The Director Sector

The show, DEVILS DON’T FORGET with the Chicago Mammals, is exceeding all expectations.  Bob and I didn’t expect to be selling out every night, but we are!  It’s incredibly satisfying to know that not only do people take the time out of their busy schedules to come see our show, but that they enjoyed it as well, enough to tell their friends about it!  We’ve had some really vocal crowds lately, and we love it!  It’s just that kind of show.

In other news, my work on the KILL DEVIL HILLS script is going well.  I know it’s not much to look at right now, but I’m writing with the goal of finishing the script before I try and make it completely mind-blowing (here’s to hoping anyway).

The KILL DEVIL HILLS script based on a story that I learned about six years ago while I was working in North Carolina.  I decided to write it after having a brief conversation with Bob about two weeks ago.  He was trying to come up with a name for the city in which his noir tryptich takes place and someone had suggested “Kill Devil Hills”, which is an actual city in North Carolina.   The suggestion sparked the memory inside me about some stories that I learned and told while I worked there.   Essentially, it’s a Faustian deal between a man (I named him Rolf) and the devil.  Hopefully the twist at the end will defy whatever preconceived notions you have.  I suspect, however, that you won’t be too surprised.  I’ll endeavor to fix that in the future.  I do, however, welcome any constructive feedback you may have, whether for KILL DEVIL HILLS, DEVILS DON’T FORGET, or anything else you can think of that may affect me.

Meanwhile, in the day job, I’m spending half my time working for one company and the other half doing freelance work for another.  It’s the second project that has me stressing out.  I’ve been busting my balls trying to get this project into shape, and honestly, it’s a real challenge.  It’s one of the most ambitious projects I’ve ever taken on, if not THE most ambituous, and while I’m making good progress, I’m still second-guessing myself.  Will they hate it? Will they see my demo next week and say “Dude, that’s totally not what we asked for…”?  Who knows?

In fact, I think the same things about the KILL DEVIL HILLS script and every other project I work on, so maybe that’s a good thing.  It keeps me on my toes, it keeps me focused, and it keeps me working towards a goal — not sucking.

That’s a rather low goal to aim for, isn’t it?

It’s all I got for now.  It has to be enough.