists: Majesty out of NYC, and B-Side out here in SLC for the two tracks with vocals in the middle of the show.

CREDITS

Find and Sign
by Wendy MacLeod
Pioneer Theatre Company
Salt Lake City, UT
January 13-28, 2012

Director: Charles Morey
Set Designer: James Wolk
Lighting Designer: Dennis Parichy
Costume Designer: Pamela Scofield
Makeup Designer: Amanda French
Sound Designer: Matt Tibbs
Original Music:
Matt Tibbs and Adam Harris

Julia: Molly Ward
Iago: Karl Miller
Mac: Terrell Donnell Sledge
Mona: Gardner Reed
Andre: Keith Hamilton Cobb
Cal: Daniel Morgan Shelley