Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Comedy in Mesa?
Mesa Tribune Article...
it seems that i am not particularly technologically advanced... i have struggled and struggled to post a stinkin link. my morning is not shaping up well at all... if you see a link, know that i have triumphed.
however, if you do not i HAVE managed to make the title of this post a link to our recent article in the Mesa Tribune.
Hints & Tips, internet geniuses? all i know is that its a series of tubes.
-k.
it seems that i am not particularly technologically advanced... i have struggled and struggled to post a stinkin link. my morning is not shaping up well at all... if you see a link, know that i have triumphed.
however, if you do not i HAVE managed to make the title of this post a link to our recent article in the Mesa Tribune.
Hints & Tips, internet geniuses? all i know is that its a series of tubes.
-k.
Monday, March 16, 2009
all the live long day.
its the american dream to work for yourself... own your own business... be your own boss... get some boots and equip them with straps and then pull yourself up by those boot straps, am i right?
as that seems to be the case, we are certainly living the dream.
right now the part of that dream we are living is the push, push, push of heaving our dream out into the spotlight and inviting the world in to enjoy it with us.
in a weird way, our dream is to build a little place that will be the house of many dreams. a dream generator, if you will. a goal factory. a reaching for the stars sweat shop.
our dream only exists if many many other people jump on the wagon with us and come along for the ride. we need you... we want you... we want to teach you and shove you out into the spotlight and invite others to take pleasure in your brilliance. we want to entertain you. more than anything we want to make you laugh and we want you to bring your friends so that you can all laugh together and then they can bring their friends and some people will invite their in laws, eventually cousins will get involved and strangers will be there as well and we will all just be one big happy laughing conglomeration of merry dream-come-truers.
thats around the corner.
and, believe me, i am hauling and shoving and hurling our little parcel of rainbows and unicorn dreams up that hill and around that corner.
what they dont tell you is that working for yourself is really hard.
maybe they do tell you that. it could be the reason that more people dont do it. if anyone ever told me that livin the dream and owning your own business was hard then i wasnt listening at the time. its possible. i do that alot.
when you work for someone else, when you're slaving away at that nine-to-fiver, it sometimes feels like all you are doing is spinning the wheels, contributing your piece of a larger puzzle that somehow fits into furthering someone else's goals.
you serve a meaningful purpose, sure. and you work hard for the money (so hard for it honey)... but its possible that populating spreadsheets isnt really your passion.
still. when the five rolls around you can walk out the door. you can shut down the computer and leave the spreadsheets behind. you can turn your attentions to more leisurely pursuits, relax, let your hair down.
in corporate america, you can always shake your head at the foolishness of management. you can even phone it in, do just enough to squeek by and still walk away with the same paycheck. you can take a vacation. you can call in sick.
when you work for yourself there are no business hours. its true, i spend plenty of hours working in my pajama pants. but, the reason for it is that i am usually still working at midnight and later. at five i continue working. at nine i am still working. if i phone it in or call out sick... its me that answers that call. and i know when i am faking.
i am never not working. at the movies, at the mall, in the shower... im still working. my work is as ready for me on saturday night as it was on monday morning.
this, what im doing right now... blogging... this is me taking a break. and still, in my head all i hear is NCT NCT NCT NCT NCT. my heart beats NCT. my eyes blink NCT. i dream NCT. or...to be honest, i dream of paul rudd and in my dream he is talking about NCT.
it probably sounds like bellyaching. believe me, i sometimes dearly wish i could take a personal day... theres no personal day off from my own brain. and my brain speaks NCT.
however, i would like it very much if you would not get me wrong. i may be complaining... but thats what i do. i complain. i work hard and in my spare time i complain.
i love what i do. and i am grateful to have the opportunity to go blind and give myself carpal tunnel syndrome in the cause of doing what i love the most. with the people i love the most.
i am aware that i really cant ask for more than that.
but, for comedy's sake... the parts when i go on and on about sunshine, lollipops and rainbows arent nearly as interesting as the parts where i tell you i almost got run off the road by a woman who wanted to ask me about the theatre and i swerved away happy to be unscathed but happier that my NCT car magnet was getting some hits. nearly literal hits.
as tom hanks so wisely said to gina davis all those years ago in a little picture called 'a league of their own'...
