Hanging with the Cool Kids

After almost twenty years of directing adults to perform for children, I have leapt into the world of directing the kiddos themselves, and it’s a delight. Playtime Poppy, a 65 year-old educational theatre company in Cedar Rapids, IA, invited me to direct their Summer Theatre Adventure, a week-long camp where 22 children, ages 7 – […]

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Best of 2016

Pictures of Marilyn is still receiving positive notices as the New Orleans critics present their end-of-year superlatives. Ted Mahne of the Time-Picayune named us one of the ten best musicals of 2016. We also got high praise from Alan Smason on WYES’ Steppin’ Out.  Here’s to hoping the project finds more productions in the future!

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International Screening

Our short video Here Comes Santa Claus, co-written and directed by my good friend, Danny Caporaletti, made its international debut on Christmas day, a very nice present for our naughty little film. The film showed in Berlin at Kino Moviemento, the oldest cinema in Germany. It was part of the first Weihnachtsfilmfestival, which translates to “Christmasfilmfestival.” […]

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“Pictures of Marilyn” is a hit

Click the publication links for press on “Pictures of Marilyn,” running October 12 – November 27 at BB’s Stage Door Canteen.   “Pictures of Marilyn will forever stay etched into the memories of local theater lovers.” Crescent City Jewish News   “The touching finale is both celebratory and poignant.” New Orleans Times-Picayune   “It strikes the […]

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Amnesia – the human experience

So, I’m directing these young actors in one of my grad school classes, and I’m exhausted, and it’s the end of the semester, and it’s festival season, and life, and blah blah blah, but every time I leave a rehearsal I’m energized. And there’s something about directing young people that reminds me of the theatrical concepts […]

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“Pictures of Marilyn”

This fall I will be returning to BB’s Stage Door Canteen at the National WWII Museum to direct “Pictures of Marilyn,” a new musical for which I also wrote the book. All audition info is listed below. PICTURES OF MARILYN Written and Directed by Cavan Hallman Rehearsals begin: September 12, 2016 Show Runs: Friday and […]

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