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July Update

7/1/2019

I'm going to keep it brief this month, for the sake of "good" not "perfect."

Tech Stuff:

Startup

The past 6 months at Marpipe have been an incredible opportunity and I'm grateful for having been able to build core machine learning technologies.
With that said, I've moved on from Marpipe.
My work in the AI/ML marketing space will certainly continue, more on that when things progress.

Leadership:

In addition to being a mentor at Open Python NYC meetup @ Microsoft, I've joined the leadership team of the Data Visualization Society, NYC Branch.
More events + resources available at www.Dramatic.Solutions
I co-wrote an in depth article about dynamic pricing in Broadway. Check it out: Statistics for Dynamic Pricing of Theatre

Producing:

Jung & Crazy

Things are gearing up for our production at the Edmonton Fringe! (Mid August)
Our team – Robert Keller (co-writer, producer), Christopher Erlendson (director, producer) – is happy to welcome the following:
- Joe Rubino as Technical Director, Scenic + Lighting Designer (he can do anything!)
- Stephanie Curran as Marketing Manager
- Adam Schroeder to the cast! (as Ghost of Carl Jung)
Next month, I'll have a ton to share on this!

Upcoming Events:

Laptop Day For Theater Professionals
Tuesday, July 16th 4:00PM – 9:30PM
Eventbrite Link
⚡️ Reserve a one-on-one session with tech experts who can help you with anything related to experimentation and statistics.

Automating with Mailchimp
Thursday, August 1st 6:30PM – 9:45PM
Eventbrite Link | Proficiency in Mailchimp Required
⚡️Communicate with your audiences more efficiently using Mailchimp's built-in tools.

Check out all upcoming events here.

The relationship between time and capacity are shown in respect to demand in my recent medium article.

Results of a pricing simulation for theater tickets – proves that discounting tickets ahead of a performance results in better revenue.

Next level stuff.

I've been running again! Training to break 4:45 min/mile!

April 2019 – Recap

5/5/2019

Tech Stuff:

Things are progressing nicely at Marpipe, the marketing-tech startup I work at.

We released a super cool new explainer video about what we do. Check it out!
I've been asked (and agreed) to become a mentor at the Open Python NYC meetup @ Microsoft (of which I'm a regular attendee).
Random: I attended an event hosted by Keboola and won a massive growler for asking the best question.

In other news:

We've revamped the Dramatic Solutions website. Check it out! www.Dramatic.Solutions
Also, the Dramatic Solutions team just launched a whole bunch of events, check them out on the Eventbrite page. (Consider attending if you need help with something technologically related.)
Also, I co-wrote an article about the work Dramatic Solutions has been up to. Check it out: Reflecting on 6 Months of Leveraging Tech & Data in Theater

Producing:

An industry table reading of Jung & Crazy went extremely well! Robert Keller and I will be using the feedback and suggestions we received to revise our script in our coming writing week.

? A writing week is what it sounds like – and is amongst the most motivating, exciting, and awful things a writer will do in their career. Here goes nothing!
Not much on Magic the Play. But, Chris and I are meeting this week to kick things back up.
Also, we're revising the title for [Magic the Play] and are looking for ideas! Share them with us?

Upcoming Events:

Join me at one of these events, over the next few weeks?

Statistics for Dynamic Pricing ?
Thursday, May 9, 6:30PM – 9:30PM
⚡️ Leverage mathematical patterns to increase customer satisfaction while maximizing profit.
The Entertainment Collective – Bi-Monthly Meeting ?
Monday, May 13, 6:00PM–7:00PM
? A well structured & high yield networking event for entertainment professionals.
Laptop Day – Websites, User Flow, SEO ?
Tuesday, May 14, 5:00PM – 9:00PM
? Ask tech experts anything about Websites, User Flow, and SEO during this 4 hour open meetup.
Automating Communication 2.0 ☎️
Thursday, June 14, 6:30PM – 9:30PM
? Automate the most important and effective business tool in the theatre industry.

The newest explainer video of Marpipe!

One of our workshops in action. And me in the middle of it... (the action.)

Opening night at Tootsie!

□ My trophy for asking about integratable pipelines in the scope of testing machine learning algorithms on "live" data.

MARCH 2019 – RECAP

4/3/2019

TECH:

Some exciting news!

