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A whole bunch of news for The Dreamer and the Devil!

For donors of $75 or more, your posters are on their way! They should be arriving within the next few days. If you don't receive yours, please let us know.

Designs for the cast album recording are currently underway and the cds will be sent soon to donors $25 and above.

We're also very happy to share that the May 21, 2012 recording of The Dreamer and the Devil has been accepted by the US Copyright Office. We're official! (You can even look us up on the Copyright Office's website!)

We continue to look forward to sending you updates as the project progresses and thank you, as always, for your generous support.

~ Jenny Seidelman, Jonathan Wagner and Richard Shavzin ~

We hope 2013 is off to a good start for you!

We're very happy to share that our earlier reported technical issues have been resolved. Our wonderful illustrator Ivan Lee is putting finishing touches on the design for the poster (which goes to donors $75 and up) and is beginning to lay out the design for the c.d. So, the album will be out to donors $25+ and to potential producers very soon!

In other news, we're thrilled to tell you that the U.S. Copyright office has approved our application to copyright the script, sheet music and lyrics for the show. We expect to receive approval on the May 21, 2012 recording of the reading shortly.

As 2013 continues, we look forward to sharing more exciting news about The Dreamer and the Devil.

Many thanks again for your support.

~ Jenny Seidelman, Jonathan Wagner and Richard Shavzin ~

Dear Kickstarter supporters,

Happy holidays to you and a happy (early) New Year!

We wanted to let you know that there's been a slight delay in creating the cast albums from our May 2012 reading. The wonderful Ivan Lee, who is providing our pro-bono c.d. and poster designs, is having some fairly serious computer problems. (Don't worry, the recording itself is very safe and we have multiple copies). He is confident that the problems can be cleared up in the next two weeks, and then he'll be able to finish the design work.

We apologize for this delay and thank you so much for your patience and, again, your support!

In the mean time, we're happy to report that we are currently working with the Copyright office to obtain official copyright for the show and the recording. And we're hoping, in the new year, to share some exciting news regarding the next steps for the show.

Best wishes and thanks again.

~ Jenny Seidelman, Jonathan Wagner and Richard Shavzin ~

I wanted to let you all know - I just heard a nearly-finished edit of The Dreamer and the Devil cast recording of the May 21st reading and it sounds terrific! Jon and Richard have been working with our audio engineer these last few months on editing and refining. Just a few more tweaks and we'll have the final version, which we'll then put on c.d. and send out into the world.

Having this cast recording is a huge deal. It gives us the opportunity to really sell the show to potential investors and producers. Your support has made this important tool possible. Thank you!

And as for those potential investors and producers? We've definitely garnered some interest from the May 21st reading. More exciting (and concrete) news is hopefully on the horizon. We'll continue to be in touch as we move the show towards a life on the stage.

Many thanks, once again, for your support!

~ Jenny Seidelman ~

Just a quick update - Today we had our first meeting to review the feedback we received from the May 20th reading, and to collectively listen to the sound recording that was made. We're very excited about taking the next steps towards both revising the show and putting together a c.d. for producers/investors/artistic directors (and Kickstarter donors of $25+!)

We'll continue to keep you updated as major events related to The Dreamer and the Devil occur. (Please do be patient with us, though. The t.v. show Smash makes it look deceptively easy to create and mount a full-scale musical - in the real world, it's a little more time-intensive!)

Thanks again for your wonderful support.

~ Jenny Seidelman, Jonathan Wagner and Richard Shavzin ~