shows for our first season
flourc...@yahoo.com
correctly) I would like to just shoot out several ideas.
1. I would like to see us write several one-acts about a central idea
or theme. If they are centralized in theme then we can market them, as
well as sho them off in one night of theater as a showcase of our
diversity as theater artisans. To showcase our diversity I think they
should be all very different in style, and maybe in genre as well.
This would be good, because I know some of us have expressed interest
in writing our own pieces (which is great, because we won't have to
worry about royalties) and if we have several short pieces togeether
and, god forbid, one of them isn't too great, we haven't gone out with
one bad show, we still have a few others to sort of win them over.
This is just a preliminary idea, please feel free to add or trash ideas
on the matter.
2. I'd like to see us adapt Edgar Allen Poe's short stories into some
sort of montage of theatre. He died on October 7th,1849, which would
put a season of that scope right around Halloween, which would
definitely be a great marketing strategy for us there. I've read the
Tell-Tale heart recently, and it could easily be made a one-man-show
sort of deal. I'm looking into his other stories, because I haven't
read them in so long, I'll need to brush up.
3. I still love the Grimm's fairytale idea. I'd like to see that come
to fruition, probably in a spring slot, if we are planning on making it
more of a children's show.
4. The episodic theater idea: I am married to it. Morgan and I just
spoke over the fact she thinks that it needs to be of a dramatic tone.
This way, the audience feels that it's necessary to come back and see
the next episode, bcause they're hooked on the characters and the
story, not necessarily because they need to laugh. I'll let her speak
of her experience in Seattle with these types of shows, but I will say
now that they all appear to be comedic. Choosing to go a dramatic way
with it would distinguish us from the other companies (who I think a
lot of them are improv). While I'm on this subject, I brought this
idea up to Tom and he suggested that we may try to cash in on a
lunchtime, matinee sort of thing. If we found a donwtown space,
started the show at 12:15, once people have grabbed their food, and
closed by 12:45, giving them the time to get back to work, and charged
maybe 5 bucks, we may tap into a new market. It's risky... but so is
starting your own theater company. eh? eh?
That's all I have today.
WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM!
Felisa