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We cannot Go do Godot. Without the rights to do the show, we will have to cancel our planned production of Waiting For Godot but still keep it in the back of our minds as a play we would like to produce.
This makes sense. We applied for rights and had them denied because First-Class production rights had already been granted for the upcoming Broadway production; which I hope you will all see.
Truthfully, it was amateurish of us to start making plans and advertising for a production that we didn't secure the rights for... I could make up some excuses like "I thought the rights would come through no problem" or "I, the managing director of Miscreant, have serious issues with authority" but none of that really matters.
We are announcing an evening of one-act plays to be performed in the same space slated for "Godot." I'm very excited about the plays which have been submitted, and it should make for a night of enthralling theatre! |
Waiting for the rights for Waiting For Godot.
We have been waiting for the rights to produce this show, and we recently had those rights denied. Why, you ask? Because we were planning to do the all-nude production; as in, "you can leave your bowler on."
No no no, just kidding. I'm sure that NYC Parks & Rec would even take issue to that.
In the Spring of 2009 Seattle Rep will bring their production of "Waiting For Godot" to Broadway; which means (we assume) they currently have exclusive rights for the play in our region. We could rehearse the play here and then perhaps produce it in, say, Boise, Idaho, and have no problem; but we are told we cannot perform the play in New York. Why is it that anytime I try to think of a random location in the United States the first thing that pops into my mind is Boise, Idaho?
I'm not sure, but I do know this: Miscreant is moving towards not-for-profit status, and the fundamental goal of a non-profit is to serve the public. We want to serve the public by offering a quality theatrical production of "Waiting For Godot" for those who are either not able to afford or not interested in attending the Broadway production slated for next year. We are certainly not trying (because we can't) to compete with a large budget show.
Help us out! We want to know that somebody is reading our blogs. If you support our cause, e-mail us at info@miscreanttheatrecompany.org and tell us you gotta see us go do Godot.
We gotta go do Godot! |
So we really messed up on our first go at using our now official mailing list. I accidentally sent the same thing twice; which I know I can't stand (getting the same information twice) but hopefully the people we sent to will be understanding about it. Interestingly enough Miscreant's first "e-blast" was not to promote a miscreant show; rather to promote our friend Anna Jones's show which is playing at the Brick Theatre for two more performances. Check out "The Stubborn Illusion of Time" at the Brick Theater if you have the chance. Thursday and Friday of next week at 8 p.m.
Meanwhile, Godot is looking healthy. We want you to come wait for him with us starting September 4th- September 28th. |
We gotta go-do Godot. That has been a motto of ours for a few weeks now, and now we have started pre-production for Waiting For Godot to open in Central Park on August 28th. Already we have been approved for the first weekend and I am (by the way, perhaps I should introduce myself... my name is Brad and I am the managing director of this fledgling company, and served as production and house manager for The Creditors.) now waiting for our dates in September to be approved by the NYC Parks Department. I See no reason why they won't be, so I am going to tentatively predict a run from August 28th-September 21st just south of the pool in Central Park. Doing a play that is not public domain is new ground for us (everything is new ground for us) but I hope to have approval from Dramatists very soon. Then it's off to the races with casting and rehearsals! More as we continue this process.
We were also thinking of doing a new play called Waiting For Waiting For Godot where we just have the audience show up and nothing happens. How long do you think it would take somebody to catch on? Do you think they would ever see another Miscreant show? |
It has been quite some time; The Creditors has come and gone, and here we miscreants are looking for our second show. Originally we wanted to present Hamlet in Central Park, but as it turns out somebody is already doing that. So we looked for other plays. Last week we read an fascinating new play by Victor Kaufield, Tethered, and we are very excited about the possibility of developing this play for the stage. I can't tell you much, but I can tell you that it is an original work and poses very important questions about human morality and what we as people choose to believe in.
"The Creditors" was wildly successful for a first time Indy company, and now we find ourselves with a very common question: "What comes next?"
My thought is we keep producing good work. We tell people about the work that we are doing. Those people come and see our work,; they agree that it is indeed good work. They then tell others.
That seems like a reasonable foundation, don't you think? |
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We begin.
It has been an interesting few months as Jake and I have worked to get the company off the ground and the website up and running. Interesting in the sense that we’re starting a company that looks to exploit its poorness, bringing top notch acting and storytelling that does not require all the fucking bells and whistles, amidst two major strikes that are cutting to the heart of the entertainment world. I get emails from my unions updating me on how their sister unions are progressing, I read the papers and the blogs and it all comes down to one thing: money. This is no great insight. Everyone knows this. Understand also, that I am in support of each of the strikes. However, it makes me think that somewhere along the way we, as artists, have gotten lost. We must tell stories. We must move people. We must hold up the mirror and make them look at themselves. Shit, we must turn the mirror around and look at ourselves. Should we feed our families? Put children through college? Yes and yes. But, again, somehow as artists we have strayed. We’ve gotten starry eyed, forgetting to bring everyone along for the ride. I know, I’m not articulating myself very well here. Maybe we should call this a “vlog” (short for vomit log). I’m scratching at the surface, insisting that I carve deeper. JB |
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