Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Something Wicked This Way Sends
It's almost time.
Time for Kevin and I to see if this weird little collection of ideas will be of any interest to anyone else.
We've been lucky so far, because we're blessed with a cast that is fearless and always up for something new. Course that also means that they may not be the best gauge of whether the show is fun. They are all a little off in de coconut.
Inspite all of the trepidation, Fatal Error is ready to make its debut on the Creole stage February 23. Though not without hiccups.
Just this week, Kevin Knights experienced a second bizarro experience and was clipped by a CATA bus. So, he is going to be recuperating a bit and won't make the first weekend. I say second, because if you'll recall we were in tech week for Lake of Fire and Kevin launched himself over the handle bars of his bike and broke a wee bit that week too. So, the next show he's in, we're going to hire a pillow detail that is to surround him at all times and cushion any potential impacts he might encounter.
Luckily for us, we had Allan Ross around and he is stepping up to fill Kevin's very large shoes. It certainly has added even more spice to the always stressful tech week.
In the past you've heard me rhapsodize about building a rapport and working with a corps of people from show to show. While I still appreciate and love building that working short hand, I must say it has been a pleasant surprise to work with some new folks.
As a person with little or no discernible, marketable or useful talent, I'm always astounded by people who do have such things. This show, I've had a chance to be doubley surprised. First, due to scheduling problems our usual tech support wasn't there, but through an open call we've been fortunate enough to have Charles volunteer. Not only is he amazingly just competent, but his expertise in computers floored me. At the point that he casually noted he wrote a program to run the sound cues "this morning", I knew we were blessed and that I was in awe. My second wonderful surprise came from Ana and Erin as our costumers. They've not only been remarkable in their innovating, they've really embraced the bizarre nature of this show and come up with what could be one of the most troubling images (don't worry I won't spoil it).
Well, I have no great close for this, except to say....
"See you at the Creole!"
Time for Kevin and I to see if this weird little collection of ideas will be of any interest to anyone else.
We've been lucky so far, because we're blessed with a cast that is fearless and always up for something new. Course that also means that they may not be the best gauge of whether the show is fun. They are all a little off in de coconut.
Inspite all of the trepidation, Fatal Error is ready to make its debut on the Creole stage February 23. Though not without hiccups.
Just this week, Kevin Knights experienced a second bizarro experience and was clipped by a CATA bus. So, he is going to be recuperating a bit and won't make the first weekend. I say second, because if you'll recall we were in tech week for Lake of Fire and Kevin launched himself over the handle bars of his bike and broke a wee bit that week too. So, the next show he's in, we're going to hire a pillow detail that is to surround him at all times and cushion any potential impacts he might encounter.
Luckily for us, we had Allan Ross around and he is stepping up to fill Kevin's very large shoes. It certainly has added even more spice to the always stressful tech week.
In the past you've heard me rhapsodize about building a rapport and working with a corps of people from show to show. While I still appreciate and love building that working short hand, I must say it has been a pleasant surprise to work with some new folks.
As a person with little or no discernible, marketable or useful talent, I'm always astounded by people who do have such things. This show, I've had a chance to be doubley surprised. First, due to scheduling problems our usual tech support wasn't there, but through an open call we've been fortunate enough to have Charles volunteer. Not only is he amazingly just competent, but his expertise in computers floored me. At the point that he casually noted he wrote a program to run the sound cues "this morning", I knew we were blessed and that I was in awe. My second wonderful surprise came from Ana and Erin as our costumers. They've not only been remarkable in their innovating, they've really embraced the bizarre nature of this show and come up with what could be one of the most troubling images (don't worry I won't spoil it).
Well, I have no great close for this, except to say....
"See you at the Creole!"
