http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog The process of producing plays for PlaysinPerpetuity.com Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:21:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since all five plays are up, the hard work is finished. This year, I plan to complete the play I'm presently at work upon, and spend the rest of my time finding ways to publicize, optimize and improve the site. The Global Theatre Guide will be up and ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=92 This area is intended for the discussion of PlaysInPerpetuity.com's"Sebastian, Right". [caption id="attachment_89" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="playsinperpetuity.com presents: Michael S. Crawford's, "Sebastian Right""][/caption] http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=78 Way ahead of schedule. At this rate, and I always end up wrong for as yet-unforeseen reasons when I guess about due dates, we could be ready to go by late September. We're also reworking the home page, to take full advantage of new software, so the site ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=77 Going very, very well. The degree to which the actors were proficient with their lines -- meaning all the words and in the right order -- has made the editing process easy. Also, after giving it some thought, I decided to go with music, and ended up scoring much ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=76 This one is more interesting. As is the poster. [caption id="attachment_94" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="PlaysInPerpetuity.com presents Michael S. Crawford's Sebastian, Right"] http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=75 Low among the supporting cast of reasons PlaysInPerpetuity.com exists is my dislike for the few sentence or even page-long explanations/treatments of a play one is obligated to provide when sending scripts to theaters, in hopes of production. They are either essentially empty ("A Danish Prince forgoes responsibility to the ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=72 I had to find a stethoscope, for use as a prop in the show. The first place had moved to Corpus Christi, which I probably should have seen as an omen, but since I live walking distance from arguably the single best four-square mile radius in the country in ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=70 For two days, we remained well ahead of schedule, until we hit a probably inevitable rough patch at the end, due to exertion as much as anything -- were the scene order reversed, the same thing might well have happened to the scenes that went so well at the beginning. ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=69 About four days ago, I distinctly remember glancing at a radar screen, and thinking, "At least we've gone five for five on storms." A hurricane in southeast Texas in August is a possibility that must be factored into any plan, and at that point, I felt assured there was ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=67 One of the more interesting, and exciting, parts of watching a a play come together, is when an actor finds his footing, for lack of a better term, and begins to become the person he will portray on stage. I suspect there is something mistakable for magic in all ... http://www.playsinperpetuity.com/blog/?p=64