HOOOOOOO-Damn-RAAAY!
summer break is officially here! decided to start my blog today which was a summer 08 objective...so here it is...LIVE comin atcha from backstage on the front porch on pine! URINETOWN closed yesterday. saturday night was truly amazing with over 30 close friends in the theater on the wanzie row which spilled over into another row behind that one. i filmed the show for record at UCF which was totes fun in a mini-spielbergian way. i have never filmed one of my own shows so it was a treat and of course i was cocky with camera and did some zoom in and outs with the music. can't wait to see how that turns out. hopefully will post some here on the new blog location.
sunday evening was spent enjoying anthony johnson's cabaret FROM YOUTUBE TO YOU which was really great and fun to see all the same peeps i had just seen the night before at my show, show up to see his.
jeff horn was overheard saying to wanzie...."i've been in alot of theaters in this country and no one applauds like O-towners!" It's true, maybe it's our ingrained appreciation for all things un-disney or maybe it's the cocktails in the footlight theater....hmmmm
waiting patiently to re-interview for my job which is going tenure track now. i have been chosen as one of the 4 final candidates and it should go down this week or next...whatever happens is what is supposed to happen and i feel confident with that knowledge. it's so very strange to apply for a job that i have been doing for 2 years...hum....
as soon as the interview is over, i will be heading to NYC to direct GEM THE TRULY OUTRAGEOUS PARODY for NYfringe. i know, all you die-hard JEM fans that it is spelled with a J not a G but the creators of the piece want Jem's lawyers to stay far away from the fringe so it is what it is. it was created by some folks at THE UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE and was penned by my former student and nyc ant farm productions company member, amanda allan. second year in a row i am getting to direct an all gal cast in nyc and i am so ready to goooooooooooo!
the # of shows that i worked on this year is crazy! 13 in total!!! eeek! that's somehow more than one a month! i have made the decision to do half this much next year. but we will see how that goes.....
a re-cap with photos is called for i feel so i can see it all in front of me like the crazy theatrical smorgasbord that it was and is....
from last summer to this.....
JAWZ THE MUSICAL (o-town fringe)
CARNIVALE (o-town fringe)
VROOOM! (off broadway)
BENT (empty stages)
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
(o-town rep )
THE SECRET GARDEN (ost)
LITTLE DOG LAUGHED (the parliament house)
OPUS (playfest)
KAFKA'S SHORTS
c0-producer of PLAYFEST
MACBETH (ost)
WHEN PIGS FLY (o-town fringe)
HIGH SCHOOL QUEERBOOK (0-town fringe)
URINETOWN (ucf)
that's just CRAY CRAY! i need a vacation! NYC, here i come!
scheduled for next year....
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (ost) and OUR TOWN (winter garden)
yes i know, i have some serious american classic karma coming but they are both really amazingly dreamy plays...
off to ucf for a brief visit to a survey class that saw PEE-PEE TOWN yesterday for a little question and answer session...
