Jot me down on your to-do list under "put out like a fire"
Wow, just got the Industry feedback for Ore, or Or. I've never worked with an Industry rep before- I didn't realize the people who came to see the show gave feedback.
Some people loved the play, others HATED it and wanted it killed with fire. Ranges from "He didn't care for it. The foul language didn't help. He's a commercial producer. He couldn't sell it." to "She thought it was terrific. All of the actors were excellent. They worked well as an ensemble. She was very impressed with the staging. [...] The play seemed correct for the times. She liked the Japanese theme. It kept her attention. She was especially impressed with the direction. All of the actors were equally good. There were no weak links. It was one of the best things she's seen in a long time."
Some of them loved certain actors and didn't like others, but there's a pretty equal spread of people who felt the opposite about those specific people.
Feedback got progressively better as the show's run went on. Not sure if that's from the show actually improving, or from reviews coming out and people "knowing" it was "good" ahead of time.
Final show went very well; great audience who laughed a lot. Cast was great.
We never actually sold out a show, which was disappointing.
I'd thought I'd go home between final show and cast party, but was informed that trains to Queens were all stupid, so decided to sit through Mare Cognitum again, and the first act of Squiggy. Liked Mare more in some ways second time around.
Hottie redhead from Three Sisters and Universal Robots came to see Squiggy, so I finally met him.
Cast party was odd, since it started before Squiggy was over, so the casts were somewhat staggered in arriving. No one showed from my cast aside from ceebeegee and Calvin (it was Shawn's birthday and he had other plans, so he's forgiven).
The "Party" room at W 36 was disappointing- we didn't have the promised wii, they kept trying to turn the music up, and the kitchen closed before the Squiggy cast even got there (on a Saturday night!?!). ceebeegee and Susan Rankus took a trip to the 24-hour White Castle and brought back fried goodness, which they were kind enough to share.
Some good times- Lenny and Josh were intrigued by my ukulele, so I played a couple of songs for them. Met a bunch of the actors from other shows I'd seen but not met (next time we do a thing like this, we should have a pre-show party so everyone gets to know each other- there wasn't a lot of inter-show actor support.) Some of the good performers are going on my casting e-mail list.
Susan and I took the train home to Queens together.
Was up early for strike- coordinated times perfectly with Mom, who drove in to help me move the counter home with her van, though it ended up taking longer than expected since we couldn't take the 59th street bridge.
Strike ended up strange, since we'd thought Elisha (set designer) was going to take most of the set pieces back, but it turned out the not-for-profit which gives him workshop space just lost their lease or something, so it turned out he couldn't take anything back. Norah made some frantic phone calls, and arranged for a guy to come and cart everything away to a recycling plant.
Tore stuff down, painted, swept. Fetched pizza. Drank wine. It was a good time. Workshop Theater very happy with us as tenants.
Costume designer was indifferent about it, so got to keep the sombrero from my show.
Emily invited a few people back to her place to drink her wine. I said I'd be there after I helped oldsilenus take stuff back to his place. We took a cab out to Brooklyn, we moved everything upstairs, then I subwayed it up to the Bronx, where the party had moved to Josh's place. He's got a beautiful place on 140th street, with a backyard and a fire pit. Laura, Alexander, Jesse, Elyse, Josh and Emily were all there, and it was a good time. There was a hookah, but I did not partake.
Evening ran on and ended up playing drunken Apples to Apples till the wee hours. Most of us crashed on the couch or ...other places, and went home in the morning.
Yesterday was a great rehearsal for Suckers. Cast is super-awesome. We finally have Rebecca there playing Kendal, so that's great.
Jared was taking his shirt off (as it is in the scene), and talking about his lovely Jewish hairiness.
As I was paying, John Chatterton asked me if I want to write a one-act Christmas play. He has a one-act (a cracked-out modern Christmas Carol about producer Scrooge and the plucky Cratchit Family Players), and is looking for something to produce with it around Christmas week. I don't know how well that would play- I know Christmas Eve IS traditionally a big theatre night, BUT I don't know how much of that will go to off-off-Broadway (or John Chatterton), OR if we could even get actors who'll be around at that time. I suspect it's a misguided sales idea, but am intrigued by the creative concept, and have been wanting to write a Christmas play for a while in any case. Could probably have something ready by October.
John also very proud of himself for directing the 10-minute of Jonathan's in the 10-minute play festival, and now never intends to hire a director again, if he can do it himself.
After rehearsal stopped off at Tony and Peter's to watch the Hi!Drama review of Ore, or Or- as I had been informed, it wasn't good. The reviewer gave a shout-out to me and Prince Trevor (which he'd loved), but was mainly annoyed by this play. He's hoping he likes my next play better. Not even a good pull-quote.
Eva has asked if I'd like to do a video interview for the show to talk about upcoming projects and everything I'm doing. Will probably tape that in Tompkins Square Park later this week.
