HISTORY

The history of Slightly Askew Theatre ensemble is inextricably linked to the personal history of our Artistic Director and original SATE-ist, Margeau Baue Steinau. Her passion for the collaborative theatre process began as a teenager when she helped to create an original musical during her AFS experience at The Bryanston School in England, and was rekindled again when she had the opportunity to work with Jeremy Sher and The International Theatre Collective (Saltwater, member of workshop ensemble). It was through her work with The International Theatre Collective that Margeau was first introduced to Suzuki and Viewpoints training and discovered a whole new world of creativity and theatre exploration. The seed of Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble was sown, and began to truly take root during the collaborative work on the play Famous Monsters, much of which was devised tapping into the physical training Margeau had been introduced to during Saltwater. Margeau was nominated (along with her collaborators, B. Weller and Rachel Jackson) for a 2006 Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding New Play for Famous Monsters, and it was during that production that Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble really began to find a life.