some advice for putting on a production
Fri, 10 Feb 2006, 04:02 pmBarris4 posts in thread
some advice for putting on a production
Fri, 10 Feb 2006, 04:02 pmOK people, let me pitch you an idea - you're 18 (nearly 19) years old. You've finished college, and starting CIT (like uniy, but eaiser to get into, and based in Canberra). You have just completed the best, greatest play script in the world (huh, i wish). You know actors you can go to. You know you can do most of the techie work by yourself. But now here's the pop quiz: how does this 18 (nearly 19) year old get published? Do they simply walk up to their local theatre and say, "I wunna put on a show" and take it from there? Or do they search the net and hunt down people in the industry and "gib" them into publishing it?
Yes, this is a question I'VE been buzzing to know about, so if anyone out their has any ideas for what this 18 (very soon to be 19) year old could do, that, would, be, sweet....
One more thing, my "greatest, best, script in the world" is nowhere finished, but it will be...in the next year or so...
Yes, this is a question I'VE been buzzing to know about, so if anyone out their has any ideas for what this 18 (very soon to be 19) year old could do, that, would, be, sweet....
One more thing, my "greatest, best, script in the world" is nowhere finished, but it will be...in the next year or so...
Re: some advice for putting on a production
Sat, 11 Feb 2006, 01:29 pmFirst of all you need to define 'publish'. Do you mean produce a performance, or publish the work in a script journal (such as at OzScript), or for other people to read and produce themselves. This will affect the ways you can do it.
I think the easiest (but the costliest) way is to produce it yourself. No one will read your script and produce it for you - you must push, push, push. Perhaps getting a bunch of your friends together and hiring out a venue, putting the show on yourself. If you do approach other people (ie. directors and producers), you mustn't expect much. Remember, these people probably get asked by heaps of other actors and playwrights to help them produce a show, and so they have limited time and money. They might be interested in your work, and if they are, great, but don't assume anything. It might all fall apart in the end.
That's why you must perservere no matter what happens.
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I think the easiest (but the costliest) way is to produce it yourself. No one will read your script and produce it for you - you must push, push, push. Perhaps getting a bunch of your friends together and hiring out a venue, putting the show on yourself. If you do approach other people (ie. directors and producers), you mustn't expect much. Remember, these people probably get asked by heaps of other actors and playwrights to help them produce a show, and so they have limited time and money. They might be interested in your work, and if they are, great, but don't assume anything. It might all fall apart in the end.
That's why you must perservere no matter what happens.
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