Charlotte Meehan, Artistic Director of Sleeping Weazel and a past contributor to ArtSake, premiered the new play Cleanliness, Godliness, and Madness: a User's Guide at the Boston Center for the Arts in September 2016, in the run-up to the November presidential election. Here, she shares how her personal background and the country's "mad time" have shaped her new work for the … [Read more...]
Three Stages: Charlotte Meehan
Charlotte Meehan, Artistic Director of the interdisciplinary theatre group Sleeping Weazel, is about to premiere her play 27 Tips for Banishing the Blues (8/30-9/13, 8 PM, at Boston Playwrights' Theatre), the second in a trilogy of plays called The Problem with People. Here, she traces the sometimes nonlinear journey of creating that trilogy, through three stages in the … [Read more...]
Real Funny/Sad
Someone once said to me... I had to decide whether my plays are funny, or sad. I politely responded that I'd decided to leave that up to each audience member. - Charlotte Meehan So said Sleeping Weazel Artistic Director Charlotte Meehan in an ArtSake q&a, last year. Well, audiences will get their chance to make up their minds about the funny/sad-ness when Real Realism, … [Read more...]
A Surprise Twist in Your Story
The creative process takes innumerable twists and turns, but in our conversations with artists, we sometimes ask them to describe an unexpected turn in their own personal story. Here, we ask artists from a range of disciplines: Share a surprise twist in your story. Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, writer I feel like the surprise twists keep coming! But let's go with my mother's … [Read more...]
Sleeping Weazel Awakens
Recently, the multi-disciplinary performing arts troupe Sleeping Weazel marked its dramatic arrival to the New England theatre scene. We checked in with the group's leader, playwright Charlotte Meehan, about the company, its past/future, and its fascinating Artistic Director. Why Sleeping Weazel, the org.? Why Sleeping Weazel, the name? Sleeping Weazel was originally … [Read more...]