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DC Fringe 3 is on! Which means, a brand-new show!
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chickenhat was right: you can't plan a Hefner Monologue.
But I can write a new show, which I'll have to be doing as I have definitely made it into the 3rd Annual DC Capital Fringe Festival! Whee!
So the question is, what new show to write? I was considering HOW HEFNERIAN, which would be mainly a whole show about dating woes and hi-larity, including the "I like your butthole" girl, my adventure meeting Emm Gryner, and my running theme of lesbians. But unless I come up with a bigger idea, just doing this as a one-man show would be... well, it'd just read as "more of the same." I have an idea of how this could work with an on-stage pianist singer to sort of be my chorus/Vonda Shepherd... but unless I can get that person, I'm not sure if this will work.
I'm closer leaning towards SON OF THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES, which would be the show about my family: my alcoholic father's life and death, my mother trying to turn me gay, my baseball legend grandfather, my obese grandmother, my feces-obsessed brother, his farting wife, and Gordon. It would be a rather different show in tone and style, letting me relax and just be a storyteller with humor rather than a showman.
Furthermore, it would allow me to open with something like, "Exactly one year ago, I premiered THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES right here at the DC Fringe Festival. Three weeks before that, my father died." I hesitated to write this show until enough time had passed from Dad's death, but they say it takes a full year to grieve, and that could be my way to achieve full circle in a meaningful way.
So I have two possible shows. But either way, I'd better get an idea settled up, so I can get some brand-new glamor shots from Roy Cox.
As for the original show, no way in hell am I going to slow down on that one.charisma18 told me the best thing I've heard all week, informing me that the long-running Renaissance Faire acts (Hack & Slash, etc) generally agree it takes about five years to perfect a show. That is exactly what I needed to hear at this point, when the show keeps getting better but not as good as it should be (in my perfectionist perspective).
chickenhat was right: you can't plan a Hefner Monologue. But I can write a new show, which I'll have to be doing as I have definitely made it into the 3rd Annual DC Capital Fringe Festival! Whee!
So the question is, what new show to write? I was considering HOW HEFNERIAN, which would be mainly a whole show about dating woes and hi-larity, including the "I like your butthole" girl, my adventure meeting Emm Gryner, and my running theme of lesbians. But unless I come up with a bigger idea, just doing this as a one-man show would be... well, it'd just read as "more of the same." I have an idea of how this could work with an on-stage pianist singer to sort of be my chorus/Vonda Shepherd... but unless I can get that person, I'm not sure if this will work.
I'm closer leaning towards SON OF THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES, which would be the show about my family: my alcoholic father's life and death, my mother trying to turn me gay, my baseball legend grandfather, my obese grandmother, my feces-obsessed brother, his farting wife, and Gordon. It would be a rather different show in tone and style, letting me relax and just be a storyteller with humor rather than a showman.
Furthermore, it would allow me to open with something like, "Exactly one year ago, I premiered THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES right here at the DC Fringe Festival. Three weeks before that, my father died." I hesitated to write this show until enough time had passed from Dad's death, but they say it takes a full year to grieve, and that could be my way to achieve full circle in a meaningful way.
So I have two possible shows. But either way, I'd better get an idea settled up, so I can get some brand-new glamor shots from Roy Cox.
As for the original show, no way in hell am I going to slow down on that one.
charisma18 told me the best thing I've heard all week, informing me that the long-running Renaissance Faire acts (Hack & Slash, etc) generally agree it takes about five years to perfect a show. That is exactly what I needed to hear at this point, when the show keeps getting better but not as good as it should be (in my perfectionist perspective).
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I'm so glad you're doing this. It's so damn exciting. Also, happy birthday!
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One way or another, I do want to continue the HEFNER MONOLOGUES brand name association. Maybe give it another title, ___________, and subtitle it, "A Hefner Monologue."
Thankya!