3 posts tagged “youtube”
The fruits of our video shoot have finally bloomed on the internets.
You can feast your eyes on them here, here and here.
The Cast should give themselves a round of applause for their work. Nothing was scripted out. They were asked the questions and then answered them as their character would.
Nice work ladies! (You too Sean.)
And many, many thanks to Dan & Joe for putting all the footage together and making it sound nice.
So it's been another week and I haven't been to rehearsal. It's not for any lack of wanting to go, it's just a matter of too many tasks and not enough time in the day. I was in DC last weekend photographing a friend's wedding. Her April Fools Day wedding. Which started outdoors but ended up inside once the rains came. Everyone had a good time anyhow and I managed to snap over 2000 pictures. Let's just hope one or two of them are in focus.
But back to matter at hand. My play. Which opens in less than two weeks. (Gulp!)
I've been pretty reserved about this whole process, which is something I have a bad habit of doing with everything in my life. Playing everything close to the vest, as they say. But I'm so excited about seeing this show on a stage, in front of an audience, that sometimes I feel like I could do cartwheels across town. I wouldn't do that because a) traffic is crazy and I would probably get hit by a bus and b) I can only do about three in a row before I start to get a little dizzy.
As we get closer to opening night (April 17th for those of you keeping score at home) the marketing team continues to roll out little flares here and there to try and capture some attention and maybe some audience members. For those of you who enjoy a good blog, and who doesn't really, allow me to point you in the direction of Mr. Don Hall's blog. Don has been acting and directing in Chicago for over 15 years and has a wondeful no-nonsense way about him. He recently interviewed me on his blog and he didn't make me cry or anything. Well, maybe a little when we talked about Hugh Grant. He blogs about everything from politics to theater to being a substitute teacher in Chicago. And he's a damn good writer. It should be one of your daily pitstops along the information super-highway.
Also, there are podcast interviews of the cast up at the Speaking Ring website. There's one with Sandy and Maureen and one with Nathan and the Leader. Mercedes, The Director, and I did one too that will be posted later. There is also a YouTube (that's right we are everywhere!) video up that is the beginning of our "Dumpfest" promotion. Check it out, send it to your friends. Let's see if we can't get a million hits before we open. Or maybe just 100. Okay, okay 50.
Well, that's all I have for the moment. Tonight we're having a "benefit" at T's Restaurant on Clark Street. Starts at 8pm. So if you've got nothing better to do and you're looking to hang out with a few friends and maybe have a drink or nine stop by. We get a percentage of the food/drink between 8 & 12. Mention my little blog here and I'll even buy you a drink.*
*"Drink" is defined as any liquid beverage, including water.
We shot our little promos for YouTube on Saturday. Everything went pretty smoothly, all things considered. Our one-man camera crew was on top of everything and we were able to get it all shot much more quickly than we had planned for. Which is really a small miracle with this group.
The basic premise is that The Leader ("Nate") has tracked down Nathan's ex-girlfriends and intereviews them about their relationship with him. Everything from how he was in the sack, to why they broke up. Everyone brought their A Game and it made for some lively answers. I'll let y'all know when everything is edited together and ready for viewing.
Sunday started off with more filming and then we did a quick run-thru of the first act. But not before we had a warm-up prepared by the Ladies of Mirth & Joy.
Warm-ups are a great way to get everyone focused on the task at hand, while also pumping some much needed energy into your system after sitting around trying to be quiet while the taping was in progress.
The Ladies had some winners too. Even it did take an hour.
Here are some pictures from one that I particularly enjoyed. It's called Statues. One person goes around and poses everyone else, letting their relationship to each character inform the "sculpting". It's all done in silence with each statue's eyes closed until everyone is molded. The Leader and Nathan did all the sculpting this time around and it was interesting to see who they shaped into pretzels. Poor Terra had to stand there with her arms up both times.
