Nearly a week has passed since we took our final bows at FlynnSpace, and what a run we had! Nearly a thousand people saw our play, we were able to donate $1200 to The Burlington Schools Food Project, and (since many of you have asked) financially speaking, it looks as though we broke even! ... Whew! A big sigh of relief at the Lantz household, that's for sure!
A super-big THANK YOU to all of our sponsors, advertisers, volunteers and everybody who came to our show! We couldn't have done it without you!
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WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING
We've been warmed with e-mails from folks like Margaret Gundersen who called our play, '...one of the finest pieces of acting and theatre we've seen in a long, long time.'
And from poet and playwright, David Budbill, who called our play, "Important, courageous and deep..." Mr. Budbill goes on to say that "American Machine is not an All-American, gooey, feel-good theatre piece; it is, rather, an honest look at the lives of six invisible, forgotten, ignored and neglected working class people who are the servants of All-American, self-indulgent privilege. The power of the writing and the acting pulled me deeply and irretrievably into the lives of these workers. Over the course of this 90-minute play, I came to love and identify with all six people. How many writers these days pay this kind of loving attention to the invisible and forgotten in our land?"
Thank you Mr. Budbill and Ms. Gundersen!
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STATS FROM OUR SHOW
Number of cans of grease used on the machine: 4
Number of producer's dress shirts that now have grease stains: 3
Pizzas devoured by cast and crew: 35
Vegetarian to meat ratio: 2 in 5
Number of show sponsors who sell or serve pizza: 6
Total number of shows: 14
Number in which former IBM'ers attended: 3
Number of performances that got standing ovations: 7
Number with an announcement to, 'Please turn off all cell phones': 14
Number of shows where somebody's cell phone went off: 3
Number of those phones that used a song instead of a ring: 2
Day of show when GM workers were on strike citing 'job security': 1
Number of days later when Chrysler did the same thing: 15
Number of times that the word 'Jeep' is mentioned in the script: 4
Number of Jeeps previously owned by the playwright: 3
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Well, that's about it. Once again, thank you SO MUCH for your support. We hope to see you next year with a new play.
