Revvin' the Engines

We're locking down the cast for The Blood Brothers Present...The Master of Horror and waiting for King's people to approve the press release, so once both of those things are confirmed, we'll be releasing both.

I'm heading off to Maine yet again for Labor Day weekend to attend my cousin Vance's wedding and returning just in time to start rehearsals for the pilot episode of Speed Demons, Nosedive's contribution to Vampire Cowboys' Saturday Night Saloon, which opens Saturday, September 6.

Speed Demons is my attempt to combine the 1960s Go-Go Road Trip movie with the Faustian tragedy. Or, to be more prosaic, it's about a greaser driving cross-country in his hot rod while the devil chases after him in his jalopy. It should be a fun time.

In addition to Speed Demons featuring Christopher Yustin, Leah Carrell and Daryl Lathon, as was the case with last year's serial, Pinkie, I'll be acting in this one as well. This time, however, I will not be the lead (to be blunt, I'm too damn old and chubby to be a hot young greaser, thank you very much).

Your soda poop,

James "Fizzyshits" Comtois

Our Fundraising Strategy

Yup, cartoonist Jeremy Yuenger has been recording our production meetings...

Liking the idea already,

James "Bail, Schmail" Comtois

New Site, New Artwork

Pete's created a postcard image for The Blood Brothers Present: The Master of Horror, and has also totally revamped our website. Check both of them out.

Ready to scare some folks,

James "Ooga Booga" Comtois

Coming Soon - The Blood Brothers Present: The Master of Horror

Okay, so we've signed and sent the agreement for the rights, signed and sent the agreement for the space, and made our payments for both, so I'm now good and ready to tell you bitches what we're up to this fall.

Nosedive Productions will once present its annual Blood Brothers Present show. This year, it will be The Blood Brothers Present: The Master of Horror. Mac Rogers, Qui Nguyen and Yours Truly will be adapting short stories by none other than Mr. Stephen King.

Yup. Mr. King's people have given us the green light and we'll be doing an evening of King-adapted plays.

The Blood Brothers Present: The Master of Horror goes up for four weekends (Thursdays through Saturdays, October 9 through November 1) at the Gene Frankel Underground on 24 Bond Street (between Bowery and Lafayette). All shows will be at 7:30 p.m.

Considering Stephen King has been one of my favorite authors of all time (his books were the first - and for a while, only - that I would buy in hardcover as soon as they came out; I couldn't wait for the paperback editions and wouldn't check them out in a library), to say that I am right chuffed about this project is putting it mildly.

Anyway, it is freakin on. More details to come.

Dansin,

James "Geekin' Dude" Comtois

So Ready To Announce the Next Project...

...I can taste it.

But alas, we still need to square a few more things away. With a little luck and some elbow grease, we'll be able to finalize everything for the fall show before you know it.

Patience, young Padawaans, patience.

In the meantime, how's this for a slice of fried gold?

That mistake you made last night while drunk,

James "Coyote Pretty" Comtois

Wednesday: Feast

Horse Trade presents

The Drafthouse @ Under St. Marks
A play reading salon

This month:

FEAST

a tragedy by Brian Silliman

Directed by Patrick Shearer

Featuring
Abe Goldfarb* - Jessi Gotta - Marc Landers - Daryl Lathon* - Ronica Reddick* - Mac Rogers

*Denotes member of AEA.

When: Wednesday, August 20th at 7p.m.

Where: Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A)

Suggested donation of $5

Drinks served

A stinging update of Faust, Brian Silliman's play chronicles the rise and fall of John Feast, a modern man with several axes to grind and an strongly-worded letter for each one. When Mephistopheles himself offers Feast the chance to rewrite the world in his own image, the nightmare begins.

Fluency Review for nytheatre.com

My review of Fluency is now up on nytheatre.com.

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In Fluency, which is aptly billed as a "meta-theatrical romantic comedy," Jack and Olivia appear on a stage occupied with nothing more than a couple chairs and a few theatre cubes. They have no idea why they're there, but they... [keep reading]

The Disappearance of Jonah Review for nytheatre.com

My review of The Disappearance of Jonah is now up on nytheatre.com.

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When a person goes missing without any clue as to where or how, it leaves the friends and family members in limbo, since that question of "What happened?" will most likely never be answered. Also, the idea that... [keep reading]

Panopticon Review for nytheatre.com

My review of Panopticon is now up on nytheatre.com.

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A Panopticon is a type of prison designed to allow an observer to see all the prisoners without the prisoners being able to tell whether they are being watched, theoretically establishing good behavior through paranoia of being constantly visible... [keep reading]

Doppelganger Joe Review for nytheatre.com

My review of Doppelganger Joe is now up on nytheatre.com.

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Doppelganger Joe is a 30-minute one-woman show written and performed by Caroline Lesley about, well... [keep reading]

Returned

Well, after spending a week staring off at the ocean, eating like a total pig and drinking a substantial amount of blueberry beer (well, okay, so it wasn't that much, all things considered), I'm back. And now I'll be spending the bulk of this week reviewing Fringe shows, the first of which I'm off to see tonight.

When I'm done with the reviewing, I'll be blathering about a bunch of upcoming Nosedive projects, including our participation in this year's Saturday Night Saloon with the Vampire Cowboys and this October's Blood Brothers Present show.

Pissing in your pocket,

James "Bathroom Wingman" Comtois

Away On Vacation

Not that I've been diligently posting entries on this site, but I'm off to Maine to bask in the sun and breath sea air and drink blueberry beer. I'll be back to vaguely blather about theatrical whatnots August 11, which is also the week I'll be reviewing the shit out of some Fringe shows.

Jesus, did I really sign up to review four plays the week I return?

Brilliant, Comtois, just brilliant.

Anyway, see you when I get back, my lovelies!

Easy...on the eyes,

James "Slutbag" Comtois