[title of show] Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 1

[title of show]
INTERVIEW
JB: I had hit a point
in my life where the
theatre had become
extracurricular again.
There was really no
pressure at all to just
work on something
that we just wanted to
have fun with and do
for ourselves. There
was really nobody to
try and please except
us. We loved the
idea of just gathering
together our friends
and having fun again.
How did you first
fund the project for
the New York Musical
Theatre Festival, its
first production?
HB: Our dear friend,
and a current producer
on the project, Laura
Camien, had a small
company she had
started (Bridge Club
Productions) in
association with the
Manhattan Theatre
Source. She had a
few nights available
The application for the New York Musical Theatre Festival
in that space and had
approached us. We figured if we didn’t get into the NYMF, we’d just perform the piece for friends and
peeps at the Source; when we did get in to the festival, Laura and Bridge Club Productions funded
that incarnation.
JB: Also, we kept the costs way down by having a simple set (four chairs) and using only one
instrument (a piano). We eliminated any ideas of an ensemble beyond Larry and the four of us
because we didn’t want to have to spend too much time coordinating schedules or reimbursing
folks with Metrocards. We would have loved to have a full orchestra and a turntable, but we were
trying to be realistic.
Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 11