I've started as a Data Scientist at Marpipe – a marketing-tech startup building software to prescribe and predict ads as fast as you can think!
My role is in writing algorithms that'll optimize predictions. Essentially, I'll be using advanced mathematics to connect audiences with content they like.
In respect to this, a friend brought up an interesting point: Is predicting someone's behavior's or interest a violation of their privacy? My response is: perhaps, but not necessarily. To demonstrate, if I told you about a really cozy bookstore with a coffee shop inside which was in your neighborhood, you'd probably be really happy I did. Successful and ethical predictive algorithms are helpful and declutter our lives instead of filling it with noise. Moreover, many companies use poor algorithms paired with tracking methods to recommend based on your behavior across the web. It's only fair that "the good guys" get a chance at beating them back.
On that note, I'm super excited to be working with the team at Marpipe – a ridiculously creative, humblingly intelligent, crazy fast paced, and ethically focused cohort.

In other happenings:

I've published an article about an interesting Data Science collaboration formed at a tech meetup: Optimizing a Sort & Match Method in Pandas — Why Data Scientists should Attend Meetups
I've created another github repository (so many, I know) with some statistics for dynamic pricing. As of now, there is only one notebook – I'll get to adding more soon.
Also! Dramatic Solutions is powering along soon. We've launched our next Leveraging Tech & Data event: WEBSITES & USER FLOW. (Happening April 11, more details below.)

What is Marpipe?

A recent panel I put together on marketing like a startup – for theatre professionals.

PRODUCING:

Jung & Crazy is coming along nicely. Robert Keller and I have officially brought Christopher Erlendson on as the director for our coming Fringe production! Chris has been busy with casting the show, which is nearly complete.
Our first table read for the production is coming up in late April. More to follow thereafter!
Magic the Play is still progressing, though at a slightly slower pace given my above mentioned transition. More to share next month.

Schmoozing at Sardis at a recent cocktail event with The Entertainment Collective.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Join me at one of these events, over the next few weeks?

The Entertainment Collective – Bi-Monthly Meeting. Monday, April 8, 6:00PM–7:00PM
A well structured & high yield networking event for entertainment professionals.
Websites & User Flow. Thursday, April 11, 6:30PM – 9:30PM
Learn to build a website optimized for user engagement.

Sara Jacobi and me setting the stage for the recent Leveraging Tech & Data workshop.

February 2019

3/4/2019

Tech Stuff:

A boiled down version of what I’ve been up to:

My consulting work with Data Science has been progressing nicely. Relatedly. there's some big news I'll be sharing very soon, keep an eye out for it.
I've been adding some super easy to learn (and use) python in the following repo: https://github.com/ybressler/easy-learning More to come soon. Prowl around and let me know what you think.)
Dramatic Solutions has launched a weekly work-session where fellow data science focused theatre professionals meet up to discuss and tackle tech solutions in the theatre space. (Bonus, we use a complex point system to track participation.) Our membership is hovering at 6 for now, which is an exciting start. The goal with this group is to establish a community of doers who can support each other, answer questions, debug, and get more done.

Data Scientist giving a presentation in a board meeting room. Contains 3 people facing a presenter wearing a tie.

Me, leading a presentation on "What I do" at the Entertainment Collective (a bi-weekly networking event for theatre professionals)

Producing-wise:

Consulting for Rags the Musical was an incredible experience. As mentioned, the show is particularly special to me because of its emphasis on heritage, ancestry, and the struggle we all have in pushing forward.
My friend Moshe Lobel invited me to the opening night of Fiddler Ayfn Dach where I was blown away once again by the emotional power of that show. And in Yiddish no less! Extra coolness for the afterparty at Sardi's!
Christopher Erlendson and I have been focusing on creating an abstracted symbolic immersive performance of Magic the Play (title in revision) as a means of representing magic from cultures across the globe. Our collaborator Sita Chay is heavily involved in this endeavor too. We're thinking something with music and dance! More news to come!
Robert Keller and I have been picking up on our coming production of Jung & Crazy – a wild psychological farce about coming to terms with your true spirits in the face of the ghost of Carl Jung. We'll be producing the show in the Edmonton Fringe Festival in Alberta in mid August! Here we come!

Cast of Rags taking their bows at the end of a performance. Contains 15+ people dressed in 1920's outfits from NYC.

Curtain call at the closing night of Rags

Curtain call of Fidler Ayfn Dach (Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish)

Upcoming Events:

Join me at one of these events, over the next few weeks?

