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Engaged

Hey, friend.  Just a quick note to say I’m thinking about you.  Slowly getting back up to speed around here, I’m actually on my way out the door to an appointment just now.  Thought you might be interested to hear that I’ve started to have conversations with folks who saw the musical to get a sense of what the experience was like for them.  Really interesting the number of people who used the term ‘radio play’ to describe it.  And they found that approach quite refreshing.  And it looks like there was enough of a story to keep their interest, and enough spaces for their imagination to fill in to keep them engaged.  Some folks really enjoyed the show even though they don’t particularly like musicals–apparently the story caught and held them, and the songs didn’t get in the way of the story.  I know I’m not likely to hear from anyone who hated it.  But it looks like there’s something positive here–a show that engages people.  And more than one person was heard leaving the hall singing things they’d just heard.  That’s got to count for something.  I have no idea what to do with all this, but that’s the shape of the response so far.  Looks like I can’t ignore it.  Going to have to gather my energy and push on.  I know the next step is to update the charts and script based on the revisions.  Past that I’m really not sure.  Should I try and interest a professional company in doing another workshop?  After that I might have a more solid idea of whether I’ve got something that might be a work of significance with the right support, or whether it should go right into a happy life in syndication.  Or is it as done as it’s going to get and I should just find a company to do a full production?  I have no idea.  So for now I’ll finish the updates.  Hopefully once that’s done the next step will be obvious.  Wish me luck.