Editor’s Note: Here’s the latest backstage conversation in the ongoing business of running/saving small theater. This one continues the saga of Rik Deskin and the Odd Duck.
Save the Duck From the Soup!
“Well, since you won’t be around Ellen, I’ll fill you in a little on my idea. I thought we might have a sort of mini-fundraiser WARP night where we could do rehearsed staged-readings of plays and sketches involving ducks. I thought we might charge each participant (i.e. writer or actor five bucks and any interested audience non-participants eight bucks and pass along all the cash to Rik. we could possibly even have Rik introduce it. I thought that we could do Donna’s “Devil Ducks” sketch, my little play “Quack You!” end with your song about ducks that you had Natalya and Mari do there silly dance to a few shows ago. This isn’t enough for a whole show yet, so we’d need more material.
The way I have it envisioned, is not as a full production, but similar to a bumper contest. We could even make a party out of it. The idea is to BOTH stimulate interest in WARP and give a little help to the Odd Duck.
I kind of like my suggestion for a title:
“Save the Duck From the Soup!”
These are just my thoughts, subject to revision by group-think, of course.” – group e mail from Scot Bastian
Here’s What YOU Do!
Just a little shout-out to old WARPers to show up at the WARP workshop, which meets nearly every week, but attendance has been a little thin this summer–probably because the very nice weather (many are out of town for vacation.) This Tuesday is particularly important because we want to discuss a yet-to-be-scheduled fund raiser for the Odd Duck Theater. Come on out, bring your plays and your acting talent. For more info about the group, check our website at warptheater.org.
Location: Odd Duck Theater, 1214 10th Avenue, Seattle WA 98122
Time: 7PM Tuesdays–particularly this Tuesday July 31st.
Photo by Carl Nelson
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