Marketing like a Startup: How to Elevate Your Theater Career, Thursday, March 7th 7:00PM – 9:30PM
What do NYC startups and theatre have in common? Come and find out...
Dashboarding in Google Sheets, Thursday, March 14th 6:30PM – 9:45PM
Learn how to manage your "stuff" automatically with easily deployable dashboards at this hands-on workshop.

Guests smiling at the Soon By You premiere party.

Hanging out at the Soon by You premiere!

Also! I saw an awesome play in the East Village about space travel titled Spaceman! Check out this review I wrote about it: SPACEMAN: TETHERED TO A DREAM

Yaakov Bressler pretending to float in space inside a capsule on the set of the new play

Floating in space in the set of Spaceman

January 2019

1/28/2019

The Important Stuff:

A boiled down version of what I’ve been up to:

I started a GitHub repo with the python code I’m writing to scrape the web for Broadway data. Feel free to follow it, fork, or contribute: https://github.com/ybressler/broadway_scraping
This data will be used to feed the API Yacin and I are building. Follow that project here: https://github.com/ytmimi/Broadway-Data-API
The most recent workshop on Automating Communication (part of Leveraging Tech and Data in Theater series, hosted by The Artist Co-Op ) was a large success. Thank you Yacin and Victoria for helping lead it!
You can view the slides (from Automating Communication) on the RESOURCES page. Be sure to check out the helpful links and key terms therein.
The next workshop is at 6:00PM, March 14, content to be determined .
I wrote an article on Sarah Teed’s blog on how to get started with building a website. Read it here: An Actor’s Guide to Building a Website.
Was amazing to speak at BroadwayCon the panel “God of Theatre Smile on Us: Working in the Theatre While Keeping a Religious Lifestyle.” I’m so grateful for having the opportunity to share my experience of being an orthodox Jew in the industry.
Co-panelists included Yoni Oppenheimer (24/6 Theater), Yocheved Joy Rosenthal (BroadwayWiz), Elli (The King of Broadway). Moderator was Rikki Jacobson. A major shout-out to Rikki for putting together this panel! Also, thanks for inviting me to participate!
You can watch a snippet from the panel below:

Producing-wise, not a ton to share about my current projects. The news nonetheless:

I was invited to consult the production of RAGS (the musical), which is being revised and produced by NYU. The show is super meaningful to me because it accurately depicts my Jewish ancestors in their journey emigrating to the states. Bonus points to the team of RAGS for starting a conversation about heritage and inclusivity.

I’ve mostly been involved in the show’s portrayals of Jewish themes by providing insight to key religious moments. Some of those include the reciting of Kadesh, wearing a tallit, and why Jews from the alteh velt (old world) might talk really expressively with their hands.)
Performances are from Feb 7 – Feb 11. Tickets are $5–$20, available here.

Upcoming Events:

Join me at one of these events, over the next few weeks?

Leveraging Tech and Data in Theater, Next Event. 6:00PM Thursday, March 14th.
Rags (the musical). Feb 7 – Feb 11, $5–$20, available here.

p.s. I went on vacation to Miami! Check out this adorable video I took:

I discovered a treasure island in #Miami where raccoons feast on @Tostitos pic.twitter.com/OlrlMIqiRt
— Yaakov Bressler (@YaakovBressler) January 23, 2019

BroadwayCon 2019 in action!

Yaakov Bressler and Clifford Hopkins at The Prom (the musical) on Broadway.

All smiles at THE PROM on Broadway!

Yaakov Bressler and Eric Dietz at the Off Broadway performance of The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes – The Chase Brock Experience.

Eric and I smiling because his show THE GIRL WITH THE ALKALINE EYES was a success. Also, because Chase Brock is taking the photo!

Me wearing a gritty face. Photo by Nick Ribbeck.

Yaakov Bressler in blue jeans and sweater smiling and pointing to wall art at Wynwood Walls.

Me in Miami taking a photo of me in New York. (At Wynwood Walls)

December 2018

12/28/2018

The Important Stuff:

It's been a while since my last post. Just saying hi. I'm alive and well! Here's what I've been up to:

