We had a staged reading last night for Bart Sutter’s play “Bushed: A Poetical, Political, Partly Musical Tragicomedy in Two Acts”. It went very well, in my opinion. Interesting to hear Bart’s beautiful, lyrical, angry, and funny poetry read out loud. I could start to see how things are going to tie together in the October World Premiere at the Harbor City Theater.
The feedback we received afterwards from the invited audience was very instructive as well. I appreciated how specific and helpful much of it was, especially from Bill Payne and Stewart Platner. Ann Gumpper and Mark Harvey also had some brilliant observations. And Mara Hart and Francis Heid shared some wonderful insights as well. I scribbled notes as fast and furiously as I could. Now if I could only read my writing….
I was also impressed with how quickly the cast dove in, considering many of them were just seeing the script last night for the first time. I hope that most, if not all, of them can do the show. “Bat Boy” up at St. Scholastica goes up at the same time and has a ton of talented people committed to that show. But we’ll find folks! I’m sure of that.
I can’t wait to dive into this show! But first, some Finnish Dinner Theater is in order…..