Posts will continue to be slow around here, probably, as I scramble to get my four plays on three bills ready to open.
NECROPOLIS 1&2: World Gone Wrong/Worth Gun Willed opens Sat. Aug. 4 at 8.00 pm. The Hobo Got Too High by Marc Spitz opens at 10.30 pm that same evening. NECROPOLIS 0&3: Kiss Me, Succubus & At the Mountains of Slumberland open the following Wednesday, the 8th, at 8.00 pm. Not a lot of time, and much to do. At least we're all cast and working, and the backing tracks for the NECROPOLIS plays are mostly recorded. Now I'm doing the sound editing/mixing, which, as always, is a slog. A fun one at times, but a slog.
I was up most of the night Wednesday (or rather, early Thursday) hacking out a rehearsal schedule for the four shows that would actually give us enough rehearsal time with each show before it opens, that would also actually work with the varied schedules of the 30-or-so actors involved. And I think I licked it. The actors seem to think so, at least. When I'm not on the computer doing the sound work, Berit is on designing prop pieces or putting together the postcards, which we need to send out soon to the printer. So there's been a few images batting about the desktop for research for the giant (8.5 x 5.5") card we're doing for the three NECROPOLIS shows:
for At the Mountains of Slumberland:

for Kiss Me, Succubus:

for World Gone Wrong/Worth Gun Willed:

But now I'll take a break from dialogue editing to check my blogs and listen to some music -- iPod now at 21,016 songs, 72.57 gigs, and here's what's random:
1. "In a Hurry" - Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Ubiquity Studio Sessions Vol.3—Strings & Things
2. "Young Savages" - Martin Denny - Ultra-Lounge 17: Bongoland
3. "Roadrunner (live)" - The Modern Lovers - Precise Modern Lovers Order: Live In Berkeley & Boston
4. "I Can't Get Next to You" - The Temptations - Hitsville U.S.A., The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
5. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)" - Pet Shop Boys - Please
6. "I Love You" - The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See
7. "Cool" - Lou Busch & His Orchestra - Ultra-Lounge 4: Bachelor Pad Royale
8. "Mirage" - Tommy James & The Shondells - Bubblegum Classics Volume 3
9. "Fortune Teller" - The Throb - Before Birdmen Flew - Australian Beat, R&B & Punk: 1965-1967 Vol. 2
10. "The Fun We Had" - The Ragamuffins - Pebbles Volume 4 - Surf'n Tunes!
Okay, I can allow myself another half-hour for myself, then back to the shows . . .
NECROPOLIS 1&2: World Gone Wrong/Worth Gun Willed opens Sat. Aug. 4 at 8.00 pm. The Hobo Got Too High by Marc Spitz opens at 10.30 pm that same evening. NECROPOLIS 0&3: Kiss Me, Succubus & At the Mountains of Slumberland open the following Wednesday, the 8th, at 8.00 pm. Not a lot of time, and much to do. At least we're all cast and working, and the backing tracks for the NECROPOLIS plays are mostly recorded. Now I'm doing the sound editing/mixing, which, as always, is a slog. A fun one at times, but a slog.
I was up most of the night Wednesday (or rather, early Thursday) hacking out a rehearsal schedule for the four shows that would actually give us enough rehearsal time with each show before it opens, that would also actually work with the varied schedules of the 30-or-so actors involved. And I think I licked it. The actors seem to think so, at least. When I'm not on the computer doing the sound work, Berit is on designing prop pieces or putting together the postcards, which we need to send out soon to the printer. So there's been a few images batting about the desktop for research for the giant (8.5 x 5.5") card we're doing for the three NECROPOLIS shows:
for At the Mountains of Slumberland:

for Kiss Me, Succubus:

for World Gone Wrong/Worth Gun Willed:

But now I'll take a break from dialogue editing to check my blogs and listen to some music -- iPod now at 21,016 songs, 72.57 gigs, and here's what's random:
1. "In a Hurry" - Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Ubiquity Studio Sessions Vol.3—Strings & Things
2. "Young Savages" - Martin Denny - Ultra-Lounge 17: Bongoland
3. "Roadrunner (live)" - The Modern Lovers - Precise Modern Lovers Order: Live In Berkeley & Boston
4. "I Can't Get Next to You" - The Temptations - Hitsville U.S.A., The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
5. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)" - Pet Shop Boys - Please
6. "I Love You" - The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See
7. "Cool" - Lou Busch & His Orchestra - Ultra-Lounge 4: Bachelor Pad Royale
8. "Mirage" - Tommy James & The Shondells - Bubblegum Classics Volume 3
9. "Fortune Teller" - The Throb - Before Birdmen Flew - Australian Beat, R&B & Punk: 1965-1967 Vol. 2
10. "The Fun We Had" - The Ragamuffins - Pebbles Volume 4 - Surf'n Tunes!
Okay, I can allow myself another half-hour for myself, then back to the shows . . .