Production Meeting: Creating Independent Theater

Production Meeting: Creating Independent Theater

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Production Meeting: Creating Independent Theater episodes

  • PM 92: Funding (Double Platinum)

    If we want people to gather in a dark room and watch Start Your Endings together we're going to have to set some money aside to fund the dang thing. 

    Aaron and Steven talk about the different avenues they could take and settle on a work-intensive and risky strategy (but what else where they going to do, these boys love the grindstone.)

    32 min
  • PM 90: Killing Projects

    Incessant creative fellow Jacob Godbey joins us to discuss recently ending his long-running podcast, Ginger on Ginger, how to know when to move on from projects, and where to focus one's time. 

    You can learn more about Jacob at godbeycreative.com and reach out to us at [email protected]

    21 min
  • PM 88: Self-Publishing with Riley Smith

    In the first of hopefully many interviews with non-theater artists we talk today with Riley Smith about her journey to self-publish her novel rather than go through traditional channels. It's a great talk to listen to if you're looking for inspiration to be your own amplifier. 

    Reach out to [email protected]

    Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo:@pronoia

    30 min
  • PM 87: Lens for 2022

    The year is dead, long live the year! Aaron and Steven gather together to set goals and intentions for 2022 since it seems like its going to stick around for awhile. 

    Aaron's goals: 

    1. Four or more non-Aaron directors for Space Train
  • Get a hold, clean-up, and formalize our digital presence 
  • Receive 26 rejections for grants, plays festivals etc. (reach out and apply to more things.) 
  • Produce Start Your Endings (or abandon the project)
  • Film four or more video sketches. 
  • Pay off company debt. 
  • Challenge from Steven: Cancel or produce something for purely selfish reasons.  

    • Steven's Goals: 

    1. Establish medium-to-long term goals for the company. 
  • Perform at two new venues
  • Develop classes and workshops
  • Experiment with forms
  • Finish, continue, and plan Space Train Seasons 2, 3, and 4
  • Explore teaching
  • Realize a full production
  • Host more theatrical parties
  • Pay performers for four or more productions.
  • Challenge from Aaron: Have a higher excitement gate for things you agree to, and be more decisive in what you reject. 

    • Reach out to [email protected]

    Support the show at pronoiatheater.com/store, paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @ Pronoia

    1 hr
  • PM 86: The Agony of Production

    Many moons ago Sandra and Aaron sat down for her to ask some burning questions about online production in general and Space Train in particular. What begins as a normal discussion about trains in space soon blossoms into a dark gazing out a window into a torrent of content and obligation which never ceases. It’s a fun time.

    Reach out to [email protected]

    Support the show at pronoiatheater.com/store, paypal.me/pronoiatheater, or venmo: @pronoia.

    1 hr 4 min
  • PM 85: Building a Better Space Hospital

    Last week we spun up a whole new universe of characters in the form of Space Hospital! The process mirrored the initial creation of Space Train in many ways and since we didn’t have a podcast then we thought we’d walk you through how everyone’s favorite(?) irresponsible doctors were birthed forth!

    Reach out to [email protected]

    Support the show at Pronoiatheater.com/store, venmo @Pronoia or paypal.me/Pronoiatheater.

    31 min
  • PM 83: Podcast Hosting

    A few weeks ago we awoke to an unsettling discovery: unapproved ads on all our podcasts! Aaron talks about the perils of relying on free software, podcasting solutions available to Pronoia, and what he hopes to do with the podcasts in the future.

    Reach out to [email protected]

    19 min

About Production Meeting: Creating Independent Theater

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Creating independent theater is hard. Creating independent theater with no money is harder. For nearly a decade Aaron Garrett and Steven Saltsman have been making original theater with no funding, no help, and only the barest tracings of a plan.