MONDAY NEWS

a day late. even a couple of weeks late. but here's what I got...

Our Edinburgh venue is CONFIRMED! LA FEMME EST MORTE or Why I Should Not F!%# My Son will be playing the King Dome at the Pleasance at 4pm every day! Mark your calendars!

stirring had a fabulous closing weekend. More on that and new pictures soon.

We finished casting the ladies of the chorus. We're so excited to have Laura Lee and Marissa on board! Also we saw so many amazing women for those roles. It's always helpful to see new actors and we saw a whole bunch, many of whom we will be grabbing for the Minstrel Show.

Speaking of The Minstrel Show, it has been rescheduled for the fall. Look for it before Christmas!

We have major parties coming up! Our first whisky tasting will be on Tuesday May 1st, featuring NINE whiskys and the Highland Park Whisky Brand Ambassador.

And mark your calendars for The PROM on May 12th to be held at the Ukranian National Home on St. Marks. More info coming real soon.

Husband and I went to Dressed to Kilt last night, the pseudo fabulous Scottish party and fashion show. We went with the amazing David Eustace (no one wears a kilt like that man) who photographed us for the Glasgow Herald in 2005, as well as Brian the manager of Public, Charlotte a comedian from Glasgow, Amanda who works for the BBC and the ladies who run Colours Modeling Agency in Glasgow. The event itself was a little boring. Lots of Tartan, not enough food. I was drunk within 12 minutes. The after party at the Pink Elephant was drunken debauchery. None of this really seems like news, you're thinking. Except that I got to meet someone fun and fabulous who now Joey and I are stalking on myspace. I want her to be my friend! Stay tuned for more details...

MONDAY NEWS

Hot off the presses...

We have a new assistant producer coming on. His name is Matthew and we're really excited. It's always amazing to get more people involved. Last year we had Megan and she set a great precedent...we're so busy right now, with 3 productions in the next six months (dear lord), it's great to get new people in the room. People who aren't exhausted. Other new people we love are Brandon Bales (who was in the workshop of Aliens and is playing Ryan in the upcoming stirring production), Rachel Plotkin (playing Laura in stirring), and Shani Colleen Murfin who stage managed Aliens. NEW PEOPLE RULE.

The intern search rages on.

Hilly Hicks Jr. has signed on to write a play for The Minstrel Show. Now the writers involved are Tommy Smith, Michael John Garces, Sharyn Rothstein, Josh Liveright, and Hilly. We are almost ready to go!

Rebecca Brooksher, occasional Shalimar actress (Humidity of Fish reading, 2006) and writer (Preface, 2001), and longtime friend and supporter started previews for her Lincoln Center show this week. Joey and I went to the invited dress. I know better now than to write anything about a show before it officially opens, but I will say that we all support Boo and send her our love.

And Jesse Hooker (Hippolytus in LA FEMME) goes into previews for his off-Broadway show next week. I can't wait to see it. For...ahem...big reasons.

And in other celebrity news, Britney brings sexy back. It's like a car crash. Can't. Look. Away.

MONDAY NEWS

Here is some fun stuff that's new and exciting.

We received a grant from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council for Aliens, this new play about immigration that we are creating with Saviana Stanescu.

We are signing on to work with SCAMP at this year's Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. These ladies are definitely rockstars. They always represent amazing shows and we are so excited to be working with them.

Joey and Gary and I went to Victor Villar-Hauser's bar last night and I got pretty drunk. Off a beer and a half. And we hung out with Victor for a while. He's friendly and has an accent and that's pretty much all it takes for me...thanks for the drinks Victor!

We have decided to take on two production interns. I will post the ad in a few days and please forward it around!

And the biggest news of all. A few days late, I know, but please let's all bow our heads and say a little prayer for an amazing icon of camp. Good-bye Anna Nicole.