Welcome back to hot takes and deep dives, and I am here with the person who has conceived the Jonathan Larson Project in which she has

unearthed about 20 undiscovered songs of Jonathan Larson, playwright, composer of Rend, Tick,

Tick, Boom.

Hi, Jennifer Tepper.

Hi, I'm so excited to chat with you about the show.

How are you?

I'm great.

Today's our last day before tech,

so very excited for the Jonathan Larson project to start the tech process. So just to be clear,

this begins performances in the East Village at the Orphium Theater on Valentine's Day.

Talk to me like, I'm three. Because I don't work in theater. Sure.

And I'm sure many listeners don't work in theater.

What is the tech process?

The tech process for a show, and I'm glad that you asked, let's demystify the tech process.

You spend weeks in the rehearsal studio rehearsing with actors, with the music director,

choreographer, director, the conceiver in this

case, you put the show together without all of the technical elements. So the design elements,

the band, the things that come into play once you're in the theater space. So basically,

at the theater right now, our incredible production team and designers are running around

getting ready. And in the rehearsal room, the actors and the creative team are getting ready. And tomorrow we smush together in one big theater family. And where is the tech? Do you do it

at the Orphium? At the theater. So the Orphium Theater, I'm so excited. This is our house for the

Jonathan Larson Project. It's such a historic space. It opened as a performance space in 1904. But also it makes complete, I mean, what's the East Village?

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