Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Space Captain Still Kicking!

Last week my fellow No Tea Productions company members and I all joined together to celebrate one of our own at the New York Innovative Theatre Awards nomination ceremony!


Jeremy Mather was nominated for Outstanding Innovative design for his video production of the multi-media show that NYTheatre.com called "non-stop entertainment from beginning to end."

Jeremy really showed off his incredible skills with a camera for that production, and his nomination is absolutely well-deserved. The IT Awards is one of the only award ceremonies that honors Off-Off-Broadway theatre. It was really amazing to be in a room packed to the brim with people who are incredibly passionate about creating and producing theatre, and yet definitely don't make much money doing it. 

We'd known Jeremy had been nominated for a while, but weren't allowed to talk about it until after the announcement ceremony, so I had no idea who else in the local theatre community would be nominated.

I'm proud to say I recognized three names in the nomination announcement. The biggest surprise was my good friend Harmony Stempel, nominated for Outstanding Solo Performance for her one-woman show, Human Fruit Bowl. 
When her name was announced, The Boyfriend and I jumped up and started screaming, fueled by both enthusiasm and surprise. Her show opens at the NY Fringe in August.

And not only is Harms still rocking hard, Space Captain is still gradually being turned into a movie. We had a shoot the other day at the Lullwater in Prospect Park, and it was awesome to jump back into it! Balancing the movie with other projects, birthdays, weddings, babies and family drama has been rough, but if we shoot one scene every six months, I'll be happy. 

I'm not going anywhere, and for a movie like this, I'd come back.  

Stay tuned for more news about the IT Awards, Human Fruit Bowl, No Tea Productions and Space Captain: Captain of Space!