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August 25, 2004
High Cotton; All picked.
Today was the final performance of "High Cotton" produced by Meredith Lucio for Tex in the City. We had another sold out performance. I have to admit I was a little surprised that this one sold out. (We actually had to turn one very distraught person away.)On a Wednesday at 3:00PM we had 55+ people take time out of their day to see our show.
I actually saw it this performance for the first time. (I "made" a seat by the light board since all of the paying seats were full.) The cast and crew did an admirable job of bringing to life a really funny script. As the producer of the show, it's hard to see the finished product and not wonder what might have been if things hadn't been so difficult with the Fringe Festival or if I'd had the producing manpower that originally was planned for the show. But the show was really good despite these issues and really successful as well. We sold out for every show and managed to create a decent press presence about the show and Tex in the City.
I can also say I've learned so much about the process, how I work as a producer and how much I can tackle. If you had told me I could produce a 7 person, props and costume intensive historical setting 2-ACT play all by myself in two months, I would have laughed my ass off and said, "You'll have to catch me first."
As it turns out, somehow I got "caught" and I managed to make a decent show of it. I'm so proud of the work I and the High Cotton team did. We may not have been the next "Urinetown" but we weren't the next Urban Cowboy either.
Unlike most people who want to take an extended vacation after such a feat as producing a show, (my friend Liz is still recuperating from "9th Street Water"), I get really jazzed and recommit to doing everything better and more successfully next time. Next time, I'll know in advance I'm going it alone or I will be in a position to recruit people to co-produce and I'll give myself plenty of time to plan, raise money, and organize. I have at least one play in the early stages for next year and I'm also thinking of what next year's 9-11 event will be.
In short, High Cotton can be considered nothing less than a success and I have the honor of being able to point towards it and say, "I made this."
Posted by mermu at August 25, 2004 06:23 PM
Comments
As Ed Sullivan would have said, "A really good shoow!" (not misspelled).
Posted by: Kathleen at August 26, 2004 06:58 PM
Meredith, I cannot afford to come to NY for each and every event in which you have a hand. However, I wish I had made it there for this one. I hope the opportunity arises in the future for me to see this show. Congratulations!
Posted by: mom at August 25, 2004 07:05 PM
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