Dylan Jones

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day 9

Day 9 – Show Day & Moscow Adventures After a very deep sleep from our two-show day and celebration, I rose early so I could get a jump on the day. Our tour will be over before I know it, and I’ve seen hardly anything of the city that wasn’t from the hotel to the … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day 9

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day 8

Day 8 – Two Show Day. Today is the day. The day of truth. I pack for our adventures. Workout clothes for tech from 10 – 12 pm. Then a show for the press at 2pm. More dry workout clothes. Then a break and then another show at 7 pm. And a change of clothes for … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day 8

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day 7

Day 7 Moscow & Rehearsal It is Sunday. I am tired and migraine-y. I feel like my veins are filled with molasses. I put on my same jeans and my Never Give Up SGI t-shirt and take the elevator to the basement to see a similar type buffet as St. Petersburg with the addition of … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day 7

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day 6: Train to Moscow

Train to Moscow. Now departing: Track 3 The next morning I rise early and pack the last of my things after a quick shower. I go downstairs and wait for my Ubër. A black Mercedes arrives and takes me to the Tikhvin Cemetery, where Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky is buried. He is best known for … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day 6: Train to Moscow

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day Five

Day 5: St. Petersburg Day off- I woke this morning to moments of last night’s performance experience tugging me awake. My gut pulling from the rise and fall of adrenaline. My heart soaring from the roller coaster of so many emotions. But mostly the vision of Tina Kronis, our director, with tears streaming down her … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA – Day Five

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day Four

Day 4: Show Day St. Petersburg, Theater Buff A nerve wracking day. To say that all of us were a little tense would be an enormous understatement. There is quibbling. Our show is so tightly choreographed that the slightest shift can throw off the whole train. We had a chair issue. This chair thing, … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day Four

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day Three

DAY THREE Theater & the Theatre When I finally wake, it is 9:30. Ear plugs are amazing things. I slept through Kendra getting up and pumping 3 times and showering and heading off to breakfast without waking me up. I throw on jeans and a scarf around my hair and go down to breakfast. … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day Three

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day Two

DAY TWO St. Petersburg arrival. It is now Tuesday night. Because you lose a day with the time difference. It’s okay, you get the day it back when you come home. As we drive toward St. Petersburg it is unclear how long it will take us to get to the hotel. We pass large industrial … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day Two

THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day One

DAY ONE Flight to St. Petersburg – It’s finally here! Bucket-list-dream-come-true day! We, the cast and crew of Track 3, Theatre Movement Bazaar’s modernization of Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”, are flying to Russia as the first American company invited to participate in the International Chekhov Festival in Moscow. The Three Sisters finally get to go … Continue reading THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR'S JOURNEY TO RUSSIA, Day One

LA Stage Day's Rallying Cry to Theater Artists: "Be Louder!"

Last weekend, LA Stage Alliance hosted their not so annual, possibly bi-annual LA Stage Day. It had panels and theater companies and food trucks. How could I say no to that? Jose Luis Valenzuela was the Keynote Speaker. He is the Director of the new Los Angeles Theater Center downtown, is a theater and film … Continue reading LA Stage Day's Rallying Cry to Theater Artists: "Be Louder!"

A Love Letter To Gordon Davidson

Last Monday night was a Memorial for Gordon Davidson. If you don’t know who Gordon is or was-the chances are you didn’t grow up in Los Angeles. Gordon Davidson was the founding Artistic Director for the Center Theatre Group for over 40 years. He is the person who made Los Angeles a destination for theatre. … Continue reading A Love Letter To Gordon Davidson

In the Heart of America

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 Place: South Bend, Indiana. Home of Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish. We were 3.5 weeks into the LA Theatre Works national tour of “Judgment at Nuremberg”. It is a radio play about the Nuremberg Trials after World War II. You know the one-where Nazi war criminals were tried for the crimes … Continue reading In the Heart of America

Dylan Jones is an actor, writer, director and singer. She has starred in LA Theatre Works national tour of “Judgment At Nuremberg”, the International hit Track 3 with Theatre Movement Bazaar, the Elephant’s 7 Redneck Cheerleaders and Block Nine, winner of the LA Weekly Awards “Production of the Year.” Previous theatrical highlights include Picnic at the Antaeus Company, her one-woman show Pink Champagne and Zoo District’s The Master & Margarita. She can be seen in various television shows and films, including the cult classic Ghost World. On any night you can find her singing with her band FREAKSTAR. She has just completed her first short film Save the Date and her first web series Craft Beer both of which she wrote, directed and stars in. Follow her adventures at http://www.missdylanjones.com

Writer: Dylan Jones