svactorstheatre ([info]svactorstheatre) wrote,
@ 2006-06-15 02:34:00
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Current location:SAT
Current mood: amused
Current music:NIN in the theatre

We have a beautiful new building and a lot of talented people working on it. In fact, the hours some of our associates are pulling are staggering - in at 8 a.m. and out at midnight. Moving into a non-proscenium space is certainly a wakeup call to the detail work that has to be done to make it 'theatrical'. The platforms for the seats did a great deal, though, and the back curtain's habit of sagging in the middle is nothing if not mysterious and (in my opinion) highly French. With the bay doors open it feels as if a silver-plated street mime could walk in at any time and dispense non-verbal witticisms to the audience.

The money's not coming in as fast as we had hoped and are quite optimistic for. I believe the Friday gala is going to bring interest and funds - at the risk of saying the word relief, I believe that's approaching something I'll feel when the eleven months are paid for. A lot of work can be done in eleven months. Work that I can focus on and think about!!! The business side of me is having an absolute ball being an ultra-resourced and incredibly well organized manager of funds and property, but the theatrical side of me feels a little quashed. The ideas are all there, per usual, but I think I need to take them to the gym a little more.

I tell ya, though, 'Neverwhere' is going to be a trip of the best kind. Speaking of trips, I hereby offer to fly Neil Gaiman here and back from wherever he would like to come from - out of pocket - because I am very proud of Sasha's work and darned if this play doesn't have all the humor and drama of what is a very great book.

Two pictures out of my amusement (and USB cord):

First we have the evervescoisity of the Earl (dressed, rather ironically, as Gary) with several of his attendants:




and a quite candid (and surenuffwedid!) photo of Giles Gonnsen and myself singing what we hope will be the next Pop British hit, 'Alright' - (receiving its world premiere in 'Neverwhere'!)



Pleasant thoughts take you all!

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It's Skye
(Anonymous)
2006-06-17 04:59 pm UTC (link)
I think last night went well. About two dozen people got to see what we were trying to do, and there were more than a few laughs, both at us and at OOPS. I believe in my heart that now that more people have seen that this is indeed viable, the money we so desperately need will be a bit more free-flowing.

Always remember, Ryan and Sasha, how much we all love you. You have taken a disparate group of people, many of whom did not know each other before this began, and welded them into a brilliant ensemble of cast and crew. We do this -- putting in these long hours, sweating in the furnace of a converted warehouse, stumbling around in platform-heeled boots -- because we love you and we believe in you. As Beck told me last night, if a theatre could be created by passion alone, we would be bigger than the Lucas.

I have said this before, and I will say it again. If anyone can create a Savannah theatre from the ground up, you can. And if you can't, then it can't be done.

Well, I'm supposed to be meeting you at SAT right now to help clean up and get things where they need to be, so I will close. Never forget: we love the two of you more than you can imagine.

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It's Sasha
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2006-06-17 09:53 pm UTC (link)



thank you Skye. Thank you so much.

You have been here from sun up to waaaayyyyy past sundown, and we will never be able to tell you how much we appreciate it. It is so wonderful to see people supporting the arts.

let's just hope they continue doing so.

sasha

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