The plan was that we would be announcing a couple of things this week (a fundraiser, a class or two, etc.), but we have to wait until some paperwork gets... worked, I guess. There's a lot of "hurry up and wait" when it comes to starting a new business. I'm trying to get used to that.
In the meantime, let's talk about two reasons (out of many!) why I'm so damned excited for this theater!
Reason One: The main purpose of this theater is to build a home for sketch comedy, storytelling, and poetry. These are three communities whose circles probably wouldn't overlap if you Venn Diagrammed that shit five years ago. However, we've recently seen some folks crossing those boundaries and trying something new. Sketch comedians performing at poetry slams. Storytellers and poets getting into improv and sketch comedy. Berets everywhere. It's neat! It's challenging, and out of challenge comes growth.
We saw the improv community explode due, in part, to the opening of Huge Theater (a space dedicated to offering a stage and a home the local improv scene.) It's not hard to imagine a similar thing happening to the sketch comedy, storytelling, and poetry scenes with the opening of Strike. With these three communities working in tandem, we'll be witnessing the start of something really special.
Reason Two: We're partnering with the SEIU Local 26, and that's tremendous. Why? The members of this union (janitors, security guards, window cleaners, etc.) have incredible stories to tell, and Strike Theater will be a place for them to tell their stories and to let people laugh and cry and scream along with them. It's so much more fun to be in a scene when diverse voices are welcomed and celebrated. It's also something that's sorely needed in this world of divisive politics and the echo-chamber nature of social media. I'm not naïve enough to say that Strike will change the world, but I do believe there is power in this partnership to create some wonderful conversations. Conversations that will probably change the world.
See? Exciting.
Now back to waiting.
In the meantime, let's talk about two reasons (out of many!) why I'm so damned excited for this theater!
Reason One: The main purpose of this theater is to build a home for sketch comedy, storytelling, and poetry. These are three communities whose circles probably wouldn't overlap if you Venn Diagrammed that shit five years ago. However, we've recently seen some folks crossing those boundaries and trying something new. Sketch comedians performing at poetry slams. Storytellers and poets getting into improv and sketch comedy. Berets everywhere. It's neat! It's challenging, and out of challenge comes growth.
We saw the improv community explode due, in part, to the opening of Huge Theater (a space dedicated to offering a stage and a home the local improv scene.) It's not hard to imagine a similar thing happening to the sketch comedy, storytelling, and poetry scenes with the opening of Strike. With these three communities working in tandem, we'll be witnessing the start of something really special.
Reason Two: We're partnering with the SEIU Local 26, and that's tremendous. Why? The members of this union (janitors, security guards, window cleaners, etc.) have incredible stories to tell, and Strike Theater will be a place for them to tell their stories and to let people laugh and cry and scream along with them. It's so much more fun to be in a scene when diverse voices are welcomed and celebrated. It's also something that's sorely needed in this world of divisive politics and the echo-chamber nature of social media. I'm not naïve enough to say that Strike will change the world, but I do believe there is power in this partnership to create some wonderful conversations. Conversations that will probably change the world.
See? Exciting.
Now back to waiting.
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