Procrastinet

Youngblood $ELLS OUT

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For their third annual summer theater festival, the Brick Theater has chosen a new theme:

THE $ELLOUT FESTIVAL

Never ones to be left behind when the hybridization of art and crass commercialism is afoot, Youngblood has entered the fray with a project called THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF [your name here].

Here's what the Steven McElroy of the NY Times had to say about it:

The Bidding Soon Opens On Your Life Story Onstage

All those people who have always thought their lives more scintillating than that of the average Joe or Jane can now bid on the chance to have it recreated onstage. A collective of emerging playwrights known as Youngblood and working under the aegis of the Ensemble Studio Theater will happily do the writing. Starting today, bidding begins on eBay for "True Life Story of [Your Name Here]," a play yet to be written. The winning bidder will meet with a Youngblood team, have their story adapted to the stage and be exposed in front of audiences at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as part of the $ellout Festival, beginning June 2. This will not be a play about a procrastinator, though: the auction ends in 10 days.

On only the second day of the auction, the bidding has already gone from $100 to $177.50!

Auction link is here.

Posted by rjt at April 8, 2006 11:06 AM