'its supposed to be hard. if it wasnt, everyone would do it. the hard is what makes it great.'
and, as steve carell so brilliantly added...
"thats what she said"
-nct
as that seems to be the case, we are certainly living the dream.
right now the part of that dream we are living is the push, push, push of heaving our dream out into the spotlight and inviting the world in to enjoy it with us.
in a weird way, our dream is to build a little place that will be the house of many dreams. a dream generator, if you will. a goal factory. a reaching for the stars sweat shop.
our dream only exists if many many other people jump on the wagon with us and come along for the ride. we need you... we want you... we want to teach you and shove you out into the spotlight and invite others to take pleasure in your brilliance. we want to entertain you. more than anything we want to make you laugh and we want you to bring your friends so that you can all laugh together and then they can bring their friends and some people will invite their in laws, eventually cousins will get involved and strangers will be there as well and we will all just be one big happy laughing conglomeration of merry dream-come-truers.
thats around the corner.
and, believe me, i am hauling and shoving and hurling our little parcel of rainbows and unicorn dreams up that hill and around that corner.
what they dont tell you is that working for yourself is really hard.
maybe they do tell you that. it could be the reason that more people dont do it. if anyone ever told me that livin the dream and owning your own business was hard then i wasnt listening at the time. its possible. i do that alot.
when you work for someone else, when you're slaving away at that nine-to-fiver, it sometimes feels like all you are doing is spinning the wheels, contributing your piece of a larger puzzle that somehow fits into furthering someone else's goals.
you serve a meaningful purpose, sure. and you work hard for the money (so hard for it honey)... but its possible that populating spreadsheets isnt really your passion.
still. when the five rolls around you can walk out the door. you can shut down the computer and leave the spreadsheets behind. you can turn your attentions to more leisurely pursuits, relax, let your hair down.
in corporate america, you can always shake your head at the foolishness of management. you can even phone it in, do just enough to squeek by and still walk away with the same paycheck. you can take a vacation. you can call in sick.
when you work for yourself there are no business hours. its true, i spend plenty of hours working in my pajama pants. but, the reason for it is that i am usually still working at midnight and later. at five i continue working. at nine i am still working. if i phone it in or call out sick... its me that answers that call. and i know when i am faking.
i am never not working. at the movies, at the mall, in the shower... im still working. my work is as ready for me on saturday night as it was on monday morning.
this, what im doing right now... blogging... this is me taking a break. and still, in my head all i hear is NCT NCT NCT NCT NCT. my heart beats NCT. my eyes blink NCT. i dream NCT. or...to be honest, i dream of paul rudd and in my dream he is talking about NCT.
it probably sounds like bellyaching. believe me, i sometimes dearly wish i could take a personal day... theres no personal day off from my own brain. and my brain speaks NCT.
however, i would like it very much if you would not get me wrong. i may be complaining... but thats what i do. i complain. i work hard and in my spare time i complain.
i love what i do. and i am grateful to have the opportunity to go blind and give myself carpal tunnel syndrome in the cause of doing what i love the most. with the people i love the most.
i am aware that i really cant ask for more than that.
but, for comedy's sake... the parts when i go on and on about sunshine, lollipops and rainbows arent nearly as interesting as the parts where i tell you i almost got run off the road by a woman who wanted to ask me about the theatre and i swerved away happy to be unscathed but happier that my NCT car magnet was getting some hits. nearly literal hits.
as tom hanks so wisely said to gina davis all those years ago in a little picture called 'a league of their own'...
'its supposed to be hard. if it wasnt, everyone would do it. the hard is what makes it great.'
and, as steve carell so brilliantly added...
"thats what she said"
-nct
Friday, March 13, 2009
best.
