Well, it's been a long journey, but it's been well worth it. A few weeks ago Midnight Cabaret independently produced a staged reading of “Brick by Brick”.Over 170 people were in attendance, and I don't have any qualms about declaring the night an indisputable hit. As a result of this, the Sarah Lawrence theatre department is now considering “Brick ( Read more... )

After "The Balloon Man" was fairly well recieved, I attended the second week on Midnignt Cabaret with the intention to write another crowd-pleasing scene. The Great Blackout of '06 had just occurred, and I volunteered to write a scene juxtaposing the experiences of students in Hill House and those living on Central Campus ( Read more... )

So far, I've had a pretty prolific year in the writing department. Most of this can be attributed to my involvement with Midnight Cabaret, which I have written many scenes for. Despite my productivity, I've yet to post any of these scenes on my LiveJournal.

Today, that changes.

Here is a scene I wrote for this year's first Cabaret performance.
( The Balloon Man )

I already posted this on the SLC livejournal community, but I thought I'd post it here, too.

Midnight Cabaret presents
Brick by Brick
a staged reading of a new musical
book & lyrics by Ross Wade
music by Nehemiah Luckett
directed by Nevan Scott
based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe

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I haven't updated this journal since I've arrived at school, and there's a reason for that. Honestly, this year hasn't quite been what I thought it would be. I've made a lot of mistakes and my goals have not turned out quite as I planned them. That being said, things could be a lot worse and I still have a lot to be thankful for. One of the people ( Read more... )

When Nehemiah and I first began writing Brick by Brick, Erica gave me a book entitled The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide by David Spencer. After reading a few chapters, I decided that this would be my musical theatre bible and haven't deviated from that position since. In Chapter 12 (Acceptable Margins, or: Proper Playscript Formatting), ( Read more... )

This summer I've had some pretty colorful visitors at Ghostly Tours. One family insisted that I be photographed in full costume while holding a mechanical dancing cow. Sadly, most of these people come along for the tour and then walk out of my life forever. Last week though, Ryan, my boss, gave me this letter that he had received:

7-25-06 ( Read more... )

1. Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

Today I went from hotel to hotel in Ogunquit, Maine to refill the card racks with Ghostly Tours brochures. It was a pretty boring afternoon, but finding this ad at "The Yellow Monkey" made it all worth it.

I picked up my last check at Subway today. Dave seemed to feel really contrite about firing me. He even said that I could come back to work for him again during my winter break. I'm pretty sure I don't want to give him the chance to fire me again, though. When I tried to return "Baldur's Gate II" to him, which he had lended me, he insisted I keep ( Read more... )