Reaility Check : More exposition on the plot

I thought I would throw out more details of the plot, for those avid followers that won't get to see it.

The story picks up at a point where Johnny Clayton and Miles Cartwright, who have been friends for some time have gotten this reality show together. Johnny has suffered from an accident, revealed to be caused by Miles. Johnny is just an animated severed head (portrayed by an actor).

Miles has also had a rough time, his wife was killed a couple of years earlier, and that sent him on a round of self abuse which is ultimately what caused him to be so incapacitated as to have caused Johnny's accident.

Johnny, Miles and the Bailiff beauties get the show going and select three contestants. Two of those are eliminated and Everett Mann is selected to be the prime suspect on Reality Check. A show that could win him ten million dollars.

To get that ten million dollars, Everett has to run through the rat maze of the court system, and face the tough and sexy Emma Melody. With the aid of his drunken and narcoleptic defense attorney, Everett attempts to win, but it just seems like all of the cards are stacked against him.

The trial turns serious and Everett realizes that the stakes are raised at every turn, and finally, some how he is on trial for his very life, and he isn't sure if he has a winning team.

Reality Check is a play that was mutually conceived by John and Tracy Medberry. The play has been produced as part of the Frontera Fest 2009 sequence in the Long Fringe.

The cast and crew for this wonderful journey is:

Director.....Tracy Medberry
Stage Manager.....Patrick McDowell
Choreographer.....Callie Langford
Assistant Director.....Stacey Glazer

Original Music by
Gene Brown and Alan Moe Monsarrat for Tono Music Group
Scotty Hardway @ L&L Studio
Engineer.....Stephen Pruitt

Cast:
Miles Cartwright...........................Matt Johnston
Emma Melody..............................Kylie Baker
Everett Mann................................Daniel Sawtelle
Brian Sanchez.............................Kyle Webb
Johnny the Mike............................Michael Ferstenfeld
Pez-Man/Zane Sullivan.................Dario Konjicija
Miranda........................................Shauna Danos
Becky (Miranda understudy).........Amanda Sterling
Chelsea........................................Sabrina Olivia
Maurice........................................Ramin Nazer
Devon...........................................Aaron Alexander

Many thanks to Austin Scriptworks and Hydepark Theatre

Special Thanks To:
Colin Denby Swanson
Frances Crone
Brandon Ribordy
Susie Gidseg
TJ Gonzales
Bastion Carboni
Frontera Fest Production
and Technical Crew

Opening night

Opening night!
The nerves, the pain, the frustration and that was just getting the boy into daycare before the show.

We had a fair audience for the first night. It was early, but one section was completely full.

We had a fair number of glitches, but all in all, I think it was very enjoyable for those that didn't actually hate it. To celebrate, I've updated the category "Reality Check" on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_check

"Reality check, a play by John Medberry and Tracy Medberry, performed at Frontera Fest 2009, Austin Texas."

Tracy Medberry is beating herself up with the usual post show things for someone who directed, co-wrote, produced and costumed. Can't do it all shouldn't try and now we know that.

Next thing I am going to write is....request for a grant!!!

SHOWTIME!

It's showtime!

Hell has frozen over and we have made it to opening week. (Did I mention that Texas however has not frozen over?) 

Update: Tracy Medberry has been scouring the city for this and that sundry as the just right thing for props, such as: squeaky gavel for a judge, blue and white pom poms (still not sure if she is using those), a pink dog leash and more critical things for the theatrical event.

Hopes have soared as high as the tempers. One evening, about three weeks after she not only let me quit the play, but then demanded that she be allowed to pursue it, she considered quiting. Play directing is hard on all. We have both stuck through. I've worked up the sound cues (sound design is NOT appropriate) and some cartoon movies using toon boom. The poster is on the main blogpage now. Will also get it up on the myspace page. 

The first night is Saturday....here we go!!!!

jbm

Reviews for Reality Check, the script

The script was sent around to a couple of people looking for feedback. The responses were interesting.


Reviews: Reality Check
John’s seventy year old father says:
"Where are you staging this piece of trash? …it is pretty crude. I'm not a critic by profession but I know what I don't like.
Dad
ps: Your mother wouldn’t even read it.”


And
The 32 year old playwrighting student:
“Great closet drama and clever social commentary.”
YOU BE THE JUDGE…

Frontera fest 2009, Blue Theatre

January 24, 2009 at 6:30pm
January 26, 2009 at 7:00pm
January 30, 2009 at 9:15pm
January 31, 2009 at 2:15pm

Tickets $10
www.hydeparktheatre.org
or at the door