One more day to go, and we’re zeroing in on the problem areas. We spent today writing the new song “Rootless Life,” which replaces our campy “You Can’t Park Here” montage, as well as rewriting/tightening the following ten minutes or so of the middle section of the show. It feels like these changes are already [...]
Whew! This morning we had a presentation for the TheatreWorks staff, running through the entire show for the first time. It was rough (since we’ve spent all our time writing and none rehearsing, it was certainly not a “presentational event” as Lisa put it), BUT effective – it was wonderful to have an audience and [...]
Today we fleshed out the “Leap”/”We Have Come This Far” combo moment, with Gene alone at the piano at first, and a really nice slow build until we’re all singing and playing together…and also spent a lot of time on the several “diary entry” moments we’ve decided to include. I read out loud, at length, [...]
March 29, 2012 – 12:07 pm
snapshot from Val’s camera at TheatreWorks photo shoot Another very intense day with lots of rewrites…but it was broken up by a fun outdoor photo shoot for Ev Shiro, art director of TheatreWorks. Ev’s neighbor Ron owns an RV, and lent it to us for the morning. The official photos (by the excellent Mark Kitaoka [...]
This was a very intense day. In order to make all the structural changes we discussed with Lisa and Meredith, we got up at 5 AM and worked for several hours…then we tried out the morning’s ideas in the rehearsal space before Lisa and Meredith arrived. Assistant director Jeffrey Lo printed out entirely new scripts [...]
March 26, 2012 – 11:13 pm
“We’ve been waiting YEARS for this!” exclaimed Kelley (artistic director of TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley) this afternoon, as he welcomed us to our week-long intensive WHEELHOUSE workshop. Brendan, Gene and I are all here, with no kids or other family members in tow, for a focused week of honing the structure and writing of our [...]
February 21, 2012 – 7:08 pm
We’re coming to play at the beautiful Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA for the first time: Friday, March 16. Our show SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES continues on its slow trundle toward Broadway, all fingers and toes crossed…and at our concert we’ll be playing songs from the score, plus some some fun extra surprises. Come join us if you’re in [...]
December 20, 2011 – 4:23 pm
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 [...]
December 20, 2011 – 12:34 pm
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 [...]
December 6, 2011 – 3:00 pm
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 [...]