I’ve become more deeply involved with the (Python) developer community and have become a regular attendee at Python NYC, a meetup at Microsoft.
Yacin Tmimi and I are building a “Broadway-API” which will provide massive data sets from pre-scraped data upon call. Development of this API will enable anyone to answer questions about the industry without ambiguity or proprietorship of data sets.
My curiosity with marketing and technology led me to an opportunity with Pantelo Group, an innovate marketing tech startup focused on enabling consumers and businesses with data-driven services.
My focus within Pantelo Group was on Marpipe, their audience identification product. My work is summarized in the medium article, Redefining Audience Targeting in the Digital Age with Predictive Analytics.
The article, published in the journal Towards Data Science, has reached over 2,000 people!
Interacting with so many marketing people (and attending a number of lectures) gave me a free and solid education in advanced marketing practices. I’ve begun sharing some of them on a new page on my site, my RESOURCES page.
The first few pieces of content on this page are about creating and optimizing a website. Check it out and let me know what you think?
Additionally, my deeper involvement with tech and data has led me to identify a massive gap in the utilization of technology in the theater industry. Thus, I’ve put together a monthly workshop in partnership with The Artist Co-Op titled Leveraging Tech and Data in Theater.
The next workshop is about automating communication and is at 6:00PM, Thursday January 24. Free to Artist Co-Op Members, admission is $10 (free tickets have just sold out).

As far as producing, it’s been difficult splitting my time and I’ve been dedicating less than I would have liked. Nonetheless:

Magic the Play is coming along excellently. Chris and I are deep in our next wave of revisions and are having a great time in doing so, thanks to our collaboration with an enthusiastic and talented group of actors. Additionally, we’ve welcomed composer Sita Chay to our creative team, an exciting collaborator who’ll be writing music for the show in parallel with Kelly Catlin.
Some Lovers – the new Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater musical, led by Cody Lassen – is coming along well too. After an exciting run upstate New York at the Adirondack Theatre Festival, the team has been focused on recording a cast album with Broadway Records. The talent for the recording include some major names – of which I cannot share just yet! But when I do, you'll be wowed.
Jung & Crazy has been accepted to the Edmonton International Fringe Festival! Robert Keller and I are super excited to present and share this show to, who we consider, one of the most exuberant and participative theatre audience in the world! Also, Edmonton is where I fell in love with theater! So returning will be a fulfilling experience.

Upcoming Events:

Join me at one of these events, over the next few weeks?

Leveraging Tech and Data in Theater: Automating Communication. 6:00PM Thursday, January 24th. Free to Artist Co-Op Members, admission is $10 (free tickets have just sold out). FB event here.
I’ll be seeing Meta-Phys Ed.’s experimental play, The Talmud – a dance + musical exploration based on 5th century Rabbinic text and Kung-Fu films – with a whole bunch of friends at 7:30PM on Thursday January 10. Want to join? Tickets will be between $15 and $20. If yes, drop me a line.
Also, BroadwayCon Industry Day is coming up on Friday, January 11. This is one of the most premiere events in the Broadway industry, I highly recommend attending.
Also! I’ll be speaking on a panel with fellow Orthodox Jews at BroadwayCon on Sunday, January 13 at 3:00 PM! The discussion is titled Gods of the Theatre Smile on Us: Working in the Theatre while keeping a Religious Lifestyle.

gif of 3D outcome of principle component analysis, PCA

A visual demonstration of my data science work with MarPipe. Here, I reduced a dataset from 14 columns to 4, allowing me to sort out "winners" (in yellow).

Jewish millennial talks marketing at a volunteer education event.

Me, sharing marketing resources at a volunteer education event, hosted by Ziina.

Explore marketing tools and best practices at the Academy...

ACADEMY

Magic the Play team Christopher Erlendson, Yaakov Bressler, Chaski Naor, Erin Wagner-Brooks visit the History of Magic exhibit.

The Magic the Play team took a purposeful trip to the HARRY POTTER – A HISTORY OF MAGIC exhibit where we saw J. K. Rowling's handwritten outlines and napkin sketches. Inspiring!

Stern College Dramatics Society SCDS closing curtain bow production of THE GAME'S AFOOT, December 2019.

I was pleased to help out the women of Stern College's Dramatic Society (SCDS) with their production THE GAME'S AFOOT which was met with enthusiastic audiences.

Young jewish men in blue and black suits, smiling. Yaakov Bressler, Zachary Adler, Chaski Naor, Avidan Brown and Ari Shane Weitz

Celebrating Brad's 50th Birthday in style! Thank you Brad for the full kosher menu!

I'm Devoting my Summer to Data Science.

6/18/2018

Tableau representation of median ticket price versus capacity in an interactive scatterplot, categorized by volume of appeal per show. Study by Jimmy Steinmetz, citation below.

One of the biggest challenges in producing theater on any scale is to fill a house with people paying the "right" price. Producers want to maximize revenue. Audiences want to be entertained for a price that keeps the entertainment enjoyable.

