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More information at: www.LotusTheatreCollective.com

Ever Wanted To Own A Piece Of History?

Well, now you can.

I have a friend who was being enticed to the dark side by a man.  This friend accepted the trinket but not the "dark gift" as Anne Rice calls it.

The gift?  Three signed Anne Rice books.  Interview With a Vampire, The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of The Damned.

And, they're for sale.  Cheap.  See for yourself here!

My Agent

Check out my agent.

www.WSimmonsandAccociates.com

Auditions and Plays

The auditions are over.  I had my cast before callbacks ended.  Then I called, e-mailed and changed the cast until it is what it is now.  Do you want to know?

OK.  I'm directing Fine Can Be Fine by Lizzie Silverman.

Shelly, a single, working woman is Calandra Crane
John, husband of Rose is Orrick Smith
Rose, wide of John is Allison MacDonald

See them at the New Perspective Festival Sunday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, June 26 at 8:00 p.m.  Here's the website: www.perspectivefest.com

Theatre:
Saw a lot of it last week and, let me tell you, I'm trying REALLY HARD not to fee jealous or resentful.  My playwriting co-op not only doesn't exist but it had performances in an empty art gallery.  San Diego Playwrights Collective has a lot of energy and got to perform at the North Coast Rep.  At UCSD, you get great sets, lights, costumes and talented actors in a nice little black box theatre -- no matter what your play is about.  Naomi Izuka shepherds them and Shirley Fishman (La Jolla Playhouse Literary Manager) watches them. 

At several theatres this season, I saw great actors working on fabulous sets, while weraing fabulous costumes and under expert lighting -- working on third rate material.  I also recently saw an American classic at a name brand theatre and it was just so so.  And ticket prices are through the roof!  There needs to be a revolution and I want to be involved.

No more paying for great performances of not-so-great work, San Diego!
No more paying for so-so performances of great work, San Diego!
Support the creation of good work no matter how much was spent on the ancilaries, San Diego!

Give theatre management a $50 piece of your mind if you're not entertained.  Write letters, blog (but don't mention names if you ever waht to be a produced playwright like me!), quit paying for crap!  Wait for the reviews.  Talk to friends.  Only pay for the good stuff and let the expensive pieces of questionable work become a thing of the past.  Pay for quality productions of good work only, San Diego and that's what you'll get.

Quality

Learning a lot about theatre this week and of course I thought I knew everything (haha). 
Saw a lot of theatre and sat in on four hours of auditions.

Here's what I learned about auditions:

• Making a comment about your name ("Six, like the number") really helps you stand out
• So does your performance
• As a director, I put people on lists, one for each part in the play
• As more people audition, people better suited for the parts take the place of the previous ones
• I had no idea how much it was about types.  No matter how well you read, if you're not a black man, you're not getting that role
• I know three actors who could do that part
• Oddly, casting the man is easier, there are three who could do both of the male roles I'm casting
• I see more people today

I'll keep you posted on that and on the theatre I saw this week...

Another (three) Website(s) to Love

Those Kevin Six fans who love to see Kevin's name in print have a new place to look.  The Resilience of the Spirit Festival for which I am directing one of the plays.  Check it out here:  Resilience of the Spirit Festival 09

I directed a play in the festival two years ago.  The play was The Collection by Frank Higgins.  Frank sent me a copy of his new play two weeks before Paola Hornbuckle e-mailed to tell me she was the Resilience artistic director for 09 and did I know of any plays that fit the theme.  That's how it turns out that I'll be directing Frank Higgins' Blondes on the festival.

I'm also directing Fine Can Be Fine by Lizzie Silverman in the New Perspective Festival.  Here's that website.  New Perspective Festival

I've also got three (count them, three!) plays on that festival.

And.  As if that weren't enough, I'm also acting in this summer's blockbuster hit,
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).  Click the link and read all about it.

If you want to see me at all this summer, you'll have to be cast in or come see one of these six plays I'm involved with!

Kisses!

Audition Notice: New Perspective Festival

The New Perspective Festival presents work by San Diego Playwrights directed by San Diego actors and featuring, you guessed it, San Diego Actors.  I will have three plays in the festival and am directing a fourth.  And that means it's the Kevin Show!  Actually the festival needs great actors. 

Here's the info.
April 18 and 19 (Saturday and Sunday) 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (first come, first seen)
Sweedenborg Hall 1531 Tyler Avenue
Website: www.perspectivefest.com

I hope to see all of my actor friends there!

What I Haven't Been Up To

Yeah, so, I got a job.  A part-timer and it's seriously crimping my style!  I haven't done a lot since and here's why:

I have to wake up early and, being an artist, I stay up late.  So I'm tired a lot.  Here's what I haven't been up to since I started working:

Surfing
Actually, I've been surfing on weekends.  Who are all those people and why doesn't the cold water keep them away?  It's actually dangerous out there on weekends.  I much prefer Tuesday and Wednesday at about 9:15 a.m.

Farting around online
I think this is OK.

Submitting
Plays to the various festivals and theatres I find on my online playwright's listserve.  Also not submitting myself on the various acting lists I PAY FOR!  Now I don't have the time to audition.  The trade off is that I can pay the mortgage...

Loving
Having to make appointments is...  Well it's great actually.  Forget that one...

Blogging
Or haven't you noticed?

Writing
Probably the worst of it is that my output in the terms of letters, words, paragraphs, chapters and scenes is woefully down.  the upshot is that my job is easy and I have been doing a lot of dreaming the parts.  I'm supposed to finish a book (50 pages give or take to to) and write a play.  They're both banging around in my head and I don't yet think it's time to get them out.

Staying up late
But, when it's time, I'll be up late writing.  Exciting in the extreme, except for when I have to wake up for work before dark, before the cats demand their food, even.