I may do much of my job in pajamma pants but i assure you, i work my ass off. it may seem like no big deal to post an event listing or update your status on a social networking site but i assure you, it takes all day. azcentral.com, azfamily.com, showup.com, backpage.com, evtribune.com, myspace, facebook, twitter... those are the ones i can think of without thinking. i add to my list of assurances and assure you again that our own nctphoenix.com website is probably the only one i dont update on a regular basis.
today im pretty happy because alot of things are pulling together and comin up millhouse...
from auditions we invited 8 people to join. that number will inevitably whittle itself down, but even if we end up with 4 solid players that will be fantastic.
today in the east valley tribune there is a story about us. Sunday in the Republic there will be a blurb and a coupon for us. And on azcentral.com we are nominated for two BEST categories (Best Live Theatre Venue and Best Theatre Company) and we are ahead by a nice margin so far.
ill keep you posted on the BEST race, voting is open till the 15th of April.
you can vote for us at
k.
today im pretty happy because alot of things are pulling together and comin up millhouse...
from auditions we invited 8 people to join. that number will inevitably whittle itself down, but even if we end up with 4 solid players that will be fantastic.
today in the east valley tribune there is a story about us. Sunday in the Republic there will be a blurb and a coupon for us. And on azcentral.com we are nominated for two BEST categories (Best Live Theatre Venue and Best Theatre Company) and we are ahead by a nice margin so far.
ill keep you posted on the BEST race, voting is open till the 15th of April.
you can vote for us at
k.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Up and Coming
So. There is alot to look forward to in the coming months. which means alot of crazy work to do.
the valentines show, our first, will have to be figured out phx style. its going to be really cool though, we are going to change up the whole format for this one.
it did just occur to me, though, that every other holiday show we do this year will NOT be the first! Whats Up SECOND ANNUAL ARBOR DAY TREE-TACULAR! man. time flies.
were having auditions march 1st and looking forward to some fresh blood on the team. the veteran players like to point out that they only truly get to be 'veterans' when there are 'newbies' to boss around. i mean... to mentor.
personally, i would love to add some girls to the team. the 6 to 1 ratio of boys to girls on the team its getting a bit much. i would love to upset the balance and change the ratio to, say... 4 to 1?? so i hope some girls try out. that may just be my opinion and all, but im sure that most of the guys on the team would back me up and wish for more girls too. just a guess.
we're going to do alot of workshops this year. fun. hopefully get our minor league team going.
oh, and our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY is coming up.
the one year anniversary of our official opening is in February. but our GRAND opening wasnt until MAY, so we will be celebrating then. were going to do something big. i dont know what yet. but look out!
k.
New Years Eve Extravaganza 2008
The New Years Eve Extravaganza 2008 was a big hit. NCT Phoenix's first New Years Eve Extravagnza Ever. So, it was a New...New Years Eve Extravaganza. and, of course, we sold at least half the tickets the day before the show... on New New Years Eve Extravagtanza Eve.
It was pretty exciting, and a good show. as you look at the pictures you may find yourself wondering... why is krissy wearing a white t-shirt instead of the traditional black DJ shirt? thats very observant of you. allow me to explain.
you see, i set about cleaning up the joint a few days before new years eve and in the tidying process i picked up all the NCT shirts off the floor, pulled them out from behind the couches, dredged them out from under cushions and found a few balled up under the desk. I even grabbed a few pairs of stray black pants that had been kicking around for weeks with no aparant owner.
well. im sure you can understant that i was feeling quite proud of myself for behaving so motherly and caring for the team.
and i did take all the dirty laundry home and washed it all and folded it all up nicely and placed it in a bag and placed the bag by the door so that i could not forget it and... forgot it.
the only black DJ shirt left at NCT Phoenix was a mens Large which i could have pinned in back and passed off as a dress if not for the fact that each sleeve was the equivalent of my size t-shirt.
so i had to step out in a nice white number designed by our own Rawlins bros.
and now, please to enjoy... New Years Eve Extravaganza 2008
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