Vampires - The Staged Reading

The staged reading of Vampires of the Red Moon was a success. The energy of the actors was exciting and the music was electrifying. The audience enjoyed it. Here's a message that someone sent to Gary, the composer:

What a great show! Thank you for inviting me. As I said, I usually don't like readings, but this one worked really well -- partly because it was well directed, but mostly because the material was so strong. Everything was excellent: the book, the lyrics, and of course your music. My friend Justeen raved about it for the rest of the evening -- she sees a lot of musicals, and she said "Vampires" seemed just as polished and 'ready' as a lot of the big shows she sees. Anyway, I hope you're proud of it, and I hope there's a possibility for the show to go somewhere.

Again, congratulations!

Vampires - First Rehearsal

We just had our first rehearsal of Vampires of the Red Moon tonight and it was awesome. I took the day off from work to rewrite the end of the script. The ending needed to have dimensions to it that would make it operatic, tragic, and personal. When we were done, I knew I had it. Tom, the director, was happy with the script. Gary, the composer and music director, said, "Good job." The cast we got is great. We have a young opera singer named John Quale playing the lead and he's got a great voice. We got Kendra Munger from the recent production of City of Angels playing Roxana. Bill Haller is playing Andrei the vampire; another powerful voice! Gary's music sounds great. It's just for a staged reading, and we still have to write a lot more music and fix minor problems in the script, but I can already tell it's going to be a great show. The spirit of Jonathan Larson is with me!