Procrastinet

Total Faith in Cosmic AAAUUGH!

filed under: Idle Chatter

[[Warning: poetic license ahead.]]

Jumpin' Jehosaphat, I have to open four different shows in the next five days. Three of which have never rehearsed. And cook breakfast for 100 people. And design a show. And wage a pitched battle against six other Off-Off theater companies.

[[End poetic license.]]

Okay, so that's counting both 20-minute shows in the Youngblood Sunday Brunch as a "show." And I won't actually be personally cooking the whole breakfast, and we probably won't actually have 100 people. And one of the shows isn't actually *opening* but we do have an invited dress rehearsal.

But still. My point is. It's a busy week.

First up, Partial Comfort Productions presents the 2nd Annual BATTLE OF THE BARDS:

Youngblood is going up against six other companies in this annual fundraiser, which is like a Battle of the Bands except, you know, with theater. We placed a strong second last year, which has left us with a massive, aching chip on our shoulder. And it's always fun to do an overamplified, underrehearsed 10-minute play in an airplane hangar-sized superclub in front of 600 patrons and a celebrity panel - and this year, there are actual bona fide celebrities! Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Durang, Oskar Eustis (Artistic Director of the Public), Jo Bonney (shiny director), David Cote (Theater editor, Time Out), Diane Neal (Law and Order), and Amy Fox (head of FOX Casting)...

Then: the Youngblood Sunday Brunch, in which I am now acting. Oh, the humanity.

Then: Uncle Mister DeVore's TOTAL FAITH IN COSMIC LOVE at the Brick.

This show is simply lousy with Friends of Procrastinet: written by Uncle Mister, starring Beeg and Sanpete. Opens next Thursday, March 9; runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through April 1.

(The above paragraph should not, at a quick read, be inferred to mean that the show is simply lousy. The show should actually, if it's possible to say so at this point, be quite good. And if it's lousy, by god it'll be COMPLEXLY lousy.)

So, that's my world. If you're looking for some offline distraction and time-wasting, Friday night at the Battle and Sunday morning at the Brunch should do you pretty well, and they're only $10 each. And if you're looking for something more substantial, TOTAL FAITH should be a damn fine time (and it's only an hour long, and it too is only $10).

And then, MAYBE, next week I'll actually write some Procrastinet. Hope springs eternal.

Posted by rjt at March 1, 2006 10:41 AM