One week to go. I may (or may NOT) meet my Aug 1 deadline after all.
My wife got transferred to Wichita from our home in Iowa in April. The last two months (the most crucial in my writing process) have been spent selling a house, buying a house and all the related duties of relocation. Luckily, I was in good shape with my research. You can see my outline progress on the KMR Scripts website
www.kmrscripts.com/kansas.
A couple neat developments that I'm excited about:
+ TimeTable of History - I'll be adding sections where WORLD/US/KANSAS events are put in historical perspective to show relevence.
+ Quiz Show - We'll call some students up onstage from the audience to participate in a (low stress) sort of quiz show. Participants will receive a souvenir.
Also--
I will be directing this production for WCT. Having the playwright direct is NOT the ideal situation for a "normal" play-- but this is not a normal play. The actors will be telling the story of Kansas from MY perspective, so I figured it better that they get their direction from the horse's mouth (so to speak). I would be at rehearsals anyway (new shows always have revisions) and thought it would save time to eliminate the middle man. We'll begin rehearsals September 13 and the first scheduled performance is Oct 2.
