Synaesthetic in Salamanca | Paper Tech | The Festival | Outdoor Rehearsal | In the Theatre | After the Performance | Viewpointing in Salamanca

Synaesthetic arrived at the Castilla y Leon International Arts Festival in Salamanca, Spain on May 31st. We spent the first day and a half enjoying the city and preparing to load into the theatre. All day Saturday (June 2nd) and Sunday (June 3rd) were spent inside the Teatro Caja Duero building the set, focusing the lights and cueing the show. On Sunday at 8:00pm the curtain opened and the sold out performance began. By 10pm we were breaking it all down and getting ready to celebrate. Over the next several days the celebrating continued, we explored (and Viewpointed) the city, and we saw lots of other theatre, music and art. Thanks to all of the amazing people who helped make this production possible, from our wonderful family of donors to the Festival producers and technicians in Spain, to the performers and designers who made K all along the way. Thank You!

Synaesthetic in Salamanca

Group Dinner on our first night in Salamanca. (Includes all but two of the 15 people people traveling with us).

Close-up of a one of the Festival Posters plastered around Salamanca.

Chris having just arrived in Salamanca.

Members of the group wait to go see Vesturport Theatre's Woyzeck, another production at the festival.

Michael and Ted practice in the lobby of the Hotel Monterey

Paper Tech

In the morning of the day before we loaded into the theater members of the production team assembled a the lovely outdoor Café de Max to Paper Tech the show (talk through cues and trouble-spots).

Paul at paper tech.

John at Paper Tech.

David explaining to Jessica and Paula the structure of the front curtain.

Oscar and Paul writing cues at Paper Tech.

Joy and John at Paper Tech.

The Festival

The Festival's Office.

The front of Teatro Caja Duero ... the theatre where we performed.

A Close up on the entrance to the Teatro Caja Duero.

Paula and Jessica waiting outside of the theatre.

John waiting outside of the theatre.

Rubén Delgado from 36 Caracters, the guy who brilliantly oversaw the translation and projection of our supertitles.

Outdoor Rehearsal

Joy Lynn and Michael rehearsing in the streets of Salamanca.

David and Joy talking.

Margaret and the company rehearsing on the streets of Salamanca.

In The Theatre

The crate containing our set and costumes arrives in Salamanca 30 days after we loaded it up in New York.

We open the crate to find everything intact. (Hallelujah!)

Paul and Chris take their first look at the inside of the theatre.

The view from the stage of the 380 seat theatre.

Chris watching the lights being hung from the audience.

Paul on the stage.

David in the audience.

The view of the stage from the stage right entrance as the set is being put together, and the lights prepared.

Close-up on the set as we test the lights under the Deck.

Preparing for the final moment of the show (the lifting of the Deck).

David fixing the set during Siesta (the Synaesthetic way of spending Siesta)

John, Joy, Joy Lynn and Tina backstage getting into costume before the performance.

David applying Josef K's "face stubble" to Margaret before the performance.

John waiting backstage before the performance.

The stage one hour before the house opens.

After the Performance

Celebrating after the performance at Casa de las Conchas (built in the 1500s).

At Casa de las Conchas Joy and Margaret re-enact the last minute cutting of Margaret's hair. (Joy trimmed Margaret's hair about 45 minutes before the performance to ensure that Josef K was as stylish as possible.)

Jessica celebrates with Pedro (the Festival's tech director for Teatro Caja Duero) and Rubén after our Performance at Casa de las Conchas.

Members of the group enjoying the nightlife and celebrating our international debut.

STILL celebrating!

Jessica finally getting to relax (and smile) after the performance.

Members of the group (along with three students we met while in Salamanca) celebrating Tina's birthday.

Festival Director Guy Martini celebrates with a very feminine Josef K on our last night in Salamanca.

Viewpointing in Salamanca

Synaesthetic was featured in Pixel 13's installation "Le Bulb" in the Plaza Mayor. We Viewpointed in front of Teatro Caja Duero, Joy was interviewed and they did a stop motion video short of our set being put together and lights being hung. Below are photos from that Viewpoints session.

On our second to last night in Salamanca members of Synaesthetic held a Viewpoints session in the courtyard of The Convento de San Esteban, a 16th century convent built by Juan de Alava.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make our international debut possible!

Performers and Production Team Members that traveled with us (and featured in the above photos): Joy Lynn Alegarbes (Performer), John Baird (Wardrobe), Jessica D. Baker (Producer), David Crittenden (Costume Design/Camera Operator), John DesRoches (Co-Video Design), Ted Hannan (Performer), Paul Hudson (Lighting Design), Joy Leonard (Co-Director/Performer), M.A. Makowski (Performer), Paula A. Marchiel (Production Coordinator/Camera Operator), Chris Nichols (Co-Director), Margaret O'Sullivan (Performer), Clinton Powell (Performer), Rench (Music Score), Tina West (Performer)

Previous Cast and Production Team Members that were unable to travel with us (sadly missing from the above photos): Aubrey Hardwick (Performer), Ginger Legon (Performer), David Szlasa (Set Design), Seth Trucks (Co-Video Design)