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About this project
"Melting in Madras" is a funny and reflective solo show about seeking, singing and sickness. In 1995, as a wide-eyed, just-out-of-college 23-year-old, I traveled to South India to explore yoga, meditation, and music for a year. But after three months, my quest for spiritual clarity took a detour when I became seriously ill. Drawing on character work, live music, and storytelling, "Melting in Madras" paints vivid portraits of the people I met and weaves the tale of my pilgrimage with all its confusion, pain, and beauty. The Hindu called my work “a moving and humorous account of an India less traveled.” BackStage called me “an engaging storyteller ... one honest, likable guy telling his story with unaffected simplicity.”
This summer, I'm performing "Melting in Madras" in Boston and New York, and then I'm bringing the show on tour to Minneapolis and to Madison, Wisconsin. My work as an ESL teacher pays the bills but doesn’t allow much extra for taking a show on the road, especially since I'm also trying to save money for tuition this fall when I’ll be starting my master’s in theater education.
So, this is why I'm here on Kickstarter, asking if you'd be willing to help fund my tour. I need to cover festival fees, bus fare, airfare, and publicity and design fees. Those bare-bones expenses add up to $1750. Would you be willing to chip in $17.50 and help me cover 1% of the expenses? I'd be very grateful. Please have a look at the premiums I'm offering as a way to say thank you for your generosity. And the first 15 people who donate $17.50 or more will also get an Overcoat Theater t-shirt!
Any money that I receive in excess of $1750 I will use to cover my lodging and living expenses while I’m on tour. And if you're in Boston, New York, Madison, or the Twin Cities, I hope you can come to the show and see what you're supporting! (Dates below) Please check out my websites for further information and updates.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
H.R. Britton
Overcoat Theater
www.OvercoatTheater.com
www.myspace.com/OvercoatTheater
www.massmouth.ning.com/profile/HRBritton
Facebook: H.R. Britton
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Performance dates:
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Four Tuesdays at 7pm
June 8th & 15th
July 13th & 20th
The Factory Theatre
791 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118
www.TheFactoryTheatre.org
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Thursday, July 22nd at 6pm
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street, NYC 10014
www.CorneliaStreetCafe.com
MADISON, WISCONSIN
(venue and time TBA)
most likely Friday July 30 and Saturday July 31
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Minnesota Fringe Festival
Thursday, Aug 5th at 5:30pm
Friday, Aug 6th at 8:30pm
Monday, Aug 9th at 7pm
Thursday, Aug 12th at 10pm
Sunday, Aug 15 at 4pm
Ritz Theater Studio
345 13th Ave NE Minneapolis
Tickets: $12 + $4 admission button
www.FringeFestival.org or
(866) 811-4111
Project location: Minneapolis, MN
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 22.Pledge $1 or more
A personal thank you note, and updates on the monologue and tour.
1 BACKER
Pledge $8 or more
($8.75 = .5% of my goal) The above, plus your name in the "Thanks to" section of the tour program, and a signed copy of the program.
4 BACKERs
Pledge $17 or more
($17.50 =1% of my goal) The above, plus an audio CD of "Melting in Madras." The first 15 people to fund at this level or higher will also get a limited edition Overcoat Theater t-shirt!
8 BACKERs
Pledge $30 or more
The above, plus your choice of an audio CD of one of these monologues that I have performed: "From Madison to Madurai" (previous monologue about India), "Jesus Rant" (religio-comic reflections of a former Christian), Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose," and a collection which includes "The Kafka Thesis" (the tragicomic tale of my final college paper) and "Pieces of Calico Pie" (a wistful Edward Lear-inspired story collage of a boyhood filled with animals).
7 BACKERs
Pledge $40 or more
The above, plus your choice of another audio CD of one of these monologues: "From Madison to Madurai," "Jesus Rant," Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose," and the collection "Pieces of Calico Pie" with "The Kafka Thesis."
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Pledge $50 or more
The above, plus your choice of another audio CD of one of these monologues: "From Madison to Madurai," "Jesus Rant," Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose," and the collection "Pieces of Calico Pie" with "The Kafka Thesis."
1 BACKER
Pledge $60 or more
The above, plus your choice of another audio CD of one of these monologues: "From Madison to Madurai," "Jesus Rant," Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose," and the collection "Pieces of Calico Pie" with "The Kafka Thesis."
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Pledge $100 or more
The above, plus a DVD of "Melting in Madras."
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Pledge $500 or more
The above, plus a special performance of "Melting in Madras" for you and your family and friends at the location of your choice, (which you provide). Good for the New England/New York/Philadelphia regions, as well as Madison, Wisconsin and the Twin Cities.
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Project By
H.R. Britton
New York, NY
Send MessageA storyteller for grownups, H.R.'s work draws on his personal experiences and his study of history, literature, and the Marx Brothers. Previous stories have dissected his evangelical Christian upbringing and his love of Nikolai Gogol. He has performed internationally. He also appears in the upcoming Max Weissberg film “Summertime.”
