5:30pm ET: Pitching
You meet a producer at a party and have two minutes to interest them in your work. Do you have the skill to sell yourself? Here s a chance to practice your pitching with real producers who are open to and interested in meeting you. Okay, they probably won t option you on the spot, but they ll give you valuable feedback about your work and your ability to talk about it. And you ll have the opportunity to start developing a relationship. And that s what this business is all about. Relationships.
The Speed Date is the only event I know of that gives writers the chance to meet high level producers one-on-one in a room. To me, that s what makes the Speed Dates so valuable. And you do it with kindness, which I value in life. ~Vincent Amelio (How Alfo Learned to Love)
The musical “Tick, Tick… Boom!” finishes its run on Sunday at the Historic State Theatre in Eustis.
“Goodnight Gracie” by the Tavares Theater Company has added two final shows this weekend.
Exes and a wedding is the formula for laughs in the comedy “One Slight Hitch” by the IceHouse Players in Mount Dora.
Also, be sure to check out coming attractions for the rest of the month’s stage performances.
“Tick, Tick… Boom!”
The musical “Tick, Tick… Boom!” closes Sunday at the Historic State Theatre in Eustis.
Written by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning author of “Rent,” Jonathan Larson, it’s a semi-autobiographical story is based on an aspiring composer in New York City who is worried he made the wrong career choice.
Catch the last shows of “Goodnight Gracie” by the Tavares Theater Company this weekend.
And, don’t forget the musical, “Tick, Tick… Boom!” with the Bay Street Players at the Historic State Theatre in Eustis until Jan. 24.
Here’s the weekend roundup.
“One Slight Hitch”
The IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora kicks off the new year with the comedy “One Slight Hitch” opening Friday and playing until Feb. 7.
The story is set in the summer of 1981, at the suburban Cincinnati home of Doc and Delia Coleman. It s Courtney s wedding day, and her mother, Delia, is making sure that everything is perfect. The bride’s dress, the flowers, the décor, the food are all perfectly planned to come off without a hitch, that is until the doorbell rings and all heck breaks loose, with the unannounced arrival of Courtney’s ex.
Finally, some live theater to light up the stage this weekend with three shows on the playbill.
“Tick, Tick… Boom!” opens Friday at the State Theatre in Eustis as an aspiring composer/waiter ponders his life choices.
“Goodnight Gracie” by the Tavares Community Theatre Company opens Friday and offers a look back to the life, laughter and love of George Burns.
The Clermont Performing Arts Center is hosting an interactive murder/mystery for one show only on Friday.
Here’s the weekend roundup.
“Tick, Tick… Boom!”
The musical, “Tick, Tick… Boom!” opens Friday Historic State Theatre in Eustis and plays until Jan. 24.