I hired a general manager to work on Oe4K. His name is Rick L. Stevens*. It's his job to handle more of the business-y aspects of the production, which I wouldn't be able to do, given that I have a full-time job that doesn't involve plays.One of Rick's biggest responsibilities so far has been to … Continue reading 3-2-1 Contract

Well, no more milking those Absence puns. It's been almost two months since my last post. That's because, let's see, there was the MITF show. Then there were script re-writes for Oe4K, and then all the myriad producing responsibilities. I'm a tired puppy.Ideally, what I'd like to do, is to add updates of things that … Continue reading After a long absence…

This was our matinee. Also our last show. I think everyone was a little tired. While it's useful to do the shows (especially if there are only 3) back-to-back, it can be draining. The group was more mellow but in good spirits on our final day. This show was our smallest house, though after the … Continue reading Absence: Final Show

I knew we'd have a solid house for this performance. I did not anticipate the turnout we got. The festival sells 40 seats for our "theater" (again, it's really just a big room... hence the name "Studio Series"). Because I'm concerned about sightlines, I don't like to set up all 40 seats. You can't see … Continue reading Absence: Performance #2

Schlepped many, many heavy things from my home to Midtown. Fortunately, I waited until rush hour had mostly passed. One thing that is a huge issue for urban theater practitioners is transportation. How do you transport heavy things or bulky things? We take a lot of taxis. And we buy a lot of wheeled suitcases.We … Continue reading Absence: Opening Night Recap

I've received requests to post this in text form, so here it goes:Back in early January Kim asks, "Do you want to write a children's musical for the Fringe this year?"I respond: "The Fringe? The deadline's in, what, a month?""That's okay, it's a Children's Musical. It doesn't need to have quality or anything."Since we both … Continue reading Oedipus For Kids: How it Began…

Tonight we met with our director for Oedipus for Kids! It was a long meeting and even involved the three of us reading the script together (which I always feel weird about doing, since I'm not at all an actor). But we were able to address a lot of the "open questions" that still remained … Continue reading In the right direction…

And he's going to be great. I'm very pleased. He's reading the script and will come for his first rehearsal on Monday.Also, the postcards for Absence arrived. I'm actually pretty pleased with them, considering that they were at a bargain price.Things are slowly coming together. And then tomorrow night, we have our first official meeting … Continue reading Finally found a man…

"It's Greek for 'swollen foot.'"Oedipus for Kids! will have its WORLD PREMIERE performance onTuesday, September 12th at 8:00pm at the Sage Theatre(no, we've never heard of it either).Other performances (in addition to the WORLD PREMIERE) on:Thursday, September 14 at 8pmSaturday, September 16 at 8pmSunday, September 17 at 4:30pmWednesday, September 20 at 8pmSunday, September 24 at … Continue reading And he shall be called Oedipus…