Tag Archives: #Indiegogo

Jun10

keep calm and carry on

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Yesterday I had a panic attack.  Things were moving so slowly with our Indiegogo campaign.  My web guru friend said so.  Do another mailing.  Send out the press release.  Blog.  Facebook.  Twitter.  I couldn’t breathe.

Then about six people said, “Hey Paula,  breathe!  Take it easy.”  I went and hung out with some horses.  They were breathing.

Today, I am going to try doing what I am always telling other people to do.  Take a focused breath.  Feel your body.  Take a walk.  Look around.  Ask for help.  OK.

Abraham says that, “It is as easy to create a castle as a button. It’s just a matter of whether you’re focused on a castle or a button.”

I am focused on a castle.  With your kind help.

Please make a donation to my campaign.  Help support this work that I believe in so passionately and that I want to share with you.

Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.

p.s.  Tomorrow I am going to share some cool video.  Stay tuned, please.

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Jun9

Meet Deb O, scenography

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Deb O is our set designer.  Yes, she has pink hair.  And an amazing story.

After spending eighteen years working in a factory building ECUs (electronic control units) in the Midwest, she found herself pursuing an undergraduate degree in theatre design with a double minor in studio art and art history at Marquette University.  And went on to earn an MFA in Theater Design at Yale School of Drama. She also studied folk art at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.

Deb O’s extensive scenography training and range of experiences as well as her background in folk art, dance and gymnastics, clowning and mask making, a bit of puppetry have all lent themselves to an innovative approaches to the creation of unique theatrical events. 

“I so love starting with a project from its infancy stage! Attending rehearsals is my favorite thing to do. Being in the room helping shape and form the production. Discussing; the palette, proportions, texture, mood, balance, harmony, contrast, space negative and positive. I feel like each project is one of my children and opening I send them out in to the world!”

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Your donation helps us to bring wonderful, talented artists into the work.  Thank you!!!!!

Click here to donate to our Indiegogo campaign

Jun8

exposed

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IMG_1863Photo:  Pam White                Painting:  Gillian Jagger

Today I feel like i am out, exposed, vulnerable.  Launching our Indiegogo campaign did that.  Pushing the “launch” key was very nervous making — like a premiere, or a coming out party.  Interesting.

For the next month +, I HAVE to be on social media in a very active way.  Not hiding in the cracks, being careful, but really out there with my whole heart.  Asking for help.  Asking for money.  Soooo hard.

When I got sober 30+ years ago, I had to learn to ask for help.  For whatever reason, I am less good at that now.  Maybe then, this is good practice.

So here it is.  I need your help.  I have a big dream, which is to make and share Little Fictions, Ragged Memoirs, this beautiful, beautiful performance work.  It is the hardest and best thing that I can do at this time.

Please help me pull it off.

Thank you.

Jun7

we are up and running!

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OUR INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN IS UP AND RUNNING! 

 

We just launched our campaign to raise funds for my new dance theater project, Little Fictions, Ragged Memoirs.

To make a donation, please

CLICK HERE

 

You can also help us by sharing the link with friends, on social media, and in any other creative way you think of.  We deeply appreciate your support and welcome you onto the LFRM team.

Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing behind the scenes stories about the project, how it started, and back stories about the creative team.

For today, pushing the launch button was a little like a premiere or a coming out party. . . take a breath, go.

Please join us!

Thank you!