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Directing Reel
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
BY NEIL LABUTE
PRODUCED BY: BOOTSTRAPS (2023)
"Bailey Story’s direction is unorthodox and experimental, employing an unusual seating arrangement in which the small audience is positioned back-to-back in two rows that bisect the performance space."
"It was curious to experience both a live and digital version of each scene, so that if a scene was staged behind you, the digital version easily became your focus, affording a comfortable but distant perspective."
"I often preferred the physical nature of pre-recorded segments. That reaction felt odd, as if Story was inviting us too question and even abandon our connection to the live performance. If it is difficult to see the action, how easily will we settle for watching a screen, so pre-conditioned are we to do so in the digital age."
"The mission of Bootstraps is to mentor and provide opportunities for the development of new directing talent, and Bailey Story exploits that opportunity to take serious risks in his production.... Story is intelligent in his choices and provides good opportunity to a cast trying to realize problematic characters."
Quotes from Keith Waits, courtesey of Arts Louisville.
THE HAIRY APE
BY EUGENE O'NEILL
PRODUCED BY: BOOTSTRAPS (2022)
"The ensemble is filled with vivid performances full of vigor as if each of them couldn’t get enough of O’Neill’s rich but concise dialogue"
"There is a particularly impactful scene of Yank and 3 of his cohorts shoveling coal into the boiler that is a heated yet visceral physical exchange. Story has a particular vision for the play that illustrates the bold, impetuousness of a young theatre artist crossed with the discipline of a more seasoned hand."
"...it arguably suits the style of the piece and the ferocious attack on the text led by Zach Stone’s bravura, no-holds-barred work here is forceful and unforgettable."
"As a director, Bailey Story has confidently shaped the production with decisiveness and bold choreography of action."
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Quotes from Keith Waits, courtesy of Arts Louisville.
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
PRODUCED BY:
UofL STUDIO THEATRE COMPANY (2019)
"What for you is an illusion, to be created, is for us our unique reality." -Father (ACT III)
"Yes, but haven't you perceived that it isn't possible to live in front of a mirror which not only freezes us with the image of ourselves, but throws our likeness back at us with a horrible grimace?"
-Son (ACT III)
"I won't stop here! I won't! I can see you've fixed it all up with him in your office. All this talk about what is possible for the stage . . . I understand! He wants to get at his complicated "cerebral drama," to have his famous remorses and torments acted; but I want to act my part, my part!"
- Step-Daughter (ACT II)
"You old devil! You murderess!"
- Mother Act II
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Quotes from Luigi Pirandello,
Six Characters in Search of an Author.
SHOOTER
BY SAM GRABER
PRODUCED BY:
UofL STUDIO THEATRE COMPANY (2019)
"Mainly, I want audiences to take away a new perspective on how our culture breeds school shooters.
All of the characters in the play are male and this play — while on the whole, it is about a school shooting — also explores the toxic side of male masculinity that underscores the entire show."
"I think the great thing about theater is that there are so many ways of telling a story, and there isn't a single right way to do that. I am confident in my actors, designers and crew that we will be able to tell this story honestly, in a way that is unique but just as impactful as the original."
"I am interested in the reception of this piece in Kentucky, a state that puts such emphasis on gun culture."
"I was in New York with the Singing Cardsmen last spring and wanted to see an Off-Broadway show and stumbled upon TheatreLab's production of ‘Shooter.’ This was just a couple of months after the shooting at my former high school [the Marshall County High School shooting]."
Quotes from Bailey Story, courtesy of Leo Weekly.
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