Seattle Bound Blog: The Journey of a Play to Production
Step Eight: Into Production
On this first day of 2024 we are now officially in full production mode for the staging of Carried by the Current at the PUD theatre in downtown Everett in March. Which means we’re starting the New Year energized, excited and with long lists that we’re having to check twice to get everything done. But it’s happening!!!
Step Seven: Matching Funds.
Great news! Women’s Work Productions has been given a $10,000 matching funds donation by the Miller Group Charitable Trust for the production of “Carried by the Current.” We have to raise the first $10,000 to access the matching funds and, actually, we’re already a good chunk of the way there . . .
Step Six: On the Boards Again
At the end of March I received an email from Janna Gage, owner of Seaport Books in La Conner. This bookstore is located on the waterfront in La Conner, adjacent to Gilkey Square, and since Janna was keen to return to author events after a year-long hiatus, she wrote...
Step Five: Lockdown
Well there we were rolling along quite nicely, gathering momentum and then—well then you know the rest. The last preview we performed was at the lovely Camano Schoolhouse three days before the word came down from the governor’s office—no more group gatherings. I...
Step Four: Rewrites
We leapt into Women’s History Month this year not just because February gave us an extra day to boost us into March but because of the preview we performed February 27th at Edmonds Bookshop. It crackled with electricity. I had rewritten one of the scenes in the play...
Step Three: Creating a Wave
About a month ago, I found myself writing in a journal about the struggle of reaching out to businesses and individuals regarding our preview of Carried by the Current and not being sure if they’d reply. Or say yes if they did reply. And as I wrote, I thought again of...
Step Two: Behind the Scenes
The Journey of a Play to Production. Step Two: Behind The Scenes As you may have figured out from our last blog post, we’re all actors here at Women’s Work Productions, which means our favorite thing to do is be on stage communing with the audience. But sometimes in...
Step One: Letting Go
The Journey of a Play to Production. Step One: Letting Go It was Sarah that started the ball rolling. Sarah and Pilar. They got chatting in April 2018 and the conversation wound around to Sarah telling Pilar the premise of my play, Carried by the Current. It makes...