Elaine M Roberts Productions

03/22/2026

02/19/2026

GD on her way to UB performing arts…. brief rehearsal clip from Legally Blonde  summer show 

02/19/2026

My granddaughter continuing the theater tradition. This is her final high school performance with my daughter. Erin backing her up on vocals and guitar. 

08/21/2025

Watching Ron Howard on a morning talk show made me think about how talent is not always obvious. Thinking about how the audition process unfolds for directors and producers. How could we know a child actor playing the part of Opie Taylor had that yet untapped talent to direct the likes of Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Parenthood, Backdraft etc
As a director I encourage open auditions. Go to auditions, even if you don’t feel you are suited for a role or not. That’s the directors job. Just make sure you come in prepared. I have in my time cast people in roles that literally every other person in the room has disagreed with me. I learned early on to trust my instincts. I have made a mistake or two, but very few compared to the amount of people I have placed in the last 30+ years. I know a lot of companies audition by appointment. I do not. I want the actors milling around interacting with each other before they are called in to read. I like actors to remain available during the process to read against each other when I get the “feels”. There is something so exciting about an auditioner that can make me change my mind about a character. So be brave, be prepared…..if it was meant to be…it will be. (para phrasing Mama Rose from Gypsy).

08/20/2025

I have been wanting to bring “Tokens of Affection” by Topher Payne to the Buffalo area stages for a long time now. I submitted the play to East Aurora Players a few weeks ago and they now have given me a director’s meeting date mid September. If it gets a green light it would be for the ‘26 - ‘27 season.

06/23/2025

A word about the directors and producers. Andrew and Chris.
They were very patient, (it took me only one take to realize I shouldn’t move until the director says action 🤣) very kind, very knowledgeable. They kept us fed and hydrated. But most of all, Andrew was very receptive to creative input.  

06/23/2025

The real star of the film was the polar bear mascot showing up! Everybody wanted to grab a photo with her. I was lucky to sneak in for a fast one. That’s we with me with my knock off chucks. 

06/23/2025

Mira, in red was 1st AD (in my theater world I would’ve called her the stage manager) was absolutely amazing. A tiny little thing with a massive voice to make sure we all shut up during filming. “Quiet on the set” was the same as “quiet in the wings”! 

06/23/2025

The project name is 9021OLD (Senior Year) the part I was assigned was “Ethel”, who doesn’t say much but does a lot of walking around on a walker.   Since I had taken a fall on the first day of shooting (my dog tripped me while I was dropping her off) and hurt my foot, I was really glad to have something to lean on most of the time. The production team was always around with a chair for me to sit on and a cold water bottle. These young people were the absolute best!  in the last scene I even had a last-minute stunt double.