A very good place to start.......

Okay, Okay. So I didn’t really follow through with the whole one entry a week plan, despite my well-intentioned promise. So sue me. I’m a full time college student with a full time job(ish internship thing) and friends and a boyfriend and a family , several TV shows I watch religiously (WTF is going on with Mad Men?!), and lots of access to free theater tickets.

What with one thing and another, the weeks have flown by blogless. I did try though, writing and rewriting entries even more banal and clichéd than this one will most likely be. Here’s a highlight: in one gem of a potential post, I compared myself and my frustration with the project to the struggles of the immortal and tuberculosis-ridden poet John Keats.

Needless to say, you’re lucky I didn’t keep my promise.

But I’m back, and despite the fact that I abandoned writing for a while, I did not abandon the project. Progress was slow going until about two weeks ago. It seemed that I couldn’t do anything, look into rights, begin hitting up rich people for money, look for a creative staff, until I had established some sort of organization to produce this thing with. My choices seemed to be starting up an LLC, or limited liability company, under which I could raise money without worrying that if I screwed up my bookkeeping “the man” would come after my parent’s house, or creating a 501(c)3 nonprofit company, which is even more expensive, time consuming and difficult to do. I don’t have money to hire a lawyer or pay the various government fees required to create either one of these companies, and frankly, that would be a far more ambitious task than I’m ready to take on.


I was at a complete standstill. I thought for sure I would have to either abandon the project or latch on to a student or other theatre group willing to let a completely inexperienced producer to helm their production of Night, Mother, done naked and set on the moon.


But before I explored these unappetizing options, I got a hold of a friend of mine who has produced a show at NYMF, among other things. We began chatting about my venture and she introduced me to a group called “Fractured Atlas.” Fractured Atlas is a non-profit organization which, in their words, “[helps] artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses by providing access to funding, healthcare, education, and more, all in a context that honors their individuality and independent spirit. “

From what my friend told me, one of the many ways that Fractured Atlas helps artists is by acting as a not-for-profit umbrella through which they can create producing groups and allow donations to their productions to be tax-deductable. I signed up with Fractured Atlas the next day under Showing Up Productions, and for the last few weeks I’ve been acquainting myself with their website and the incredible work they do, both for groups and individual artists.

I’m truly indebted to my friend for her pushing me in the right direction. In addition to treating her to brunch to repay her (and continue plying her for advice), I’ll spend the next few weeks getting an idea on how much producing Almost, Maine would cost and applying for the rights. Then its time to start raising money!


Also, I’m thinking about working on some posts about culture stuff outside the project if the mood strikes me. But, though he’s one of my obsessions I will not be writing about Woody Allen, as my lovely boyfriend already has a witty and imaginative blog on the subject, Play It Again, Woody, which you should all read.


I suggest you all follow Play It Again, Woody, until I post again.  This could be tomorrow or next month. I no longer make any promises!