There will be $3 discounted tickets for Suckers, for folks who donate blood at New York Blood Center and bring their receipt. So $15 instead of $18. That should be reflected on the Planet Connections website soon.
Some people loved the play, others HATED it and wanted it killed with fire. Ranges from "He didn't care for it. The foul language didn't help. He's a commercial producer. He couldn't sell it." to "She thought it was terrific. All of the actors were excellent. They worked well as an ensemble. She was very impressed with the staging. [...] The play seemed correct for the times. She liked the Japanese theme. It kept her attention. She was especially impressed with the direction. All of the actors were equally good. There were no weak links. It was one of the best things she's seen in a long time."
Some of them loved certain actors and didn't like others, but there's a pretty equal spread of people who felt the opposite about those specific people.
Feedback got progressively better as the show's run went on. Not sure if that's from the show actually improving, or from reviews coming out and people "knowing" it was "good" ahead of time.
Final show went very well; great audience who laughed a lot. Cast was great.
We never actually sold out a show, which was disappointing.
I'd thought I'd go home between final show and cast party, but was informed that trains to Queens were all stupid, so decided to sit through Mare Cognitum again, and the first act of Squiggy. Liked Mare more in some ways second time around.
Hottie redhead from Three Sisters and Universal Robots came to see Squiggy, so I finally met him.
Cast party was odd, since it started before Squiggy was over, so the casts were somewhat staggered in arriving. No one showed from my cast aside from ceebeegee and Calvin (it was Shawn's birthday and he had other plans, so he's forgiven).
The "Party" room at W 36 was disappointing- we didn't have the promised wii, they kept trying to turn the music up, and the kitchen closed before the Squiggy cast even got there (on a Saturday night!?!). ceebeegee and Susan Rankus took a trip to the 24-hour White Castle and brought back fried goodness, which they were kind enough to share.
Some good times- Lenny and Josh were intrigued by my ukulele, so I played a couple of songs for them. Met a bunch of the actors from other shows I'd seen but not met (next time we do a thing like this, we should have a pre-show party so everyone gets to know each other- there wasn't a lot of inter-show actor support.) Some of the good performers are going on my casting e-mail list.
Susan and I took the train home to Queens together.
Was up early for strike- coordinated times perfectly with Mom, who drove in to help me move the counter home with her van, though it ended up taking longer than expected since we couldn't take the 59th street bridge.
Strike ended up strange, since we'd thought Elisha (set designer) was going to take most of the set pieces back, but it turned out the not-for-profit which gives him workshop space just lost their lease or something, so it turned out he couldn't take anything back. Norah made some frantic phone calls, and arranged for a guy to come and cart everything away to a recycling plant.
Tore stuff down, painted, swept. Fetched pizza. Drank wine. It was a good time. Workshop Theater very happy with us as tenants.
Costume designer was indifferent about it, so got to keep the sombrero from my show.
Emily invited a few people back to her place to drink her wine. I said I'd be there after I helped oldsilenus take stuff back to his place. We took a cab out to Brooklyn, we moved everything upstairs, then I subwayed it up to the Bronx, where the party had moved to Josh's place. He's got a beautiful place on 140th street, with a backyard and a fire pit. Laura, Alexander, Jesse, Elyse, Josh and Emily were all there, and it was a good time. There was a hookah, but I did not partake.
Evening ran on and ended up playing drunken Apples to Apples till the wee hours. Most of us crashed on the couch or ...other places, and went home in the morning.
Yesterday was a great rehearsal for Suckers. Cast is super-awesome. We finally have Rebecca there playing Kendal, so that's great.
Jared was taking his shirt off (as it is in the scene), and talking about his lovely Jewish hairiness.
As I was paying, John Chatterton asked me if I want to write a one-act Christmas play. He has a one-act (a cracked-out modern Christmas Carol about producer Scrooge and the plucky Cratchit Family Players), and is looking for something to produce with it around Christmas week. I don't know how well that would play- I know Christmas Eve IS traditionally a big theatre night, BUT I don't know how much of that will go to off-off-Broadway (or John Chatterton), OR if we could even get actors who'll be around at that time. I suspect it's a misguided sales idea, but am intrigued by the creative concept, and have been wanting to write a Christmas play for a while in any case. Could probably have something ready by October.
John also very proud of himself for directing the 10-minute of Jonathan's in the 10-minute play festival, and now never intends to hire a director again, if he can do it himself.
After rehearsal stopped off at Tony and Peter's to watch the Hi!Drama review of Ore, or Or- as I had been informed, it wasn't good. The reviewer gave a shout-out to me and Prince Trevor (which he'd loved), but was mainly annoyed by this play. He's hoping he likes my next play better. Not even a good pull-quote.
Eva has asked if I'd like to do a video interview for the show to talk about upcoming projects and everything I'm doing. Will probably tape that in Tompkins Square Park later this week.
There will be $3 discounted tickets for Suckers, for folks who donate blood at New York Blood Center and bring their receipt. So $15 instead of $18. That should be reflected on the Planet Connections website soon.