How I did it: I had a lot of scenes I had written during the Second City Writing Program.  Then I got together with a friend and wrote some more scenes during a few months' worth of writing sessions.  Then I had a mutual acquaintance hook me up with my director.  Then I rented a theater space.  Then we had auditions and assembled a cast.  Then we had rehearsals.  Then we put on our show.

This is the absolute most bare bones, nutshell version of creating my show.  The entire experience was a complete learning experience.  I had so many setbacks and roadblocks and I made so many mistakes.  But it was so completely worth it in the end.       

Lessons & tips: Getting my first-ever show off the ground was the hardest part of the process.  I had so many unsupportive people tell me not to do things one way and/or tell me to scale down my ambitions and it was all bull.  I should have never listened to any of that for a second.  Don't listen to any of that.  Just do it. 

Marketing is so incredibly important.  It's equally as important as making sure the actual product is good.  I wish I had someone help me out with this part of production.

With all that said, just have fun with it!  It's comedy, for God's sake.

Aug 24, 2009, 09:19PM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers