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dampha

A Neat Idea

Apr 08, 2005 10:04

This post especially targeted to costume designers. Oh, yes, you know who you are...

A friend in Chicago forwarded me an article today about an interesting income stream that Redmoon Theater has discovered. From the article published in Crain's Chicago Business:

The company, best known for what the Chicago Tribune calls "puppetand contraption- ( Read more... )

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little_octagon April 8 2005, 15:34:10 UTC

Hm. There are a few puckery lemon faces among my friends about "Redmoon for (cough, cough, SHILL) Hire". With one of my feet in the fundraising world and the other in Artsy-Fartsyville, I am ambivalent about Redmoon doing corporate events and the like. Admittedly, it's a bit disconcerting for me to see Dr. Seuss-like performers capering around the new CB2 on Halsted, handing out flyers. The upside, however, is that the good folks at Redmoon can spread their magic pixie dust outdoors for FREE (well, donations optional). You can't tell me that their spectacle in Ping Tom Park would have been attended by low-income Chinese immigrant families if these individuals had to navigate the CTA and then spend $20 to get into the MCA. Gotta have dough to make bread -- especially during a time where foundations and corporate giving programs have more hungry mouths to feed and less resources with which to do it.

radio_redhead April 8 2005, 16:58:12 UTC

As someone who has managed an enormous costume rentals business in Chicago, I can say that yes, it might be lucrative to pay costumers to make beautiful things with lasting value. Which will promptly be ruined on the first corporate party they go out on. This is why I only donate my PVC and fetish wear to shows I am directly involved in and can supervise. I'm already tearing the hell out of my $250 orange cone-bra corset during Cementville just by putting it on and taking it off, and I'm the one wearing it ( ... )

Hey it's Badger Steve.. angryclown April 12 2005, 18:45:28 UTC

Hey bud....well I broke down and became a LJer...hope all is well add me to the list...Later.

Re: Hey it's Badger Steve.. dampha April 12 2005, 18:47:18 UTC

What a most excellent username. Good to see you on here!

Re: Hey it's Badger Steve.. angryclown April 12 2005, 18:49:18 UTC

Had to do it sometime...but it's good to be on here