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Update #6: WE DID IT!!!
Hello friends!
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre produced our first show, a workshop production of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo," a new play by Merri Biechler. We are so proud of our work and so grateful for your support. Without your help, we couldn't have done so well.
In the next couple of weeks, we will be sending out the rewards. For those of you that opted for a gift, please make sure we have your updated address! Those rewards vary from programs and posters to an original video. For those of you who opted OUT, we know who you are and we thank you. Thank you thank you thank you thank you.
Please follow our current work, future projects and big ideas at www.artlabtheatre.com and on our blog- http://theartistslaboratorytheatre.blogspot.com/
Love,
Erika Wilhite
Co-Artistic Director
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre
PS
And here are some shots from our dress rehearsal!
Update #5: Bombs, Babes and Bingo!!!!
The lab is over, and we are well into rehearsals for Bombs! After labbing for a month and a half, rehearsing the play for two weeks, we will open the show August 5th and run thru the 8th. Some of you have opted out of your tickets as a reward for contribution, but for those of you that are coming to see the show, I recommend you make that reservation in advance. We are general seating, but we want to make sure you get the best seats! Please email me at erika@artlabtheatre.com for reservations.
Also please check out our website. Pretty soon a ticketing system will be set up on the site (for those of your purchasing tickets.)
Also, if you'd like to check out the lab process, we have a blog at http://theartistslaboratorytheatre.blogspot.com/
And find us on Facebook for more updates!
The lab is an important component of The Artist's Laboratory Theatre, and we feel the very first lab was a great success! Please peruse our blog entries from the me, the designers and lab artists.
Much love,
Erika Wilhite
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre
Artistic Director
Update #4: Our Process, Our Progress
Hello friends!
We wanted you to know that we are making great strides in the lab. Our next artist, co-founder and scenic designer, Alan Schwanke arrives next Monday and we are so excited to have him!
We want to share our process with you, so we are keeping a blog. Please follow us at http://theartistslaboratorytheatre.blogspot.com/ We update regularly. And feel free to comment and question. We WANT to have a dialogue with you.
Ordered the Postcards today for Bombs! Our good friend, Claudia Noble, designed it and we are so pleased! Another good friend, Richard Kingston, is designing our website. Check us out at www.artlabtheatre.com. It is under construction, but he is building quite the beauty of a site! Both friends donated their time and talent for the projects. We are so grateful. We couldn't do it without the love and support!
I mentioned in my last update, rewards will go out according to the stages of the show. If you are receiving tickets for Bombs, I will contact you directly to set up a reservation.
Please keep in touch.
In love and art,
Erika
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre
Update #3: Thank you for your Pledges!
Hello friends!
We have successfully been funded! Thanks to your pledges, we are moving forward with The Lab. Our first artist arrives tonight, we move into a space this week, and then it is "Game On!" Joseph Fletcher is flying in from New York and acting as Lead Lab Facilitator. He is the director of the weekly experimental lab work. Shortly after that, co-founder and associate artist, Alan Edward Schwanke, arrives. Aradhana Tiwari, director of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo" follows him. Playwright Merri Biechler will be the last arrive for the last week of rehearsal and then we open "BBB" August 5th!
We will continue to update you on our progress! Our website is almost ready and we plan on posting our creative updates there. Depending on the type of reward you are due, you may receive it during or after the show development. If you are due tickets for a performance of BBB, we will contact you directly to set up a reservation.
Thanks so much for believing in us. Thank you for helping us chase this dream.
love,
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre
Update #2: Tick Tock!
3 hours left!!!!! If you wanted to increase your pledge or pass the hat to anyone else, now is the time! Oh the thrill of a time constraint!!!
Thanks for the support. I can't wait to share this project with you.
Love,
Erika
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 11, 2010.
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ALT will send you a signed program or poster of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo."
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To express our gratitude, ALT will make you a very special Thank You Very Much video. Just tell us if you'd like it posted on Facebook!
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2 tickets to see "Bombs, Babes and Bingo" and a Thank You Very Much Video.
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All of the above, plus an invitation to a rehearsal of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo." If you are far away, we will send you footage in your video!
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All of the above, plus we will send you the amazing sketches and renderings of the designs of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo," by designer and ALT founder, Alan Edward Schwanke.
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All of the above, plus you get to help us create our next show! ALT loves formulas, and we will ask you to create a formula, theme, or question for our next piece. AND we will perform it for you and your friends. If you are far away, we will make you a video of the piece!
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Erika Wilhite, Co-Artistic Director of ALT:
Erika is an actor and producer. She produced and performed in the one-woman show "X: The Rise and Fall of an Asylum Star," by Jill Dowse, with which she won the Newbie Award at the Orlando International Theatre Fringe Festival. She produced and developed "Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds," an exploration of media- induced fear through the perspective of the Public. Check out her work at www.erikawilhite.com.
Alan Edward Schwanke, Co-Artistic Director of ALT:
Alan received his MFA in Scenic Design from Northwestern University in Chicago and his BFA in Theatre Technology and Design from the University of Central Oklahoma. In the Spring of 2008, Alan was chosen to display his work at the USITT Young Designer’s Forum in Houston and Ming Cho Lee’s “Clambake,” a juried portfolio review, in New York City. Some of Alan’s favorite designs have included Knute Rockne: All American and Footloose (Theatre at the Center in Chicago), The Chicago Sound Connection (B&B Promotions), Willy Wonka: The Musical (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Glengarry Glen Ross (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre) and Pippin (Northwestern University). Alan’s latest work has included To Kill A Mockingbird and Mauritius (Salem Repertory Theatre), Oliver! (Lakewood Theatre) Getting To Know You (Broadway Rose Theatre) and A Christmas Carol (Bag&Baggage Productions). Currently, Alan is the resident scenic designer for Bag&Baggage Productions in Hillsboro, Oregon and an Adjunct Professor of Theatre at Linfield College. Visit www.alanedwardschwankedesign.com to learn more about Alan and his design work.
Merri Biechler’s, visiting artist/playwright:
Merri’s plays have been read, workshopped, and produced around the country including New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Plays include Bombs, Babes and Bingo (Semi-finalist, P73 Playwriting Fellowship; Finalist, Clubbed Thumb Theater Biennial commission); Occupation (Finalist, Perishable Theatre’s International Women’s Playwriting Festival); Real Girls Can't Win! (Nominee, Stavis Playwriting Award); Dolley Madison and the Secret History Club (Kennedy Center/White House Historical Association commission); and The Bathtub Play (Winner, Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award). She worked at ABC Television for three years writing scripts and treatments for their Movie-of-the-Week division.
