Jason Rice Verified

Hey all!

Sign up is tomorrow (Monday) morning at 10:00 a.m. The first 7 writers, the first 7 directors and the first 40 actors ARE the project. No auditions. No "saved places for buddies". No exceptions.

Check out the rules here:

Performance is Saturday August 30, 8:00 p.m.

You don't want to miss the most dangerously democratic art project in Dallas.
Tickets here

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

Is this like a live 24 Hour Video Race?

Seriously considering this if so. Needs more artsy-fartsy folks weighing in.

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

In lots of ways it's like that project. We break it up into writers writing overnight and directors and actors working all day. Some of those teams work that way too.

The single biggest difference between the video race, most other 24 hour play festival you'll stumble across and ODO - none of the teams arrive intact. They are assembled live and on the fly from the random list of participants.

Hmm.... where to find some genuine artsy-fartsys to weigh in.

I'll work on that.

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

Didn't mean to imply you aren't artsy-fartsy, just wondered who else enjoys/endorses such antics.

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Jason Rice Verified

sorry slow to respond.

We don't let people cross-over. Too many people want to sign up to let anyone monopolize. Pick one and have fun. You can submit "I'd like to do X Y or Z in that order" and that way you get your preference stated.

There may still be a few slots left. Go check out the instructions. The writer slots fill very fast and the director ones almost as quickly.

Scott - I took your exclusion of me from "artsy-fartsy" as high complement. Mark-Brian Sonna (MBS Productions and regular Peg Contributor) will actually be acting as daytime producer and "EmCee." Ya don't get much more A-F than that, really.

I'll probably post the names of participants tonight on our website (maybe even submit it as a story to Peg - dunno) so you can gauge by that maybe.

Jtmbls -- sign the heck up and do it NOW. You wouldn't WANT to write then act. That is just too exhausting the way we do it. Yuck. Get over to the instructions and sign up. Go on. You want to. Go on

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

I'm not exactly a fan of MBS, Jason. Certainly not a selling point for me.

Is alcohol prohibited at this thing? Will I get thrown out if I show up with a flask and heckle the help?

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Jason Rice Verified

Fan or not - artsy-fartsy cannot be denied.

You will get thrown out if you are caught with a flask. Important delineation.

Heckling the help is done at your own risk.

I might recommend one-two beers prior to the event. Most of the scripts are usually "intentional" comedy. With a good beer on, the rest are funny too. ;o)

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

Noted.

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

We feed breakfast lunch and dinner. Haven't firmed up vendors/sponsors yet. (only to participants Doyle. Don't come moochin) But you can check out last season's sponsors in the "Past Shows" gallery for the last ODO.

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

Sleep

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

I have a very important question:

Is PegNews a sponsor?

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

Actually a whole run-down might be handy.

Everyone meets Friday Night

9:00 p.m. - "headshots" are taken -- by us. No "real" headshots allowed. Participant forms filled out (emergency stuff etc). Everyone puts a word, phrase, saying or slogan on a slip of paper and dropped in a hat.

Quick introductions all around "SpeedBonding" - a series of small exercises and projects designed to "make everyone look like a fool in front of each other."

10:00 p.m. - Writers each draw a slip of paper and that is their topic to write on. They go in to write and the rest are dismissed.

5:30 a.m. - scripts must be finished.

6:30 a.m. - Directors show up, select scripts and "headshots" to cast. -- (Select is too calm a word for it. Usually a few arm wrestling matches, coin tosses and intimidating rounds of "Rock, paper, scissors" come into play.)

8:00 a.m. - actors show up, suck down coffee and bagels and rehearse, breaking only for a quick lunch and fleeting dinner, which we provide onsite,

And the curtain goes up at 8:00 p.m.

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

Is PegNews a sponsor? Nope... Will you still show up anyway?

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

But Mike - you still can be ;o)

(ya probably should be listed as such just for not banning me online)

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

Probably. Set a reminder in my phone, anyways.

Also, seems cost is $12 except $10 for old people seniors & students. Above says $18 - I'm presuming linked site reigns supreme.

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

$12-$10 tickets is right. I probably had a mistake in data used for the event. Sorry. All our other Saturday tickets are $18-16

Yeah, jtmbls... but if you still need a reason to wear your footie pajamas up to Plano, we'll let you.

Have you signed up yet? Huh? Huh?

1 year, 3 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

Fine. Get my hopes up and then break my heart.

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