So I just discovered the other day that we’d been nominated for a couple of Broadway World Austin awards for our June production of GOOD WEATHER FOR BUNDT CAKES. I guess they’d been up for a week or two but I had no idea. Anyway, it’s nice. The nominations are for Best Site Specific Production...
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Squid Show Recap (hey, it worked!!)
So I don’t know what you were so worried about. The show went great, exceeding attendance goals and fundraising goals. We actually didn’t have enough seats set up for people so they were standing on the sidelines and finding other places to sit. The show itself fell together smoothly, transitions worked well, everyone was...
Continue readingSemi-Liveblogging the ScriptWorks Fling
Okay, this was sorta fun and helpful with 14/48 last month. Let’s see if it works as well with the ScriptWorks Fling. (not quite as much drama since it’s just one play in 48 hours; ho hum…) Here we go… 4:30pm Anticipation mounts To relieve stress before the meetup at 6pm I’m going to...
Continue readingMexican Proposal
I think I’m going to have the opportunity to meet with one of the producers of Shelter Theater in San Miguel de Allende at the end of this month to talk about a show we might be able to bring down to them next year. I know Raul produced MEXPATRIATE there earlier this year...
Continue readingLiveblogging 1448_Austin Night #2
These guys killed it tonight (this is them earlier today getting accustomed with the script), and unbelievably, they’re going back onstage RIGHT NOW to do it again! A really fun night. Now working on the script for night #2… 10pm We just got the new theme: “Time to go” No idea what to do with it...
Continue readingLiveblogging 1448_Austin Night #1
I got my badge, we got the theme, my play goes up in the #1 slot tomorrow night at 7:30 and 10. How’s it going so far? Goal is to get to sleep at a reasonable-ish hour if at all possible. 10pm Characters are Jen, Karla and Ronald/Monster 2 draft pages written Keep it...
Continue readingSleeplessness, Nudity and Squid
That pretty much sums up the remainder of my year. In a few minutes I’m off to the kickoff meeting for 14/48. There’s a running list of performers and artists involved here: Check it out, everyone’s so young and fresh-faced (well, almost everyone). I’m 60% dreading two nights without sleep, and 40% excited about...
Continue readingFinally, a Reason to go to Houston
So about 6 years ago I wrote my first children’s play for a local theater competition. It had two characters: a wallaby who liked to play soccer and a penguin who liked to read. The characters were loosely based on two kids I know pretty well, the play took place at a zoo, and while...
Continue reading14/48: World’s Quickest Theater Fest Comes to Austin
So this festival has been running and growing in Seattle since 1998, and now a few of its company members have brought it to Austin, and I’m gonna be doing it in a couple of weeks. It starts the night of October 15th and ends with a bang on Saturday, October 17th. http://the1448projects.org/about/ This...
Continue readingOne Minute Play Festival tonight @ Ground Floor Theatre
It’s the second annual #1MPF and I’ve got two short (duh) pieces in it. And I’m excited to say that this year there is no nudity in either of my plays. I’d like to think that I learned from last year’s first festival in Austin, but we’ll see. And what I mean is that...
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