Making Directing Look Easy
Scott
Sauber is no stranger to Slidell Little Theatre, having directed and appeared
in several productions, including SLT’s Theatre for Young Audiences’ most
recent production of Goodnight Moon, and the main stage smash hit Seussical,
which launched our 51st Season.
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| Scott Sauber |
Sauber has
more than 20 years of theatrical experience and education and teaches Theatre
in the Talented Arts Program at Slidell High School University of
New Orleans
We recently caught up with Scott to find out
more about his experiences in theatre and maybe learn a little more about him
as a person.
Q: What was your earliest involvement
in theatre?
SAUBER: I saw the 1991 Wing and a
Prayer production of Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in New
Orleans
Q: What attracted you to theatre to
begin with?
SAUBER: The philosophy at Wing and a
Prayer is that you were never judged if you were willing to
participate. You were never singled out, never made part of a competition
and always guaranteed a spot in the cast in the exact place that you fit
perfectly for the production. I maintain that approach to this day.
I cast anyone interested in being in the theatre. You have to trust that
I will put you exactly where you belong.
Q: What is it about theatre that
holds your interest today?
SAUBER: I love the fact that every 6
weeks, my "goal" will change. I may be parading around in the
world of Seuss, or tap dancing my way through the rain. I can do every
dance number in Joseph, and follow it up by singing something from 1800s France
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| Scott Sauber starred in and directed 'Goodnight Moon' |
Q: What are five plays that you’ll never forget and why?
SAUBER: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat started my career. I
have directed it 8 times, I love every song, and it was the first production I
created on my own (with best friend and work partner, Frannie Roseberg.)
The Full Monty at LePetite because it was my first
LePetite show...and it was a big deal...and it touches your heart...and we won
awards...and I went THE FULL MONTY!
Rent at LePetite. Because we were
the first non-Broadway Company given the rights...and it was good...and we won
awards...and as a cancer survivor, to stand on stage and sing, "...Because
reason says I should have died three years ago..." followed by LaVieBoheme
and Seasons of Love is UNFORGETTABLE!
Beauty and the Beast at Jefferson Performing Arts
Society - because it was my first professional credit. I played Lumiere, the
role of a lifetime and we did 23 performances including an 18 show run at the
Grand Theatre in Biloxi where we were titled "the Talent" and I
had the privilege of repeating the show (with the same company) for three
years. I could do that show every single day and never get tired -- also
never get used to the marathon! Like Sutton Foster said, "it never
got easier -- and I thrived on that!"
Big River at Rivertown Repertory Theatre -
not because it earned me a star on the wall, but because the role of Huck Finn
was complex, but fun. A huge line load, but fun. A lesson in
humility, endurance, kindness, adventure -- but still fun. And one night,
the final scene touched me so deep, that I cried my way through the scene and
the curtain call -- because I wasn't acting, I was living. And that is fun.
Q: What play do you think people
should see, but probably haven’t?
SAUBER: The one-man show Cotton Patch Gospel. AMAZING!
Q: What was the best advice you ever
received about acting?
SAUBER: Sonny Borey at LePetite would say
at the end of every prayer circle, "We have worked so hard...now go out
there and make it look so easy."
The interview was conducted by Don Redman.
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