Over the summer, I aim on developing the skillset to determine the perfect price point for shows so that houses are at 100% capacity with audiences that are paying prices they are most comfortable with. Revenue is maximized, producers can make more shows, actors + creative team have more jobs, and the industry grows!

R output for model predictions of Broadway gross versus actual total weekly Broadway grosses since 2004. Study by Boneysteel et al., citation below.

Financial services already use these technologies. So do airlines, hotels, Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Let's use data science in Broadway!

I am most enthused by Kevin R. Williams's study from Yale: "Dynamic Airline Pricing and Seat Availability." Similarly Ian Boneysteele, Konstantine Buhler, James Kernochan, Mike Mester, and Soren Sudhof study at Stanford: "Forecasting Broadway Show Gross Revenue."

Wish me luck as I begin this next stage of my journey!

References:

Boneysteele I., Buhler K., Kernochan, J., Mester M., Sudhof S. (2016). Forecasting Broadway Show Gross Revenue. [online] Stanford School of Business. Available at http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs458/lectures/old/Broadway/Final%20report%20vF.pdf [Accessed 18 Jun. 2018].

Steinmetz, J. (2016). Exploring Broadway Data in Tableau | InterWorks. [online] InterWorks. Available at: https://interworks.com/blog/jsteinmetz/2016/08/03/exploring-broadway-data-tableau/ [Accessed 18 Jun. 2018].

Williams, K. R. (2017). Dynamic airline pricing and seat availability. Yale School of Management; Yale University - Cowles Foundation

June + July Update

6/17/2018

IN SUMMARY:

I attended the TONY awards!
I also attended the post TONY gala (mentioned in vogue) and whole bunch of after-parties, including the one described as “the party you didn’t get invited to” by the New York Times.
It was an incredibly fun and wild experience! I’m encouraged by the joy and positivity that surrounds the culmination of the Broadway season.

Christopher Erlendson and I are revising Magic the Play with full efforts.
Every 3 weeks, we present the revised content to a knowledgeable and discerning audience which helps us make better creative decisions. (If you want to attend one of these intimate workshops, drop me a line.)
As lead producer of Magic the Play, I’ve hired Aaron Pratt and Erin Wagner-Brooks from Good People Management Group to general manage the company

I’ve also hired Lee Feldshon as attorney for the company.
Aaron and Erin from GPMG and Lee are the best at what they do. Their involvement with Magic is encouraging! (If you are excited by this and want to get involved in the producing side of this show, let me know.)

Some Lovers – the new musical which I’m working under Cody Lassen for – by Burt Bacharach (Promises Promises) and Steven Sater (Spring Awakening) opened to an enthusiastic audience in Glens Falls at the Adirondack Theater Festival.
Directed by Josh Rhodes (Brightstar) Some Lovers blends time, love, and regrets shadowed by the ghosts of our past in a soaring and poetic musical that tugs at your heart. I’m excited to see where the show goes next!
Jung & Crazy, a new comedy which Robert Keller and I co-wrote had an industry staged reading late May! Directed by Christopher Erlendson, the reading was an overall success with some great feedback and interest!
In fact, Jung & Crazy is having another presentation in LA later this month! Let's hope the show resonated with the people who can move it forward

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Cold Reading Series at the Artist Co-Op. 7:30PM Tuesday July 11th. FB event here.
I’ll be seeing the Play that Goes Wrong with a whole bunch of friends at 7:00PM on July 3rd! Want to join? Tickets will be about $40. If yes, drop me a line.

Congratulations Kelly on graduating with your Masters degree in Flute Performance from Manhattan School of Music!

May Update

4/20/2018

IN SUMMARY:

Magic the Play played to a sold out audience at Theatre Row in February.
Chris, Kelly, and I are revising Magic with helpful responses and feedback from our past audience.
Magic the Play is headed Off-Broadway! Initial stages have begun.
I’ve begun working as an Associate for Cody Lassen on a new musical Some Lovers, by Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater.
NYTF’s video campaign has begun. Livestreams at events have reached over 600 views within 24 hours.
A developmental staged reading of In Between the Lines is sold out. The drama with music centers around drugs, sex, and alcohol in nightlife culture and beckons a unique and progressive conversation.
I’ve been volunteering my time with the students of Yeshiva University for their upcoming show, Harvey. Link in events.
I’m featured in an article describing the pursuits of YU’s student: A Yeshiva University Comedy During the Omer? The Value of the Arts in Orthodoxy!
The Cold Reading Series at the Artist Co-Op which I host continues to grow and impact more people.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Yeshiva College Dramatics Society (YCDS) presents Harvey. 9:00PM Saturday April 21 – Thursday April 26. (I’ll be attending the show on the 26th)
Developmental staged reading of Between the Lines. 7:00PM Tuesday April 24th. (SOLD OUT)
Cold Reading Series at the Artist Co-Op. 7:30PM Tuesday May 5th.

