by Rachel Dukeman | Nov 25, 2014 | Marketing, Social Media
Video direction and editing by Rachel Dukeman
Hear from Director Lance Moore while catching some behind-the-scenes rehearsal clips and a sneak peak at costumes of Renaissance Music Theatre Co’s production of “Kiss Me, Kate.” Running Nov 22 – Dec 13, 2014.
When squabbling divorcee’s are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics, the situation becomes a case of art imitating life imitating art. This exuberant show-within-a-show throws together gun-toting strangers, sparring actors and romantic entanglements against a backdrop of a 1940’s touring musical production of “The Taming of the Shrew.”
The original Broadway production of “Kiss Me, Kate” opened on December 30,1948 and ran for 1077 performances, winning the (first ever) Tony Awards for Best Musical, Book and Score in 1954. Fifty years later, the 1999 Broadway revival of “Kiss Me, Kate” went on to triumph as one of the biggest prize-winners of the 2000 season.
Renaissance Music Theatre brings this lively revival to an intimate venue with sparkle intact: Cole Porter and William Shakespeare in the Spewacks’ “Kiss Me Kate” at prices everyone can afford.
by Rachel Dukeman | Feb 28, 2014 | Design, Social Media
Success can be defined in many ways and frustration will be experienced on most of the paths to get there. But you can avoid some of that frustration by planning well. In theory, that sentiment makes perfect sense. In practice, we often get distracted by the excitement of strategizing a new business idea or implementing a new concept. And then — poof!— there goes the plan.
I recently experienced this first hand while creating a new version of a website. Like most thoughtful strategists, I created a site map, design sketches and web copy in separate documents. I then went ahead and started the graphic design elements and picked out a template to customize. In customizing the template, I forgot the most essential rule in working with technology: BACK UP YOUR FILES. I got so excited about the changes, I started doing them all online and then one little piece of code got corrupted and I couldn’t fix it (couldn’t find it really) and all was lost. Luckily most of my text and images were saved on my desktop, and it was honestly quicker for me to repeat an entire days work than go crazy trying to restore an entire, unfinished website off the server.
My grandfather was a highly intelligent, though slightly quirky man, who made his children and grandchildren recite adages as lessons to live by. I’m going to end with one of the simpler ones that stuck with me:
“Plan your work and work your plan.”
