Because when I return, I return with a vengance...
After a semester sadly bereft of stage management, I am now diving headfirst into, not one, but TWO new projects, and both are entirely different than anything I've done before. It's both exciting and terrifying, and will probably give me a lot of fodder with this dusty old thing.
The first project, which I've been aware of for a while but we've just started to really work on, is a piece called Jump: A Love Story, which will go up this coming October. It's actually the MA thesis project of one of SFSU students who wrote for the One-Act Fringe which I stage managed back in October of '10. It's not so much a play as what we're calling a "multimedia expressionist theatre investigation", incorporating movement, film, animation, theater, found and original text, and whatever else we decide to incorporate. The...well, maybe story isn't the proper word...the premise incorporates a young man who is preparing to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, and a chorus of seagulls associated to Shakespeare's Juliet, Ophelia, and Cleopatra. It's very difficult to describe, but it's going to be a unique and interesting experience. In addition to stage managing, I'm also semi-assisstant directing, and I'm quite looking forward to the very collaborative nature of the project.
The second project is much more short term: I'm stage-managing-behind-the-camera, or as we call it, "producing," a short film written and directed by one of my friends who goes to the Academy of Art. The filsm is called Amelioration and deals with the repercussions of child abuse and the hope that love can heal. It's a pretty deep subject, and to boot it's my first real foray into film (the true first doesn't count). Still, I'm thrilled to be a part of it, and my job is mostly emails and paperwork, so there's not much change from my stage work.
Both projects are all over Facebook and Twitter (go social networking!), so I'm going to do a link-dump here to get it out in the open now, and you can expect jucier updates to come soon!
Links for Jump: A Love Story:
Production Blog: http://jumplovestory.wordpress.com/about/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Jump-A-Love-Story/191452540890869
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jumpalovestory
Links for Amelioration:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Amelioration/209654252384320
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Amelioration11
