Producing is, like, work and stuff!

These past few weeks is when I'm really finding out what every other producer of small independent productions in this town already knows: you have a lot of shit to deal with! We've had some great press attention, which is really gratifying but also means that one must immediately make press images available to the attentive press. Frankly, I hadn't expected to need any when we put it on the press release that, ahem, images were available upon request. But we made it happen-that's DIY in action, people! And of course, everything that comes up like that continues to be possible for us to handle because of our network of terrific talented friends who think this sounds like fun and are willing to pitch in-Jen's friend Billy, a terrific designer at her day job, is creating our flyer, for example.

So, the behind the scenes continues...pounding the keyboard and the pavement this weekend, working to wrap up some sponsors for the show (gotta give our contestants something!), locking in contestants and of course our mystery guest-never really occured to me that when your co-producer is on the panel that will be attempting to guess who our contestants are, she can't exactly pitch in on booking them. But the workload definitely balances out-I can't recommend strongly enough to anyone considering producing anything: do it with a partner.

Meanwhile, regarding Mission: low-culture weekend NYC, I had a bold plan to take action this weekend when I realized that Clams was doing the great Pinchbottom Burlesque show on Friday, and then on Sunday she's in the truly epic Get it Hot: A Burlesque Tribute to AC/DC, which may well be the greatest show ever. We have a friend who's joined the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league this year and she has bout on Saturday-that would be the trifecta! Three nights of down and dirty New York awesomeness...except the Roller Derby is sold out. So, yeah, that's what I get for not ordering ahead, I just fucked up the whole plan. Anybody have tickets they're not using?