Monday, December 8, 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Promo materials submitted

The following should appear in 2009 Rogue Festival map/guide:

Cupid is a B*tch, a musical about true love

Play/Comedy


From two of the dudes who said "Shakespeare is an idiot" at last year's Rogue comes another original comedy -- and this year they sing. You see, Professor Quentin Pied has devised a 5,683-question love survey based on compatibility. After requiring hundreds of his students to take it, he has found a perfect match. They don’t know it yet, but they are about to meet and fall in love in front of their fellow students as part of a live-subject experiment to prove Q. Pied’s theory.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Updates on 'Cupid ...'

We got dates:

SATURDAY, FEB 28, 5:30 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 5:30 PM
WED, MARCH 4, 8:30 PM
FRI, MARCH 6, 8:30 PM

We got a venue:

DIANNA'S SOUTH (same place as last year)

And an addendum to our title:

Cupid Is a B*tch, a musical about true love

(that's right ... we're singing)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Princess Bride (swede)



This is our second swede. It's our take on the final scene in Will's favorite movie of all time, "The Princess Bride." We shot 15 minutes worth of footage with a hand-held Flip cam.

cast

Westley: Joshua Tehee
Buttercup: Jaime Holt
Humperdinck: Travis Sheridan

Directed by: Will Albritton

Yeah, we'd like to thank the Academy (and all the little people -- especially Josh, because he's, you know).

Sunday, August 3, 2008

When Harry Met Swede(y)


When Harry Met Sally (swede) from JoshWill Idiot on Vimeo.

This is our submission to the 2008 Fresno Swede Festival. It is the infamous diner scene from "When Harry Met Sally." We decided to go mostly straight with our first attempt at a "swede," so forgive us if it's boring. We're hoping to work on more film projects in the future.

Harry: Josh Tehee
Sally: Jaime Holt
Diners: Suzanne and Roy

Directed by: Will Albritton

Coming Rogue 2009

We're working on another original comedy, which we're tentatively calling "Cupid Is a B*tch: A play about true love."

This one is Josh's brainchild. Check back for more details in the coming months. As for now, the cast is Josh Tehee, Jaime Holt, Will Albritton (who will also direct) and a fourth cast member to be named later -- probably after Josh and Will finish the script.

The marketing will be a little more simplistic this go-'round, and we probably won't be as secretive with the plot as we were last Rogue.

"Shakespeare Is an Idiot" (which we did in March) was our first attempt at mounting a play from scratch, and we learned a lot of lessons. We are tremendously proud of the work we did on that play, and we're thrilled to have had many people tell us privately and write publicly how much they enjoyed the show. Two of the best compliments we could have received were (and these are paraphrased): the play is perfect for the fringe festival circuit (Mia); and that it was enjoyable precisely because we made a play that we thought would be funny, as opposed to trying to figure out what the audience would like (Joel).

We plan on doing a lot of the same things with "Cupid" ... it will incorporate theories about love, much like we included a lot of "Shakespeare" lore . But mainly, we're going to produce something that we think is funny. We hope to see you there.

Shakespeare Is an Idiot

For Rogue 2008, Josh Tehee and Will Albritton produced an original play called "Shakespeare Is an Idiot." The story was Will's idea, and he worked with Josh for the better part of a year turning it into an actual play. Josh and Will shared the writing and directing responsibilities of the play with their fellow cast members, Renee Newlove and Sam Frank, as well as Will's wife and stage manager, Carrie. Also, Carrie and Will's dog, Truman, had an integral onstage cameo.

For more on that production, read the Shakespeare Is an Idiot blog.