Technical Difficulties
I have kinda sorta a head cold, or maybe undiagnosed allergies of some kind, so I'm in a bit of a grumpy mood. Why do I always blog when I'm grumpy? I don't know. What else am I going to do?
Something happened last weekend that has never happened to me before: we had to cancel a show because of technical problems. To Mars With Tesla, our half of Steampunk Delusions, is one of the most technical shows I've ever been in. It's genuinely incomprehensible without the tech. It's done in the style of a silent movie, and there's a crapton of exposition in the first five minutes. Well, there was some mechanical problem with the shutter on the projector, so the silent movie titles weren't projecting. No titles, no show. It wound up being an easy thing to fix, but in the heat of the moment we couldn't figure out what was going on. And thus the show was canned. We were incredibly fortunate to have a small audience of very theater friendly people that night, so it was honestly as nice and kind a disaster as you could have. But it was still a disaster, and no one was happy.
Anyway, said technical problem has been fixed, and the next evening the show went off beautifully. It's really pretty darn funny, and I hope you make an effort to see it.
Otherwise, I've just been playing Batman: Arkham City. Or rather, I was. There's some glitch in my copy where the game freezes in perpetual "think mode" right after a major boss fight with the Joker. Argh! Video game coitus interruptus is maybe the most frustrating thing I can think of, short of actual coitus interruptus. I've been searching for a patch or something, but I haven't found one. It's ridiculous how down in the dumps I am about this. C'mon! Gotham City is in danger here!
And oh yeah, the Fringe Festival. I figure I've got about a week to get a solid idea in mind, or I'm sunk. I'm not too worried, as I pulled Death Perception out of my butt pretty much at the last minute, but I'm worried that I'm not more worried, if that makes sense. Neurotic, I suppose, but I just don't want to get complacent. Death Perception went over like gangbusters, and I need to match that somehow.
Anyway, please come see Steampunk Delusions. Both The Diamond Lens and To Mars With Tesla are top notch, and we've got another couple weekends left.
Open Eye Figure Theater, 506 E 24th St., Minneapolis, 612-874-6338
Friday, May 4, 7 PM
Saturday, May 5, 7 PM
Sunday, May 6, 7 PM
Thursday, May 10, 7 PM
Friday, May 11, 7 PM
Saturday, May 12, 2 PM (matinee!)
Saturday, May 12, 7 PM
Something happened last weekend that has never happened to me before: we had to cancel a show because of technical problems. To Mars With Tesla, our half of Steampunk Delusions, is one of the most technical shows I've ever been in. It's genuinely incomprehensible without the tech. It's done in the style of a silent movie, and there's a crapton of exposition in the first five minutes. Well, there was some mechanical problem with the shutter on the projector, so the silent movie titles weren't projecting. No titles, no show. It wound up being an easy thing to fix, but in the heat of the moment we couldn't figure out what was going on. And thus the show was canned. We were incredibly fortunate to have a small audience of very theater friendly people that night, so it was honestly as nice and kind a disaster as you could have. But it was still a disaster, and no one was happy.
Anyway, said technical problem has been fixed, and the next evening the show went off beautifully. It's really pretty darn funny, and I hope you make an effort to see it.
Otherwise, I've just been playing Batman: Arkham City. Or rather, I was. There's some glitch in my copy where the game freezes in perpetual "think mode" right after a major boss fight with the Joker. Argh! Video game coitus interruptus is maybe the most frustrating thing I can think of, short of actual coitus interruptus. I've been searching for a patch or something, but I haven't found one. It's ridiculous how down in the dumps I am about this. C'mon! Gotham City is in danger here!
And oh yeah, the Fringe Festival. I figure I've got about a week to get a solid idea in mind, or I'm sunk. I'm not too worried, as I pulled Death Perception out of my butt pretty much at the last minute, but I'm worried that I'm not more worried, if that makes sense. Neurotic, I suppose, but I just don't want to get complacent. Death Perception went over like gangbusters, and I need to match that somehow.
Anyway, please come see Steampunk Delusions. Both The Diamond Lens and To Mars With Tesla are top notch, and we've got another couple weekends left.
Open Eye Figure Theater, 506 E 24th St., Minneapolis, 612-874-6338
Friday, May 4, 7 PM
Saturday, May 5, 7 PM
Sunday, May 6, 7 PM
Thursday, May 10, 7 PM
Friday, May 11, 7 PM
Saturday, May 12, 2 PM (matinee!)
Saturday, May 12, 7 PM