Tuesday, June 12, 2018

The View From Here #174: "Man Cave;" The Fundraiser


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Hello, Friends,

This may be the most challenging part of what I do.

And, from the looks of it, I do a bunch of challenging things.

I’m used to selling tickets, and selling bookings. I’m not as good at it as I would like to be, but that’s kind of the territory of my “job,” and I do need to eat.

As someone who makes a living as a one-man show, there’s probably/certainly something in my psyche that avoids “dependency.”

Yet, much as I might try, there’s no escaping dependency: I depend on a board of directors, a manager, a venue, a school, a technician, an audience, and the willing suspension of disbelief.

Every time I launch a new show, I depend on the words, the story, the message to carry me through, to make a statement and for that statement to be both meaningful and important. And that audience, those reviewers, those hosts and these ticket-buyers... mostly back me up in the bargain.

But there’s that gap: that period between thinking up the new show, and fully producing the new show (writing, memorizing, costuming, propping, photographing, video-ing, graphic-ing, press-releasing, promoting…) in which the work is all happening, and the money has not yet begun to pay the bills for all of those “-ings”.

Broadway producers know how this works, and raise millions upon millions in a scheme which will theoretically be of profit to their backers.

As a not-for-profit organization, I don’t have Backers.

I have Angels.

There are people out there who take the leap of faith alongside me, that believe what comes out on the other side will repay the common good of this viewer, that audience, this classroom, that school, this community, that…? They believe in our mission: "to inspire, inform, enlighten, educate and entertain..."

And they invest in that vision: that THIS understanding of THIS writer or THAT thing will make THAT community more sensitive, intelligent, conscious, aware, capable… Sometimes, sight unseen, they invest in what they believe might be returned to the community, a possibility waiting at the other end.

And I struggle with seeking that support. Because, I haven’t provided the payoff quite yet, it’s only barely begun to appear in front of people, and the reviews have only begun to trickle in. And it’s much easier for me to laugh along with the cynicism, than to be so unfashionable as to bang the drum for a “cause.”

Or, maybe it's because I'm so completely connected to "the thing" that I put my own self-worth at stake every time I suggest that you might want to support "it."

So, my resistance and procrastination kick in, and I spend a long week, composing and justifying a fundraiser that makes the case for the value of “this thing,” before approaching you with the important question.

Which is this:

There’s this thing I created.

It’s called “Man Cave, a One-man Sci-fi Climate Change Tragicomedy.”

I think it’s important. 

It came out really good... better than I expected.

I think it can make a difference for people.

I pretend that I’m joking when I say, half-sincerely, that it might make a difference for the planet. ("Saving the planet through acts of theatre since 2002.")

I’m embarking on a long trip and a large campaign to get it in front of bunches of people.

I’m trying to raise some of the money up front, so that campaign can make a big splash early, and send the ripples from that splash out as far and wide as they might.

I’d love to have your support, and to have you along for the ride.

Would you check out the project, and send a little something our way?

And, maybe, share it with your friends?



Thanks for helping me make a difference.

Tim


Timothy Mooney Repertory Theatre Tour Schedule


(Already-booked dates in GREEN; Tentative bookings in RED)
MTT = “Moliere than Thou”; LoS = “Lot o’ Shakespeare;” GSAT = “Greatest Speech of All Time;” SH – “Shakespeare’s Histories” BH – “Breakneck Hamlet;” BJC – “Breakneck Julius Caesar”  MC – “Man Cave”
           
SUMMER, 2018

Jun 16-23     Port Fringe (BJC)
July 9-15       Son of Semele Solo Creation Festival  (MC)
July 27           The Moorings, Arlington Heights (GSAT)
Aug 2-5:        AATE MINNEAPOLIS
Aug 2-12       Minnesota Fringe Festival (waiting list)
Aug 16-26    Indy Fringe Festival (BJC)
Aug 30-Sep 3  Chicago Fringe Festival (waiting list)

