Sunday, September 13, 2009

So, not so much a drive in...

Yup, the rain got us again. In fact, it rained all day on Friday, (and most of the night) so about 11am we decided to change the outdoor "drive-in" to an indoor "Tahiti Cinemas" night. We transformed the apartment into a little movie theater (15 seats to be exact - 6 on comfy couches). We hung up a screen (actually an old white sheet from my massage school days) and set up the back bedroom of our apartment as a concession stand. We ran Christmas lights along the "aisle" to the bathroom. And, just for the fun of it, I dressed in a whole 50's style to celebrate the heyday of the drive-in.

Unfortunately the rain and people's jobs kept the crowd small, but what the group lacked in size, they more than made up for in enthusiasm. It was great fun and definitely something we'll do again. It's nice to know that we can do it rain or shine. I think we're going to add the Movie night - whether outside or in - to our roster of Living Room Series Fundraisers. I do think that in the future we definitely need to find a way to insure that we get as close to the max number of people we can fit at these things as possible and that is something I'm still figuring out. But, I think the most important thing for us is to keep plugging away, not get discouraged and persevere. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was any theater company...

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Drive In Fundraiser Countdown...

So, we're now within a week of the fundraiser and it's close enough to the date to check the 10 day report on weather.com. Right now it looks like we have clear skies until Friday, the day of the fundraiser, and then they're predicting a 30% chance of precipitation...It could be worse, and it's still early but if anyone out there has a special relationship with the weather gods, I'd appreciate you putting in a good word for GTTP and our attempts to bring in some funds for our next production.

Also, Steph and I had a meeting with this wonderful little restaurant/wine shop in the East Village and we're about 75% sure we're going to do our winetasting fundraiser on October 10th. If it works the way we're planning, it'll be a great afternoon. It will start around 2pm and there will be 8 or 9 wines to try, all with a selection of bread, cheese, meats and bruschetta/salads. John and I went to a winetasting fundraiser at this same place a year and a half ago and it was a great day all around. Hopefully the GTTP winetasting will be similarly great. As soon as the papers are signed and we're definitely a go, I'll send out emails/invitations/facebook posts...but in the meantime, keep October 10th free.

To Recap:

If the Drive-In goes well and the winetasting happens, we'll have about 20% of our next show's budget in the bank and we'll be heading in to the fall/winter in really good shape.