There's a lot going on this month. We're doing a one-night-only revival of Time's Arrow, and a brand new improv show called Yes And Dystopia (see the Calendar for more). That's two narrative improv shows in one day, and if you know how much I love narrative improv, and how long it's been, then you know what a big deal that is for me.
But as much as I love them both, it's a scripted show that's taking up most of my brain space right now.
Within A Show is a full-length play (my first), and a 20-minute preview of it is in the running for Battle of the Bards an annual competition/fundraiser for Ghostlight Theatricals at the Ballard Underground, February 17-18, where the winner gets produced as part of Ghostlight's next season.
But as much as I love them both, it's a scripted show that's taking up most of my brain space right now.
Within A Show is a full-length play (my first), and a 20-minute preview of it is in the running for Battle of the Bards an annual competition/fundraiser for Ghostlight Theatricals at the Ballard Underground, February 17-18, where the winner gets produced as part of Ghostlight's next season.
What Is "WiTHIN A SHOW"?
Within A Show is a show about shows within shows within shows. It aims to answer the question "how many shows within a show can one show have?" The answer, as it turns out, is "quite a lot".
The show draws on centuries of inspiration, from Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (the first recorded play within a play) to Christopher Nolan's Inception, tipping its hat along the way to Hamlet, Noises Off, [title of show], and everything in between.
As you can imagine, it's very hard to summarize. It's hard enough to follow what's happening, even for me, and I wrote the thing. So when Ghostlight asked me for a short summary, I wrote them a poem instead:
The show draws on centuries of inspiration, from Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (the first recorded play within a play) to Christopher Nolan's Inception, tipping its hat along the way to Hamlet, Noises Off, [title of show], and everything in between.
As you can imagine, it's very hard to summarize. It's hard enough to follow what's happening, even for me, and I wrote the thing. So when Ghostlight asked me for a short summary, I wrote them a poem instead:
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