You can now vote for our amazing cast and design team for NYIT Awards.
Go here to sign up to vote:
VOTE!!!

But you have to see the show first.
So get your tickets here:
http://macbeth.brownpapertickets.com/

Tickets to all show times are now available for purchase!

To purchase tickets CLICK HERE!

MACBETH!!!! Creepy.

Our fall show, MacBeth will be starting rehearsals in a few weeks!  We are so pumped.  We have an amazing cast and design team, and we are going to blow your minds.

It runs Friday, October  26th - Sunday, November 4th.
Evening show tickets are now available at macbeth.brownpapertickets.com
Matinee shows on Sundays Oct. 28th and Nov. 4th and Saturday Nov. 3rd will be available soon!

Here is a little description of the show brought to you by our fearless leader and director, Raife Baker.

"A demented twist on a terrifying tragedy, The Crook Theater Company's Macbeth opens on October 26th at The Access Theater in TriBeCa.  The troubled thane and his fiend-like queen will let nothing stand in the way of becoming the last men standing.  This gender-bending adaptation highlights the scariest aspects of Shakespeare's story, setting the play in a bleak future full of violence and betrayal, and devoid of hope.  Featuring the talents of many brand-new New York artists, this production mines the Scottish play for its deep horror and dark comedy.  Demons, witches, zombies, and bloody murder make this the perfect Halloween treat!"

Directed by Raife Baker, the cast includes Marisa Duchowny, Ben Kahre, Phillip Mills, Dan Morrison, Lloyd Mulvey, Richard Prioleau, Max Rosenak, Kyle Schaefer.  The production/design team consists of Joseph Clayton Ernst, Christina Wallace, Whitney Dearden, Roy Howington, Dan Rousseau, Phil Pickens, and Dan Morrison. Runs 10/26-11/4 at the Access Theater in TriBeCa.

New Website!

We are excited to announce the unveiling of our website:
www.thecrooktheatercompany.com

It is functional, but still under construction.  So, keep checking back to see all the updates that are happening all the time!

We're Going Non-Profit!

We have secured fiscal sponsorship for non-profit status.  Information of how to give us money and give yourself a tax write off will soon be posted!

Frozen Moments

New pics of our show have been posted on the PLUNGE page.  All photos courtesy of Britannie Bond.

A nice rundown of things

I'd like to read this again so I'm placing it here:

How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon

The Final Stretch

If you haven't seen the show, then what are you waiting for?  5 Performances left!
Thursday @ 7pm
Friday @ 8pm
Saturday @ 3pm & 8pm
Sunday @ 3pm

Halfway point.

We have officially made it half way through the run of PLUNGE.  The cast is still discovering things every night and I believe with our improved understanding of the play and characters, the play itself has evolved and each night it gets better and better.  I am very proud of the cast and our company.  Thank you all who have supported us in any way.  For those of you who haven't made it out to see us yet, get on it!  Don't let this great show slip past you.

Supermoon!

Donate: http://www.indiegogo.com/Plunge
Buy tix: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1278864117
Blog: thecrookcompany.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Crook-Theater-Company

An image for the ECard

JC was asking if I could get an eCard put together so that you have an image to send electronically and via email out to the world. I've combined the two sides of the postcard into a single image and shrunken it down to an appropriate size.

Click on the image above to bring up the full size image, then you can save a copy of it to your desktop. (Right click or ctrl click) From there you can drop it into an email and send away.

Front with a review

I think that having a review with the main title here makes sense.

Kyle Schaefer - Featured Artist of "Plunge"

Kyle Schaefer (JIM) New York: A Christmas Carol, The Light Inside, Beyond Measure (Reading). A.C.T.: The Tosca Project (World Premiere), A Christmas Carol. A.C.T. M.F.A. Program: O Lovely Glowworm, Her Naked Skin, The Diviners, Increased Difficulty of Concentration, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Critic. Regional: Candide (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Anything Goes, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson (Workshop) at the Williamstown Theatre Festival; Kiss Me, Kate, The Producers, The Crucible (SRT). Other performances with: Shakespeare & Company, New Harmony Project, Kennedy Center, Collège International de Cannes, San Francisco Symphony. Will travel to Vancouver and Calgary in the Fall with A.C.T.’s Tosca Café. Member of AEA. BS: University of Evansville. MFA: American Conservatory Theater. For more information, visit KyleSchaefer.com.

One of our fearless Artistic Directors.

Postcard Front and Back

Alright, here's what I was able to put together. Please review for accuracy. Make sure we have everything important on there. We sorta ran out of room, so if we need to add something we might have to take something else off. 

Looking at it now, I see that we don't have the blog on there. It might make sense to put that on the front, at the bottom. Anyway, get back to me so that I can order these suckers. Thanks :-)

Backside of the P.Card - The Information

Show Titles with Dates & Times

Alright here's the beginning of the postcard back. Thoughts so far. I've gotta go for now. Dance lessons with my beautiful lady.

Post Card

March 10th, 2011:

LPreserve PCard Ttone

Good thought Joe Clay. 

Here's an update based on the comments. JC sent me the info for the back, so I'll get going on that.

March 9th, 2011:

Alright, added a little something over this image. JC asked for a lot of space. Let me know what else needs to be on the front here. We thinking we'll want to make the back where most details are advertised. Suggestions?

I gave a lot of fuss over nothing I think*, we stretched this image over the size of canvas we needed, but it don't look too bad. Not sure how it'll print up, sometimes hard to tell. I think this'll work. Sorry for the run around Joe Clay.

*Click on the image to view full size.

Haha, I'm obsessed with altering this thing

So, I'd like to reuse the architecture of this verbiage, transfer the info on whichever file we decide for the postcard background. Maybe add it to one of our other online sources even, depending on the reception it receives.

What sort of things should we include. Map? Reviews of the script, dates, venue? quick artist bios?

Thoughts?

Maybe for postcard?

Crooks! What are your thoughts?

So, I've been kinda stuck on the next step for advertising, or I've been just procrastinating. I want to move forward on the design for the postcard that we'll be printing for the show.
This will be a 4" x 6" double sided print on card stock. I'm thinking full color front and B&W back with the show synopsis, maybe cast, and reviews of the script.

For the full color side, I wanted to use that cloud skyscape that I posted earlier, or I also have pulled an image from Google Maps satelite view of a CT home and pool in the woods. It looks pretty cool and could also make an intriguing background.

Anyway, any thoughts? Suggestions? I'll be getting this done Sunday, so act now.