Hefner Monologues Updates: New Show

[thehefner]

My brand-new show, THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES: HOW HEFNERIAN, has been submitted to the 2008 DC Capital Fringe Festival. The actual script has not been written yet, but I know exactly what stories will be in there.

I'm putting aside the show about my family (SON OF THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES) until I've had more time to reflect and recover from Dad's death. Also, I suppose I do worry about offending or embarrassing my grandmother (mentioned prominently and unflatteringly in "My Grandfather's Last Words"), and wonder if I can get away with doing this show without her knowing.

Meantime, my revised original HEFNER MONOLOGUES show will be going up December 1st at Washington College (free admission) and the 10th and 11th at Baltimore's Hamilton Arts Center, courtesy of my awesome producers at Zero Hour.



It's a dead time of season for theatre, but with proper promotion and lack of competition, that could well work to my advantage. I've contacted the Baltimore Sun for a Calendar Listing, if not a full-out article and/or review.

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ATTENTION BALTIMORE PEEPS: Are there any other Baltimore area papers I should try to court? Smaller ones are fine; I'm also trying to establish contacts with reporters who may be moving up in the world. They could be at a small paper today, but in a year or two, they could be at major outlets, and it'd be great having those contacts.

Also, any particularly good places to leave posters/fliers?

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I need to start applying for other Fringe Festivals. I'm currently considering San Francisco, Minnesota, Boulder, Cincinnati, Orlando, and Montreal.

The trick is money (not so much making it, which would be awesome, but mainly not losing it). Montreal apparently will cost me little over $650 to put on an hour and fifteen minute long show. Now, I get 100% of the ticket money, for which I can charge up to $9 Canadian, so theoretically I can make it all back and be fine. But still, it's rather scary.

Orlando's application is due Thursday, that's the first one due. It's a hugely intimidating prospect, applying to these crazy-pants things. The stress for CapFringe this year alone was near-overwhelming. But now's the time to do this like Brutus.

Comments

[torberg.livejournal.com]

Are there any other Baltimore area papers I should try to court?

It probably couldn't hurt to go for the City Paper, Baltimore's alt-weekly.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Rock, awesome. That sound perfect, right up my alley. Thankya!

[skalja.livejournal.com]

All of those would be too far for me to make (not that that should be a factor in your decision), but I hope I'll be able to see your show a few years down the line. Rooting for you!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Why thankya! Outta curiosity, whereabouts are you?

[skalja.livejournal.com]

Liberalcollegetownsville in the Midwest. You know the place - lovely spot to live in, seemingly a million miles from anywhere interesting. ;)

[viizou.livejournal.com]

My troupe wasn't really able to cover all its expenses for the Fringe, but we're a French troupe (and, despite Montreal's claim to bilingualism, the Fringe remains primarily anglophone), and our abridged Woody Allen play didn't quite hit the right note for that particular fest... But based on what I've seen at the Montreal Fringe and excerpts I've read from The Hefner Monologues, you'd fit right in.

For what it's worth, if you ever do perform here, I'd definitely be there, along with any other fellow actors I'd be able to gather.

[cisic.livejournal.com]

If you can swing it, I would recommend Orlando's Fringe Festival. That's actually where I grew up, and the festival is extremely well established in that city. It is a pretty big deal, so much so that I was rather surprised when I came to DC and discovered that the Fringe Fest here has only been around for two years.