In these initial few weeks, our company has found it very easily to allocate non-acting roles and begin to fit into them. We’ve already become a very cohesive ensemble and have found our rhythm in rehearsals. My roles within the company are lighting designer and stage manager. The workshop with Flickbook in week one was particularly helpful in our early devising process. They walked us through some activities they employ when they’re trying to make new work. This workshop helped us come up with some activities of our own including a quick story writing task orchestrated by our director Dwain. Afterwards, we all read our stories aloud and picked one to develop. We call it “the Fisherman Story” – a son and his father go on a fishing trip. Over the next two weeks, we developed these characters and added potential new ones to the story. During these early stages, we were not only trying to find the identity of our first play but of ourselves as a company.