FALL, 2018

Aug 29-31     Gulfport High School, Gulfport, MS (LoS)
Sep 4-7          ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA
Sep 5-8          Arts Midwest Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Sep 10-11     Dakota Prairie Regional Center for the Arts
Sep 12            NEBRASKA
Sep 13-15     EdTA National Conference, Denver, CO (Booth, Workshop)
Sep 16           Dangerous Theatre (Man Cave)
Sep 17            NEBRASKA, SOUTH/NORTH DAKOTA, WYOMING
Sep 18            MONTANA, IDAHO           ,           
Sep 19-20      IDAHO, UTAH, COLORADO
Sep 21           Broomfield Auditorium, Denver, CO
Sep 22-23      COLORADO
Sep 24-25      COLORADO, UTAH, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON
Sep 25            CALIFORNIA
Sep 26            ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO
Sep 26-29     TETA THEATREFEST Dallas, TX                                                  
Sep 27-28      TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS
Sep 29-30      KANSAS, NEBRASKA MISSOURI
Oct 1              MISSOURI, IOWA
Oct 2              IOWA, ILLINOIS
Oct 3              ILLINOIS, INDIANA
Oct 4              INDIANA, MICHIGAN
Oct 5-7          ILLINOIS, INDIANA
Oct 8              INDIANA, MICHIGAN, OHIO      
Oct 9              OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA
Oct 10            PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK
Oct 11            NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND
Oct 12-14      NEW ENGLAND
Oct 15            NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Oct 16            NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY
Oct 17            NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, D.C.
Oct 17-18      U-Delaware, Newark, DE
Oct 18            DELAWARE, MARYLAND, D.C., VIRGINIA
Oct 19            D.C., VIRGINIA, MARYLAND
Oct 20-21      MARYLAND
Oct 22            VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA
Oct 23            NORTH/SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct 24-28      Virginia Theatre Association, Norfolk, VA?
Oct 24            SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA
Oct 25            GEORGIA, FLORIDA
Oct 26-28      FLORIDA
Oct 29            FLORIDA, GEORGIA
Oct 30            GEORGIA, TENNESSEE
Oct 31            TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY
Nov 1             KENTUCKY, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
Nov 2             Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY (GSAT)
Nov 2             VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
Nov 3-4          WEST VIRGINIA
Nov 5             OHIO, KENTUCKY
Nov 6             OHIO, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE
Nov 7             TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, ALABAMA
Nov 8             ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS
Nov 9             MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS
Nov 7-11       InFringe Festival
Nov 10-11     LOUISIANA
Nov 12           LOUISIANA, TEXAS
Nov 13           TEXAS, OKLAHOMA
Nov 14-15     TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS
Nov 15-18    Texas Thespians, Gaylord, Texas
Nov 16           TEXAS, NEW MEXICO
Nov 17           NEW MEXICO
Nov 18           NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA
Nov 19           ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA
Nov 20           CALIFORNIA                         
Nov 21-27     CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, OREGON, WASHINGTON, NEVADA
Nov 27          Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, WA
Nov 27          Troutdale, OR/Vancouver, WA (MTT)
Nov 28           NEVADA, UTAH
Nov 29           UTAH, COLORADO
Nov 30           COLORADO, NEBRASKA
Dec 1             NEBRASKA, IOWA
Dec 2-4          IOWA, ILLINOIS

