Doubleshot Theatre

If you're not familiar with the Doubleshot Festival happening Friday and Saturday, here's the scoop. On Friday and Saturday 7 plays will be staged each day that were conceived, written, and then produced within 24 hours.

Think the Grand's 72-Hour Film Competition but faster and with theater (by the way, the "Best Of" the competition will be shown Saturday at the Grand at noon and 11 pm, and I'm happy to say that Tintinnabulation will be a part of it!)

I am also happy to say that I'll be participating in the Doubleshot Festival as a writer. Tomorrow night I'll be assigned a director and find out who's going to be in my cast. By 8:00 am, Friday, I have to have the script to the director, who will work with the actors to get it on-stage by the 7:00 pm show Friday night (it will be followed by a 9:00 show as well). And then the whole thing will be repeated from Friday to Saturday, but fortunately, I have the luxury of being an audience member by that point.

So I'll be doing a lot of late-night writing tomorrow night. I might even post some of my dazed thoughts here if you're lucky (or unlucky, perhaps).

Like the film competition, this is a good excuse to get some creative work done. After you make a movie in a weekend you start to think: why don't I do this more often? I'm guessing the same thought will occur after tomorrow night ... "why don't I do this more often?"

Of course, by the weekend when I'm poorly rested and half-awake I'll probably have a much better answer to that question.

More coverage of the Doubleshot Theatre Festival from Rosemary at the Trib here.