Yesterday in my post I was particularly whiny about how much I had to do. I thought I should take a minute to disclose what I’m doing, in case you thought I was suddenly the most in-demand decorator in DC.
Warning: This post only remotely has to do with decorating. You can click away if you want, I won’t be mad. As a matter of fact, I won’t even know!You may recall last year, if you have been with me that long, that I produced a musical at my daughter’s high school. (Remember all the head shots I drew? That was MURDER.) Well, I am back at it again. I have teamed up with my very talented friend, Kye-Won Kopko, and with the help of Doug Burney, we are bringing You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown to the metro region. Last weekend we auditioned a bunch of talented 10-18 year olds, and now we have a brand new cast of 26.
Here’s the crazy part: The show goes up five weeks!!
Tonight is our parent meeting, and as the producer, it’s my responsibility. I spent a big part of the day creating hand outs and making phone calls. Producing a show is A LOT like decorating. It IS—stop snickering! Putting together a full scale musical, just like a design plan, necessitates vision, organization, planning and executing lots of little parts to create one comprehensive impact. With theater, this requires managing the set construction, acquiring props, dressing the cast and proper promotional positioning. With design, the requirements are similar: space construction, acquiring furnishings and accessories, dressing the windows and floors, and proper positioning of everything.
Hey…I talked about decorating after all!
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You have my sympathy, I know what a big job producing a musical is, even though I mostly just play in the pit.. It’s probably even more work doing it with kids so break a leg, as they say.
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