WINTER/SPRING, 2019

Jan 3-6           MLA Chicago
Jan 7-18        Illinois Events
Jan 10-12      Illinois High School Theatre Festival
Jan 13-Feb 16  Available for Residency
Feb 17-18      ILLINOIS
Feb 19            MICHIGAN
Feb 20           North Park College, Naperville, IL (MTT) 
Feb 21            INDIANA, OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA
Feb 22            WEST VIRGINIA, OHIO, KENTUCKY
Feb 23-24      KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI
Feb 25            MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA
Feb 26            ALABAMA, GEORGIA
Feb 27-Mar 2 SETC Conference, Knoxville, TN
Mar 3-4         GEORGIA, FLORIDA
Mar 5-6         FLORIDA
Mar 7             GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Mar 8             SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 9             NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA
Mar 10          VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, MARYLAND
Mar 11          VIRGINIA, DC, MARYLAND
Mar 12          D.C., MARYLAND, DELAWARE
Mar 13          DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA
Mar 14          PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, NEW ENGLAND
Mar 15-16    Boston, MA (BJC)
Mar 15          NEW ENGLAND
Mar 16-18    NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND
Mar 19          NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Mar 20          PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO
Mar 21          OHIO, MICHIGAN, INDIANA
Mar 22-25    Three Brothers Theatre, Waukegan, IL
Mar 25          ILLINOIS, IOWA
Mar 26          IOWA, MISSOURI
Mar 27          MISSOURI, KANSAS, ARKANSAS
Mar 28          KANSAS, ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA
Mar 29          LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS
Mar 30-Apr 1 TEXAS
Apr 2              TEXAS, NEW MEXICO
Apr 3              NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA
Apr 4-5          CALIFORNIA, NEVADA
Apr 6-8          CALIFORNIA, NEVADA
Apr 9-10        UTAH, COLORADO
Apr 11            COLORADO, NEBRASKA
Apr 12            NEBRASKA, MISSOURI, IOWA
Apr 13-19      ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, INDIANA, MINNESOTA
Apr 22-23      WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA
Apr 24            NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA
April 25-28    Oregon Fringe Festival (estimated dates)
Apr 25            NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, MONTANA
Apr 26            WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO
Apr 27-29      IDAHO, WASHINGTON, OREGON
Apr 30            WASHINGTON, OREGON
May 1            OREGON
May 6            OREGON, CALIFORNIA
May 7            CALIFORNIA
May 8            CALIFORNIA, NEVADA
May 9            UTAH, COLORADO
May 10          COLORADO
May 11          KANSAS
May 12          MISSOURI
May 13          TENNESSEE
May 14          GEORGIA, FLORIDA

SUMMER, 2019

April 25-28   Oregon Fringe Festival (estimated dates)
May 15-26    Orlando Fringe Festival, Orlando, FL
May 29-Jun 9London Fringe (est. dates)
Jun 6-10        Dallas Solo Fest (2018 dates)
Jul 11-15:      Regina Fringe
Jul 24-29 (2017): Providence Fringe Festival

FALL, 2019

Sep 11-14      Educational Theatre Association Conference
Sep 16            ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN
Sep 17            INDIANA, MICHIGAN, OHIO
Sep 18            OHIO, KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA
Sep 19            PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK
Sep 20            PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND
Sep 21-23      NEW ENGLAND
Sep 24            NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK
Sep 25            NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY
Sep 26            PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, D.C., MARYLAND, DELAWARE
Sep 27            D.C. MARYLAND, DELAWARE
Sep 28-29      MARYLAND
Sep 30            MARYLAND, D.C., VIRGINIA
Oct 1              VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA
Oct 2              NORTH/SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct 3              SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA
Oct 4              GEORGIA, FLORIDA
Oct 5-6          FLORIDA
Oct 7              FLORIDA, GEORGIA
Oct 8              GEORGIA, TENNESSEE
Oct 9              TENNESSEE, ALABAMA
Oct 10            ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI
Oct 11            MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA
Oct 12-13      LOUISIANA, TEXAS
Oct 14            OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, TEXAS
Oct 15            TEXAS, OKLAHOMA
Oct 16            TEXAS, NEW MEXICO
Oct 17            NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA
Oct 18            ARIZONA, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
Oct 19-21      CALIFORNIA
Oct 22            CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, OREGON
Oct 23            OREGON, WASHINGTON, UTAH
Oct 24            OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO, UTAH
Oct 25            IDAHO, MONTANA, WYOMING, COLORADO
Oct 26-27      MONTANA, COLORADO
Oct 28            SOUTH/NORTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, COLORADO
Oct 29            NEBRASKA, KANSAS
Oct 30            NEBRASKA, KANSAS, MISSOURI
Oct 31            MISSOURI, IOWA
Nov 1             IOWA, MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN
Nov 2-3          MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN
Nov 4-5          WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS
Nov 6             ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOURI
Nov 7             MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA
Nov 8             OKLAHOMA, TEXAS
Nov 9             TEXAS, LOUISIANA
Nov 10           LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI
Nov 11           MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE
Nov 12           TENNESSEE, GEORGIA
Nov 13           GEORGIA, FLORIDA
Nov 14           FLORIDA
Nov 15-17     FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Nov 18           SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA
Nov 19           NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA
Nov 20           VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, D.C.
Nov 21           DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY
Nov 22           NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND
Nov 23-24     NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 25           PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO, KENTUCKY
Nov 26           OHIO, MICHIGAN, INDIANA

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