I've had the Thyme of my life
Oh man, I am so exhausticated.
First, the awesome news- met with Josh and and John of the Janus theatre company after Camino Real rehearsal. They both really want to produce Thyme of the Season this Summer. So far they've committed to doing a reading of it at the end of March (probably the 27th or 29th- the last Tuesday or Thursday of the month). The rest of their board of directors haven't finished reading it yet.
Josh was very complimentary- he used to be a submissions editor, and he said the play is one of the best he's ever read. Ever.
They're a new theatre company, so there won't be much financial remuneration for me, but I should get a little something if/when the play is produced (they have two slots for their first Summer season- in June and August).
They don't have any actors really attached to their company yet, so they'd be glad to take my casting suggestions for the awesome people I wrote it for (ceebeegee, kellygirlnyc, jayspec, Ben, and Michelle), as well as suggestions for directors (though they have some lined up in their company who might be interested as well).
John's been working with Workshop Theater Company recently (musical-directing Liberty, a children's musical). They'd just been to see Evil Dead: the Musical the night before- apparently one of the female leads hurt herself AND she was the understudy. They tried to get an usher to go on in her place, and eventually sent on a male actor from the ensemble in the role. They said it was hilarious. In that convo, John name-dropped Hinton Battle, "Oh, Hinton would never believe that would have worked with a man in the role". I name-dropped back, "Oh yes, my friend ceebeegee worked with Hinton on Lady of Copper, a children's musical about the Statue of Liberty...". Apparently Lady of Copper grew to be Liberty, the show John is now musical-directing. That's what we call a small world.
He said they're still traditionally casting Emma Lazarus as a shiksa, even in the touring company (of Lady of Copper) that's going around.
They said they were somewhat concerned about how playwrights and directors might get along, and I said they could feel free to ask David (who directed Wastes of Time and who works at Workshop Theater Co a lot) about my professionalism in that arena.
We had our meeting at WestWay Diner, and they bought me dinner. Shweet. Had the country-fried steak sandwich again. mmmm.
Before that was Camino Real rehearsal- we blocked all of the Fiesta scene, which meant we were basically dancing for 4 hours. Holy crap. I'm tired. Fun, though. The choreographer mentioned that I had on my resume that I can run in 6-inch heels, and said she was hoping to see that, possibly in that scene(!). This play is gonna be tiring.
Managed to convince Chip that I'd never heard of "The Superbowl". Had him going for at least 5 minutes.
First, the awesome news- met with Josh and and John of the Janus theatre company after Camino Real rehearsal. They both really want to produce Thyme of the Season this Summer. So far they've committed to doing a reading of it at the end of March (probably the 27th or 29th- the last Tuesday or Thursday of the month). The rest of their board of directors haven't finished reading it yet.
Josh was very complimentary- he used to be a submissions editor, and he said the play is one of the best he's ever read. Ever.
They're a new theatre company, so there won't be much financial remuneration for me, but I should get a little something if/when the play is produced (they have two slots for their first Summer season- in June and August).
They don't have any actors really attached to their company yet, so they'd be glad to take my casting suggestions for the awesome people I wrote it for (ceebeegee, kellygirlnyc, jayspec, Ben, and Michelle), as well as suggestions for directors (though they have some lined up in their company who might be interested as well).
John's been working with Workshop Theater Company recently (musical-directing Liberty, a children's musical). They'd just been to see Evil Dead: the Musical the night before- apparently one of the female leads hurt herself AND she was the understudy. They tried to get an usher to go on in her place, and eventually sent on a male actor from the ensemble in the role. They said it was hilarious. In that convo, John name-dropped Hinton Battle, "Oh, Hinton would never believe that would have worked with a man in the role". I name-dropped back, "Oh yes, my friend ceebeegee worked with Hinton on Lady of Copper, a children's musical about the Statue of Liberty...". Apparently Lady of Copper grew to be Liberty, the show John is now musical-directing. That's what we call a small world.
He said they're still traditionally casting Emma Lazarus as a shiksa, even in the touring company (of Lady of Copper) that's going around.
They said they were somewhat concerned about how playwrights and directors might get along, and I said they could feel free to ask David (who directed Wastes of Time and who works at Workshop Theater Co a lot) about my professionalism in that arena.
We had our meeting at WestWay Diner, and they bought me dinner. Shweet. Had the country-fried steak sandwich again. mmmm.
Before that was Camino Real rehearsal- we blocked all of the Fiesta scene, which meant we were basically dancing for 4 hours. Holy crap. I'm tired. Fun, though. The choreographer mentioned that I had on my resume that I can run in 6-inch heels, and said she was hoping to see that, possibly in that scene(!). This play is gonna be tiring.
Managed to convince Chip that I'd never heard of "The Superbowl". Had him going for at least 5 minutes.