Hidden Terrors Revealed: From Page to Stage

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts aired on PBS/ALS - Adult Learning Service

A half-hour documentary following the production of original theatre adaptations of The Tell Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, commissioned by The Kennedy Center Education Department

Performances by: Daniel R. Escobar Bernadette Flagler Elaine Faye Mark Mineart Co-Directors: Kim Peter Kovak and Jerry Manning Set Design: James Kronzer Lighting Design: Martha Mountain Costume Design: Helen Huang Sound Design: Robin Heath and Susan R. White Stage Manager: Jeanette Buck Dramaturg: Charlotte Stoudt Casting Director: Benita Hofstetter

Mark Mineart and Elaine Faye rehearse The Fall of the House of Usher

Kim Peter Kovak with Bernadette Flagler

Hidden Terrors Revealed: From Page to Stage was designed to entertain and educate students of all ages by showing the interlocking phases in the creative, technical and collaborative process of theatrical production. Beginning with script meetings with Edward Mast, who adapted the stories, through scenic, costume and sound design, character development and rehearsals, a betacam crew documented the process over a six month period culminating in performances, taped with two cameras at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Theater for Young People. Quotes from Hidden Terrors Revealed: From Page to Stage Edward Mast: "The script is really a blueprint and that's the difference between it and a novel. The finished product is the thing that happens on stage and that's a collaboration. So I have to be willing to let go of it." Jerry Manning: "The way I work is to try and help the actor on his journey. The journey being the creation of this character. So very early on in the rehearsal we talk about 'is this an approach you can work with' and when we agree on that path then I can be very specific with them." Kim Peter Kovak: "It's not just the physical rightness but it's more emotional rightness ... and especialliy with a new script, you need somebody who's flexible enough to make changes as neccesary and who can help fill in the pieces that may not be there." Charlotte Stoudt: "I did a lot of medical research on the behavior of twins... The actors have picked up on that now and they're working out gestures and patterns of walking and patterns of speech to get across that they have this strange relationship." Producer/Director/Writer: Linda Lewett Camera/Editor: Matt Dibble Narrators: Kyle Prue & Kim Schraf Executive Producer: Derek Gordon, The Kennedy Center Education Department

Jerry Manning with Daniel Escobar

Performance Plus: Conversations with Wendy Wasserstein - Robert Shenkkan - Marshal Mason & Lanford Wilson

Marshal Mason & Lanford Wilson

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

A series of three programs of The Kennedy Center Education Department "Performance Plus" events. Aired on PBS / ALS - Adult Learning Service Conversation with Wendy Wasserstein (30 minutes) Conversation with Robert Schenkkan on The Kentucky Cycle (60 minutes) Live cut, multi-camera tapings of interviews conducted by Jack Carr, plus audience question and answer sequences. Lanford Wilson and Marshal Mason on the Art of Collaboration (90 minutes) for the American College Theater Festival. Live cut, multi-camera tapings in the Terrace Theater of interview conducted by John Lion, plus audience question and answer sequence.