Improv Cabaret: Behind The Scenes

moving news, show marketing, my joblessness, NYC

I'm moving (for a few weeks anyways) to NYC for auditions.

I snuck my phone into my audition and recorded me singing. I added the bumpers because you never know where audio ends up online.

I appeared on Scottie Campbell's "Life in Stages" Orlando theater radio show! So much fun. I recorded it with my laptop as it was being broadcast. Here are some highlights.

7am gym, new Improv Cabaret checking account, friend adders for all my podcasts, my second musical improv workshop was a success, freelance work for fringe artists, I might be on a radio show tonight, interviewing the Orlando Visual Fringe producer, Starlight audition, Associate Producer interview Feb 21, Podcast Plays due Feb 22, t-shirt design, more calendar contents

I did not enjoy the application process to get into the NYC Fringe. I make a better impression online than in print through the mail. Design client meeting: t-shirt project comes before the posters. DVD anger. I'm going to the Orlando Addys. Fringe bulletins.

Last night I got my bag packed, my errand sheet prepared, so today, my morning is totally organized to get this application printed and mailed. My dvd drama. Return receipt requested. Minuteman Press is awesome. I was going to bring you into Minuteman Press but decided against it.

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(MUSICAL INTERLUDE) Traveling to gym for cardio before the trip to Dirty South Improv Festival. Quart bag-buying afterwards due to flight regulations. Keyboard is going to be rented in North Carolina. Getting coffee with no time to get coffee. The coffee has butter nuggets in it. I am focusing on the positive of the trip, even though we're flying on a tiny plane. I will be getting drunk for the flight so I can get through it. I don't want to die. (MUSICAL INTERLUDE) We landed in North Carolina and we're walking to baggage claim. We pass an Asian woman with red hair. (MUSICAL INTERLUDE) Landed in Orlando after a 5am flight, walking to baggage check at 9am. Tonight is my first musical improv workshop. Robyn will be there. The show: I talked about some racy things. My car parking place reminder card is where it should be. Met the Dirty South producer and the Toronto Improv Festival producer. I need to get quotes from producers of these festivals for my press pack.

After what I think were poor shows in Miami and Charleston, I am not looking forward to performing at Dirty South. Then I run into a friend in the Target parking lot who is training to be a fire fighter.

The show has been accepted to about 5 improv festivals. I should do a press release about it. I need the people who run these festivals to give me blurbs or get reviews to add to my press pack. A mother carries her child back into the house. At the festival I should have things to hand people. Dissappointed about my publicity efforts. Bought this book called Guerilla Marketing, but I haven't read too much of it. Problem focusing on Improv Cabaret without neglecting my podcasts at imakepostcasts.com. I feel like I go to these festivals and nothing happens. Solo Brainstorming session: I could do postcards inviting people to watch the video if they missed the show. Fringe is coming up.

Mad Cow Theatre asks me my availability and interest in performing in their cabaret festival. If you are that Fat white woman supporting UCF who honked at me for going slow...I hate you. Jim is available for the Mad Cow gig. St Francis House benefit February 11. One week before my performance at Dirty South improv Festival. Rental car is not recerved. I don't want to be around a bunch of advertising creatives, but I will go to "Florida Creatives" Feb 11 at 4pm after the Enzian Film Slam at 1pm. Chase is playing guitar. Go to wanzie.com for more info on the benefit. Feb 14th: NYC Fringe application is due. United Arts called.

I recorded the experience and spliced together my answers to their questions.

After-Charleston-festival sort-of let-down, back to reality, I learned a lot, the festival was well-run, Orlando Fringe artist conferences: myspace, presented as a graphic designer for the artists, flyers done cheap, more but I got too lazy to finish these show notes.

Driving to the United Arts grant hearing in Maitland at the Maitland Arts Center. Both Charleston videos are on youtube. 130 views on my blog the day I posted the video from Staurday's performance but only 15 views of the video on youtube. Yesterday I spoke at the Artist Conferences for the Orlando Fringe Festival, 11am and 6pm. I was more prepared for the 6pm. Buying coffee at 7-11. Abrubt ending due to a call.

Everything that happened the whole weekend.

15 minutes to showtime, 4 people in the audience, no tickets sold- 14 comps apparently, I don't like to focus on the audience size, weiner tape belongs on balls not walls, backstage drag queen dressing room area, the venue is packed...with chairs. Here we go!

5pm in Charleston. Saw the venue for the first time, met the producer, largest disco ball in the world, leopard carpet, me driving=not good, driving on 17 was boring and so we had a giggle fest, we had a compression problem during the tech rehearsal, hot mic, cute but unique venue, we're going to go to the bathroom, and that's how you mke butter.

1pm on the road to Charleston in Georgia, Anthony has been snoring, gas is cheaper in GA than in Orlando, I've been organizing all my "to-dos" and post-its onto one huge list, I will follow Denna's advice she heard on Oprah, me driving on the highway is impossible

On the road to Charleston with Denna, my recent blogging history, me and Denna reading each other's posts from last night, picking up the rental car, me spitting, me actually picking up the rental car in the office