Directing the Story of Bright Star

Make it Sparkle Video with Richard Frazier
Artistic Director of Theatre Macon

6:27 (runtime)

Director’s Notes

In this session, Richard discusses

• The backstory of Bright Star, and how all events in the story - even the actions we do not agree with - come from a place of love.

• Using the concert version of the show during the pandemic required limited staging. This, in turn, helped them focus on the characters and relationships in the story.  

• Bright Star spans 10-15 years. The more conceptual you can be with scenic design, the easier it is to flow between locations and time periods. 

• By taking the focus off the sets, this puts the focus back onto the actors and the story they're telling. 

About Richard Frazier

Richard began his journey with Theatre Macon in 2011 as the choreographer for The Rocky Horror Show. Since then, he has gone on to choreograph and direct a number of Theatre Macon hits to include Les Misérables, 42nd Street, and Beauty and the Beast before being hired as Artistic Director in August 2018. Richard is a graduate of Columbus State University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Education. After graduation, he was hired at Northside High School in Warner Robins, Georgia, where he served as the Theatre and Dance teacher for 7 years. Currently, he serves on the Georgia Thespians State Board which encourages and supports the manifestation of theatre education in middle and high schools in Georgia. Richard has also served on the Board of Directors for the Educational Theatre Association; a non-profit organization which celebrates, advocates, and promotes middle and high school theatre education nationwide. In his career, Richard has worked on more than 100 productions spanning many disciplines within the theatre and is looking forward to working on another 100 with Theatre Macon.