Category Archives: Theater

SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES nominated for 6 Craig Noel awards

Nominees were just announced for the 2011 Craig Noel Awards, celebrating excellence in San Diego-area theatre…and we are thrilled to see that our show is up for 6 awards. Outstanding Resident Musical – SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES at La Jolla Playhouse Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Female – Aspen Vincent Outstanding Lead Performance in a [...]

STRIKING 12 in NYC…and, of course, Finland.

This just in from The Broadway Blog — “STRIKING 12 Strikes Again”: Their show is an entertaining, one-of-a-kind combo of indie rock concert and touching holiday fairy tale (though secular…the holiday is New Year’s Eve), with enough bah-humbug cynicism and fourth-wall-breaking humor to keep it well out of saccharine territory…It’s a must-see opportunity. – Tom [...]

Lisa Peterson + Lisa Peterson = fantastic weekend of STRIKING 12 + WHEELHOUSE

We did our first STRIKING 12 show of the season recently in Lone Tree, CO – and a bunch of disparate elements came together beautifully to make it a very special weekend. First, we were excited to get together and play, ’cause it’s been a while. Second, we’ve also been wanting to get together to [...]

STRIKING 12 Metropolitan Room links fixed

Hey all – Ellie MacNeil pointed out that the links to our NYC Dec 26-31 shows were broken, making it look as if every show was sold out or unavailable. Apparently the venue changed the links after we had posted them…but now they’re working again, and all’s well that clicks well. See you for STRIKING [...]

STRIKING 12 fast approaching: Nov in CO & CT, Dec in NYC

It’s hard to believe that the holidays are almost upon us — but in only three short weeks the band meets up again for our annual tradition of STRIKING 12 shows. It’s our 9th season!

I can’t believe I do this for a living: The Behavior of Broadus.

I’m getting to work on something wonderful and strange: a piece of theater about the father of behaviorism, entitled “The Behavior of Broadus.” Back in March I lucked into seeing an invite-only, hastily-rehearsed and gleefully thrown-together performance of this play with songs by the Burglars of Hamm. Center Theatre Group was commissioning this piece–and my [...]

Nifty Bren & Val interview in KBPS’s blog, “Culture Lust”

Kathy Diamant did a phone interview with us about the origins of Sleeping Beauty Wakes and what we’re up to–and we ranged far and wide in our conversation. Check it out: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/aug/23/groovelily-wakes-sleeping-beauty/ It’s a pretty nice story of how we got where we are, and what we hope for the future.

Demo of “Good For Me” from SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES

The newest and most talked-about song of the show is Beauty’s rock anthem, “Good For Me” – and though we don’t have leading lady Aspen Vincent on the recording, we do have our own *brand new demo* available for streaming and download. Pay what you can, share it around, spread the word, and tell everyone [...]

SBW ticket winners, and ways to see the show at a discount

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our ticket giveaway. We had a huge response, and our 4 winners are: Julie Garnye, Will Schuessler, Max Nelson and Laurie Moose. If you didn’t win, please do come to the show anyway if you can! We promise you’ll be in for a treat. There are even a [...]

WHEELHOUSE writing retreat this week in Rhinebeck, NY

Val, Brendan and Gene convene tomorrow for an intensive week-long WHEELHOUSE writing retreat, at Rhinebeck Writers’ Retreat in Rhinebeck, NY. We are honored to be part of this retreat’s inaugural summer: founded by former NAMT Executive Director Kathy Evans, this program is designed to nurture the creative process, by providing time and space (and food!) [...]