It’s getting real, guys. With only 10 days to go, we have $1,808 to go, and that’s just our base goal. We could use some help, so please share our project with your friends! They’ll thank you, because everyone loves to laugh! And be sure to tell them soon, because there are only 18 more $50 reward packages! Our most popular reward deal, you get thanked online and in our program, two priority tickets to the show, and strawberries and chocolate to enjoy at the show. Did you know that for only $25 more we’ll throw in underwear and if we reach our $10,000 stretch goal everyone at that level will get a sexy tweet from Barb herself? Well, now you do!

Big thank you to the wonderful Heather Kellogg for donating yesterday!

Forgot the link already? No problem, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz!

Thank you!

We have reached the 1/2 mark in our kickstarter campaign!! We are 52% of the way there, and I have some new wonderful people to thank!

Thank you’s and cyber kisses for:

Mary Watkins

Nancy C. Frank

Randy Bublitz

Jilda L. Roe

Clay Woolam

and

June Wiley

And as promised, here’s brand new picture to lighten up your gloomy Monday:

Here’s our director, Colin Johnson, myself, and Siobhan Doherty on the set filming our kickstarter video. Have you seen it yet? What are you waiting for??? Watch it now!

Photos courtesy Rob Reeves.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz

San Francisco Theatre Pub is back doing that amazing thing they do at Cafe Royale, and tonight they present a ONE NIGHT ONLY staged reading of THE DEAD by James Joyce. Jeremy Cole has a new translation of the work, and tonight is the only night you can see it! I’d recommend getting there early, it’s going to be full tonight! Here’s a bit more about tonight’s show from the facebook event page:

“Every year on June 16th, fans of James Joyce celebrate “Bloomsday” – the day upon which the novel Ulysses takes place. But what is to be done on the day after?

Join us on Monday, June 17th, for San Francisco Theater Pub’s staged reading of Joyce’s famous short story, “The Dead.”

Performed Reader’s Theater style, this adaptation of The Dead, by our very own Jeremy Cole, ran for six seasons at Hunger Artists Ensemble Theater in Denver, CO.

The year is 1904. It is a snowy winter’s night in the city of Dublin. Gretta and Gabriel Conroy are among the guests at the Morkan Sisters’ annual dinner on the Feast of the Epiphany and the last day of Christmas. An evening of laughter, music and dance ends in introspection and Gabriel has an epiphany of his own.

The Theater Pub cast features: Melissa Clason, Siobhan Doherty, Jean Forsman, Cameron Galloway, Heather Kellogg, William Leschber, Theresa Miller, Rhio Ossola, Vince Faso, and Sara Breindel on the harp.

Admission is, as always, FREE with a suggested donation, and of course, we’ll have Hide Away Blues BBQ there so arrive hungry and get there early to ensure a seat!”

Be there or be square!

Today is both Bloomsday and Father’s Day! Which is fitting because my dad love’s James Joyce.

I just went on a walk with my daughter and husband, she’s learning to ride her bicycle without training wheels. It’s hard for her because she has to practice, and she wants to be good instantly at everything. I watch as my husband thoughtfully argued against her 5-year-old logic, trying to get back up and try again after she had fallen… In the end, he failed. But I’m not sure I would have put in so much effort. I am grateful that there are two of us, and for the things that he makes up for which I lack.

It got me thinking about my dad, and the things that I can thank him for… He used to read Just So Stories to me as bed time stories, my favorite was “The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo.” I asked for it almost every night. My dad also bought me King Lear when I was in sixth grade, and he talked me through all the parts I was confused by. He also bought me Grendel by John Gardner, In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan, and Moby Dick. I never could read Moby Dick, but Grendel, and In Watermelon Sugar are two of my all time favorite books. He was also one of the first people I told when I started writing The Fantasy Club, and he was the third person I sent it to to read. He’s one of my biggest fans, and makes me feel like there’s nothing else that I should be doing.

I hope both the dads in my life have a great day today, I’m glad you are in my life.

Folks we are 44% funded! A big thank you to the folks who donated yesterday:

Kat Engh

Kirk Shimano

Charley Lerrigo

Dorothy

We still have over $2,000 to raise, please consider chipping in if you haven’t already!

Excited for this week’s podcast? Well, wait no longer friends! Here is Meet Smart by Brett Steven Abelman.

For details on all the fabulous people that helped to make this podcast happen go to the check out the 31 Plays in 31 Days Blog.

Enjoy!

A couple of folks have asked me about money, and why we need it, and where it’s going. To that I say, excellent question! I asked the artistic director of All Terrain Theater and director of The Fantasy Club, Tracy Held Potter, and this is what she told me:

• Rehearsal & Performance Space Rental: $1800
• Actor Stipends: $1300
• Crew Stipends: $1500
• Insurance: $400

“This is the basic fees that we’re trying to cover through Kickstarter, this is obviously more than $4,000, but we expect ticket sales to cover some of this. Also, Kickstarter itself has fees and providing rewards costs some money, proportional to our campaign’s success. For this reason, it would be great to raise at least $6,000, and anything over that helps us fund our next two shows.”

As of right now (10:16am in the morning of Friday, June 14th) we are 39% of the way to our base goal of $4,000! We have 14 days to go and need all the help we can get. If you haven’t given already, I do hope that you will consider doing so, you can donate as little as $1, and every $1 helps!

Sharing also helps, so after your fit of laughter subsides, share our project with your friends, if you’re tweeting use the hashtag #thefantasyclub!

Here’s the link again:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz

THANK YOU!

We have some more all-stars joining the list of people donating to our kickstarter campaign! We are grateful to have your support, and we thank you for your generosity!

John Held

Anna and David Gamboa with A7d Creative Group)

Melissa Keith

Robin D. Silver

Colleen Ye

Daniel Holloway

Carol Lashof

Theresa Donahoe

Hannah Krawczyk

Madeline Puccioni

Ramya Vijayan

And

Carol Hochberg

Thank you again, from the bottom of our hearts!

Oh, and because you’ve been so generous, here are some more hilarious/awesome pictures stills from shooting our hilarious/awesome kickstarter video! If you are one of the few people who haven’t seen the video, you should fix that now… Be sure you’re not eating anything, or handling heavy machinery while watching though… We’re not responsible for any accidents that occur during your viewing of the video.

Our director Colin Johnson showing Siobhan Doherty how exactly “sexy on a wall” should look.

Colin setting up a shot of me!

*Both photos courtesy Rob Reeves

Here’s the link one more time, just in case you want to be thanked on my website too…

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz

Tickets are not yet on sale (unless of course you select the $50 donation level on our kickstarter campaign, that includes two VIP tickets AND strawberries and chocolate!), but there is now a facebook event! Show off to your friends that you’re coming to see this hilarious show and RSVP today!

And if you’re talking on twitter about how hilarious our kickstarter video is, be sure and use the hashtag: #thefantasyclub.

Thank you!

Yesterday we raised $575! Thank you to everyone who donated, and shared our project! Specially, I would like to shout out to: Katy Kessinger, Peter Townley, Stuart Bousel, Patrick Brennan, Lauren Alise Cooney, Jordan Stanway, Colin Potter, Laylah Muran de Assereto, and Colleen Egan! THANK YOU! There were also a few folks who generously donated that didn’t wish to be publicly thanked, we know who you are and we thank you in our hearts!

We are 14% of the way there with only 15 days to go! Please, please, please, help us reach our goal! Every $1 helps, and anything that makes you laugh as hard as Barb the Phone Sex Operator deserves at least $1, right?

Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Oh, ha! Here’s the link again, for you to donate:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz