Katie Cofield

It'll be quite the journey we are taking. . . Wow. So. . . I'm in Los Angeles. I am settled (mostly) into my delightful room at my spectacular and generous friends'- Queenie and Ace- home. I am sharing the space with Lola the cat, and occasionally Wolfy the dog. Both are good roomies. Lola is prone to leaping upon my arm whenever it offends her during the night, but we are beginning to come to an understanding that this is not, under any circumstance, acceptable. Also, next door, and out the window, is a man who sits at his computer all day and night in his boxers. Sort of like the ugly naked guy, but with a few more clothes. Let us hope it stays that way. Queenie and I ate on Sunday night at ... read more

WOW! What a great trip out West. I got to spend time with Toni and Queenie, two of my best friends from Stephens. It was thrilling to see a part of my country that looks SO different than the rolling, tree covered hills of GA. And going to La definitely made me understand why everyone thinks it's so great. Because it is. It is a BEAUTIFUL city. I flew out to Phoenix and Toni was there to pick me up. I couldn't believe I hadn't seen her since Graduation in 2004. It really did my soul good. We spent some good quality time seeing Phoenix, including a tour of all the theatres Toni had worked at! It was shocking, however, when she told me about the state of the theatre community there. There is ONE paid ... read more

But the art is so delightful . . . Oh, the last day in beautiful Bielefeld, Germany. The weather is incredibly gloomy and oogey, which do not mean the same thing, neccesarily. I had my last work session with Yoshi Oida, after which we had a short lunch and presented our Japanese Mythology Story Tellings. Well, I should say that we presented a story that is based on Japanese Mythology. Because we were not instructed on how to tell these stories in any sort of Japanese tradition, as we had imagined. Some were good, very clear. Some were . . . strange, yet weird. Last night was our work demonstration. It was very successful, I think. The theatre was much more full than I had imagined. Unfortunately, Park's train was delayed by more than 30 minutes, ... read more

I have been bad about writing, because I was trying to wait until I had a lot of pictures. But now, so much time has passed, and I have photos, and I have so much to write I don't know where to begin! So probably I will ramble a good deal in this entry, but I promise lots of photos. We finished our session with Tage Larsen, of the Odin Teatret, yesterday evening around 5. With Tage we worked on a specific way of developing a performance which involves creating a set of actions, and knowing them in your sleep. Also, preparing a text which you could say in your sleep. The two should be unrelated. I mean that you should not think of your text when creating the actions nor should you choose a text ... read more

It's not even on the city listings here. Hannover is the closest city that is listed. However, it does remind me a bit of Columbia, MO, where I went to Stephens. So, that's nice. Tonight we met with all of the participants for the coming two weeks. There are MANY of us. Today was spent working on our own, those of us who had already come form Poland, and it was really very nice. We worked for about five hours, and took some time to do shopping and rest a bit. The days will be very full from here on out, but not terribly long. Our schedule for the next few days will be: 9-10 Warm-up 10- 4 Work session with a lunch break from 1-2 We'll also have some extra work time with Sigmar Schroeder, ... read more

So, it’s been some time since I have posted anything. And that is because I’ve been in the middle of the woods in Poland for 7 days. Brzezinka was built in the mid 70’s I believe for the Theatre Laboratory’s use in it’s work. It is one building (and a broken water mill) that houses enough space (and more) for the 35 people who are here now, two large work spaces, a kitchen, two dining halls several storage spaces and of course, a three stall, two shower bathroom and washing machine. Oh, and mosquitos the size of my hand. Our schedule has been (loosely) as follows: 8:30 Warm-up session This typically consists of a run through the woods, lots of stretching and yoga like excercises. Also, weight sharing with partners and acrobatic partner work. Lots of ... read more