Re: You r smrt.petsnakereggieOctober 4 2011, 17:16:16 UTC
Maybe the first thing that needs to happen is people like you and me need to keep standing up and saying "I love this place but it can be better. Will you please let me help?"
You are an amazing performer and we need people like you teaching the next generation how to be even more amazing.
The trouble with being an old-timer is that I vividly remember when the Festival was truly Camelot. I haven't been back since 1996, and I simply don't have the stomach for it. I fought for many improvements, on stage and off. I even "stood up", but everyone thought I was sitting down! I even threatened to sick the ACLU on them for violating a federal law called "restraint of trade." That's another story. You were just a green kid when we met, but I saw your potential immediately and we became steadfast friends. You're a leader, Tim. Stay the course.
I guess that it comes down to constantly saying "I'm not going to settle for the status quo. I'm going to keep speaking my mind. Maybe nobody will listen but if I don't say anything, I'm going to go nuts."
Hell, if I can just get them to do something about the dust, I'll be pleased!
Yes, particularly to...penner_pottOctober 8 2011, 03:06:33 UTC
...point number two. I was part of the Festival for comparatively an eyeblink, but it was a *hugely* seminal time for me as a comedy writer/performer, for exactly the reasons you've mentioned. Most of my theatre colleagues look faintly embarrassed when I talk about my time there -- I have the sense that they view at as something akin to LARPing.
If I adapted quickly to the Fringe circuit, it's because RenFest taught me *adaptability*. I've seen performers whine about the most ridiculous things about their venues, and it's hard for me not to find their frustrations laughable after, say, doing shows on the fucking Bear eight times a day.
Re: Yes, particularly to...petsnakereggieOctober 10 2011, 17:17:12 UTC
I think that was a large part of the reason Chris and I were so quick to adapt our 2010 Fringe show to a round setting. The festival does a tremendous job of teaching you to bend a space to your will. You just shrug and say "well it is what it is" and go about figuring out how to work with it.
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You are an amazing performer and we need people like you teaching the next generation how to be even more amazing.
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I might not be asked back because of it, but I'm standing up. And that threat has not and will not stop me.
If I'm there, I'm willing to do whatever I can to help.
*blush* I don't see what you see, but thank you for the compliment. I just love making people laugh.
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And that is why you are an amazing performer.
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I fought for many improvements, on stage and off. I even "stood up", but everyone thought I was sitting down! I even threatened to sick the ACLU on them for violating a federal law called "restraint of trade." That's another story.
You were just a green kid when we met, but I saw your potential immediately and we became steadfast friends. You're a leader, Tim. Stay the course.
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I guess that it comes down to constantly saying "I'm not going to settle for the status quo. I'm going to keep speaking my mind. Maybe nobody will listen but if I don't say anything, I'm going to go nuts."
Hell, if I can just get them to do something about the dust, I'll be pleased!
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If I adapted quickly to the Fringe circuit, it's because RenFest taught me *adaptability*. I've seen performers whine about the most ridiculous things about their venues, and it's hard for me not to find their frustrations laughable after, say, doing shows on the fucking Bear eight times a day.
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