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Contributed by Guest Blogger of the week, Johnny Blaze Leavitt.
Ah, May 5th.
Point of You has been around since the year 2000 and we’ve had some tremendous successes and a few moments of floundering. That’s normal. And May 5, 2005 taught us a very valuable lesson.
We were producing LoveSmacked, a showcase that was part of our I’m Just Saying series. We had all hands on deck. We had all of our ensemble members writing, directing, performing, designing. We had guest artists galore from various other theatre companies! We had a poster that was so popular, it went on to appear in the 40th Street Drama Bookshop window AND for years one was hanging on the wall behind the bar at the Produce’s Club. We were firing on all cylinders!
But the one hat none of my amazing amalgamation of multitaskers wore? A party hat.
It was Cinco de Mayo and no one came. No prepaid sales, no walk-in’s, nada. So we threw our own party in the theatre :)
Note to self (the self that sets the seasonal calendar): don’t book a show on Cinco de Mayo unless a) it’s related to the holiday or b) you offer free alcohol for your audience!
Second Note to self: Add Party Hat to the hat collection.
Anybody else have a weird holiday show experience?
Point of You has been around since the year 2000 and we’ve had some tremendous successes and a few moments of floundering. That’s normal. And May 5, 2005 taught us a very valuable lesson.
We were producing LoveSmacked, a showcase that was part of our I’m Just Saying series. We had all hands on deck. We had all of our ensemble members writing, directing, performing, designing. We had guest artists galore from various other theatre companies! We had a poster that was so popular, it went on to appear in the 40th Street Drama Bookshop window AND for years one was hanging on the wall behind the bar at the Produce’s Club. We were firing on all cylinders!
But the one hat none of my amazing amalgamation of multitaskers wore? A party hat.
It was Cinco de Mayo and no one came. No prepaid sales, no walk-in’s, nada. So we threw our own party in the theatre :)
Note to self (the self that sets the seasonal calendar): don’t book a show on Cinco de Mayo unless a) it’s related to the holiday or b) you offer free alcohol for your audience!
Second Note to self: Add Party Hat to the hat collection.
Anybody else have a weird holiday show experience?
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