November Update

11/6/2017

New York City has a magical way of making time go by twice as fast as it should. I blink my eyes and it’s already November – goodness! Well without further ado, here’s what’s happened these past 2 months.

Development and production of Magic the Play (formally Magic?) is barreling along. Christopher Erlendson and I are totally occupied with a total revision that’ll turn the play into a more serious story – still a packed with comedy – about a government that doesn’t represent their people in solving an issue with their world’s magic, written in all rhyme. Simply, we’re rewriting the whole play. Composer Kelly Catlin is serving as our dramaturg (though I speculate that she doesn’t know this yet) by asking us difficult questions that are sure to come up later in the lifetime of this piece. By answering such questions now, we save ourselves the trouble of devising a story with holes. On an exciting note, we’ve announced the show dates of Magic the Play: February 19 (Monday) – February 25 (Sunday). Tickets, location, and special events to come in mid-December (Hanukah time).

A moment of reflection while writing.

Me and actor Alexander Kosmowski after a staged reading at NYTF.

My volunteer internship at the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene has been coming along wonderfully as well. Their calendar is packed with exciting shows, readings, and special events. Being part of that team gives me valuable insight into the world of theater – both commercial and non-for-profit. In terms of my projects at NYTF, I was attracted to the marketing aspect of their company. Yiddish theater is a touchstone of Ashkenazi Jewish culture and shows Jews, New Yorkers, and Americans the fears, joys, superstitions, and tastes of their ancestors – important items in society built of immigrants.

To spread this concept, I’ve started an exclusive media content campaign in collaboration with their marketing department to create short exciting videos highlighting unique aspects of Yiddish theatre and NYTF as a whole. I’m excited to announce the release of the first video this week! Also, similarly on their marketing front, I’ve contributed to a Wikipedia page for their recent show, Amerike. My first Wikipedia article! (View it here)

I’ve also just started working on an exciting new drama with music about cocaine, nightlife, and relationships, In Between The Lines. Written by Chris Patterson, in development with Director Phillip Williams, the show discusses issues within gritty urban playscapes. Chris is a talented, hardworking writer who has created a gem of a story, not often seen on stage. His characters are more real life than any new play I’ve read. Phillip is a valuable collaborator for this project as well as his insight, care, and respect. Phillip and I will be developing this script with Chris over the next few months, intending to bring it to stage in 2018.

Similarly, the play Sociopath Roommate, my drama about living with a psycho roommate, is being revamped with two valuable collaborators. Too early to say who, we’re turning the play into a musical!

Phillip (in red on far left) and Chris (holding paper, center right) at an earlier workshop of the work.

At an event at The Artist Co-Op, a co-working space for creators in the heart of NYC. A valuable resource!

Perhaps most exciting, I’ve begun studies in an exclusive Theater Resources Unlimited producing class taught by Broadway producers Jana Robbins and Erin Craig. A monthly class in a yearlong program, this TRU course provides a valuable experience in producing all types of theater. My classmates are highly creative and motivated theatrical producers, and the instructors are leaders in the field – an idyllic environment.

All in all, I’m taking the role of producer more seriously. I love bringing work that is entertaining as well as socially relevant and inspiring to the public. Sometimes the best way to do that is to “be the change” and write that story. Sometimes it’s about finding a story and bringing it to life. Both are essential, both inspire me, and so both are for me.

In summary:

Magic the Play revision is barreling along.
Interning at NYTF is a valuable experience.
My NYTF exclusive, promotional video campaign has been green-lighted, the first release coming soon.
First Wikipedia article was published. Amerike: the Golden Land.
In Between the Lines, a drama with music about cocaine, nightlife and relationships, is in development.
Sociopath Roommate is being transformed into a musical.
TRU Producer Class is an idyllic education for me.

Upcoming events:

Magic the Play, February 19–25, tix coming soon.
The Sorceress at NYTF, December 25 – January 1st, $25 tickets.

Till next month!

Me on a short vacation in Wynwood Park , Miami Beach. The area is full of beautiful street art – very exciting!

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