Ah January! The month that was. And now February flying by so fast, so fast. I have just been able to keep up with some of the very many tasks, opportunities, challenges, celebrations, aggravations and demands that comprise at day at the office of DXM. We have been putting La Pastorela to bed for the year-- budgets and bills mainly with a promise that much needs to be done for next year on it- rewrite the script and figure out the venue- the church or somewhere you can actually hear stuff? And plotting ways to hand it off to the local community in funding and organization. Can that be done? We will see.
Work on the Seattle project is now in full planning swing. The UnRegistered:a 2008 Election Cabaret is slated for three performances at Seattle University's Lee Center for the Arts on October 2, 3, and 4th. This work will come out of a collaboration between Seattle University and the residents of one of their boundary streets 12th Ave. N between Madison and Jefferson. I will be leading a class of students during the spring quarter at SU in exploring both communities and writing the script with Andrea Allen and David Schmader as lead writers on the script. And the excellent Allison Narver on board to direct.
The UnRegistered has as its goal- VOTING IN THE GENERAL ELECTION! I have been wondering why people vote and why they choose to sit at home instead? Why does democracy just lie there for some of us and for others it gets up and dances? So this is a project that asks that question and then puts the answers in a form that is a theatrical good time. Much more information to follow on these pages.
In other collaboration news- we are proud to announce that both The Seattle Foundation and The Norcliffe Foundation are supporting The UnRegistered! We are delighted and honored to receive their attention and support. Special thanks to Melanie Matthews who makes these grants happen.
