This showed up on another homeschooling group of mine and I thought I'd spread the word since this gentleman is clearly an underdog and clearly being blocked from publicizing because he is speaking out against a multinational....
Hello my Guelph and area friends...
I'm writing to you to ask a favour regarding my new play, Nasteé Business.
It's opening in a little over a week, and A funny thing has happened on the way
to the theatre.
I guess I should have foreseen this, but it seems that a play that is based on a
community's relationship with a real live giant multi-national corporation is
just too controversial for some.
The Guelph Press has always been very generous in promoting my work over the
years.
This time around, they are ignoring press releases, not doing advance stories
and generally behaving as if acknowledging the play would be bad for business.
Merchants are reluctant to put up posters, especially those who sell Nestlé
products, ( and it's hard NOT to sell them, they are so omnipresent).
As a result, advance ticket sales are very slow, and word is just not getting
out there other than through social networking.
I've got a remarkable, dedicated hard-working young cast who are doing an
amazing job for too little money. ( I have ZERO funding for this project other
than ticket sales.) The Guelph Little Theatre is being really supportive with
their space. And yet, It's a big investment to make on what seems like a risky
venture.
Why am I whining like this?
Two reasons.
1. I think it's my best work. I'd love you to see it. My most ambitious musical
play. It's not just about bottled water. That's just the excuse for a plotline
that asks questions about how we navigate through these rapidly shifting and
confusing times. It's not just about Nestle so in that sense I suppose I named
it poorly!
It's got 17 Original songs. Giant puppets, Broadway-esque dance numbers, spoken
word and hip-hop even! A video component and audience involvement. Laughs and
tears and a love story. This is a really big production.
2. Since promotion has been tough because of the subject material, I'm hoping
you'll pass the word around to YOUR networks.
It's a tough time of year to be putting on something this ambitious too. You
know me. I was too derned busy to put it on earlier this year after it was
written!
Thanks in advance for considering attending or spreading the word. Hope to see
you there!
Here's the official, and unused, press release with all the details.
yours
James
Nasteé Business is James Gordon's new musical play debuting June 28, 29 and 30th
in Guelph at the Guelph Little Theatre.
An innovative multi-media full-length production, Nasteé Business examines the
growing tensions between disparate elements in our modern society: corporations
and activists, consumers and environmentalists, those who put the money first
and those who cherish and nurture our most sacred resource- water. An
entertaining work of fiction loosely based on the campaign to stop the
water-taking permit of a certain multi-national corporation, the play asks the
question "How can we all get on the same side? It features actors, singers,
giant puppets, contemporary dance sequences, video, karaoke, 15 original songs,
spoken-word and hip hop pieces and audience participation!
This is Gordon's 3rd major musical, eagerly anticipated after the success of his
earlier folk opera "Hardscrabble Road" and his Hillbilly musical version of `A
Midsummer Night's Dream' "Tryst and Snout".
The songwriter/playwright/producer/activist and aspiring politician is joined
onstage by an exciting young cast including Gabriella Sundar Singh, Jenikz,
Kevin Sutton, Jewels Krauss, Tanya Williams, puppeteer Deb Murray and special
guests. Designed by Barb Bryce.
TIckets for the three performances at the lovely Guelph Little Theatre, 176
Morris Street, are 25 dollars or 15 if you are a starving artist or you are hard
up, and are available online at http://www.jamesgordon.ca/ <http://www.jamesgordon.ca/>
or at Ground Floor Music on Quebec Street.
For information contact James Gordon at http://ca.mc1615.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=james%40jamesgordon.ca
James Gordon
http://ca.mc1615.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=james%40jamesgordon.ca
http://www.jamesgordon.ca/ <http://www.jamesgordon.ca/>
Electronic Press Kit:
http://www.sonicbids.com/JamesGordon2
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