February 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.
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• 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.

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.
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• 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!

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?​
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• 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.​

Hanging out at the Soon by You premiere!

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​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

Floating in space in the set of Spaceman