Hey Everyone! It’s Your Friend Courtney
⊆ July 19th, 2006 by courtney | ˜As you may or may not know, I’m coming in to DC from good ole NYC.
Tomorrow. I come in tomorrow. How’s that been, Court? Well, not as
eventful as I would have thought. In part because I want it that way.
I have spent the last 7 or 8 months of my life applying for Fringe,
preparing for Fringe (and doing some other stuff), and now that I just
had my “Fringe kick-off” performance here on Friday and it went
SMASHINGLY (I don’t lie people - I’m the queen of self-deprication - if
I’m calling something I created Smashing or awesome or freakin’
incredible, like my show on Friday, you better believe it was all that
and more. Doncha wanna see it now?). So I took the past weekend and
the first half of this week to calmly collect my things and prepare for
the road trip down with my director and the stage manager I’ve never met
(but talked to via phone and email and she is RAD).
My show, “Normal-C,” is a one-woman show - you’ll learn all this if you
just click on the link, so I won’t bore you with the deets - and it’s
been truly almost completely one woman - ME. I have done the designing
(programs, postcards, logo, web, set, costume, sound, t-shirts, other
Fringers’ ads in the solo show program collective), the recruiting
(thank you, craigslist), the publicity (I know! WHAT publicity? This
is it, folks. I’m just hoping the residents of DC find me irresistable
on foot around town), and the painful process of memorizing and bringing
to life This Old Show that’s been around since 2002. Don’t get me
wrong, my wonderful director, Jenny, has helped me a great deal (not
only directing but taking precious time to label postcards), but I envy
her position in the process.
Regardless, it’s been an amazing learning experience. And what did I
learn? I NEED AN ASSISTANT/MANAGER/STAFF. But though the process has
started, Fringe hasn’t… and I’ll be neck deep in it all tomorrow.
TOMORROW!! I can’t wait.
Courtney McLean
“If you asked me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I
came to LIVE OUT LOUD.”
http://www.courtneymclean.com
I am a proud member of the NYC F-ing Cool Women’s Society!
http://fcwsociety.blogspot.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/fcwsociety
