About a year ago, while looking to team up with some new playwrights to get some original stuff out there, I came into contact with Joe Thristino, who wrote ‘Helicopters’. At the time the play was just a one-act play but I enjoyed it immensely along with another one-act play, ‘Release Note’, he sent me. It actually didn’t take long before we had already done two private readings of the play and we quickly knew we had something special here. Inspired by (or at least that’s what I would love to think) our brilliant readings Joe added a second act and it only made everything even more exciting. There was never really any doubt in my mind that I wanted to see this play produced but exactly how I was not sure of! After planning it for a while we had a reading for an audience and though the audience was small the feedback was absolutely great! This was in January 2012 and right after, Jennifer (who plays Kira) and myself started getting together on a regular basis to plan the production of this play. So where are we now? We are ‘shopping’ around to find a nice theater and we may have already found it. We are looking to set the dates so everyone out there can make sure and be there for the World premiere of this play. We are planning to start rehearsals later this spring and you’ll all get some updates from that once we start, and all kinds of other fun updates. The best thing about all this is how we realized that this play can be made with very little money – and that’s what art is all about. This play definitely needs to get out there and the world needs to hear and see the brilliant work of Joe Thristino who has a long and exciting career ahead of him.
At the moment we are looking for a suitable venue for the play as well as doing a little fundraiser on Indiegogo - so do visit the site and support the production, be a part of the very first premiere of this amazing play! On the site you can also download a 12 page preview of the play to see what it's all about.
Official website for the production will be coming very soon!
