Huffington Post blog article about "Becoming Norman"

Paul Katz interviewed me about Becoming Norman for a piece on the Huffington Post blog. His article is really great!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-katz/becoming-norman-a-powerfu_b_666788.html

LA STAGE blog article about "Becoming Norman"

Great article about Becoming Norman on the LA STAGE blog!

http://www.lastageblog.com/2010/08/07/becoming-norman-puts-dixon%e2%80%99s-whole-life-out-there/

"Becoming Norman" on BroadwayWorld.com!

Becoming Norman had its first listing in the press today on BroadwayWorld.com! Here's the link:

http://tinyurl.com/29go384

Also, tickets are now on sale for every show and are available at the Becoming Norman website:

http://www.becomingnorman.com/

New "Becoming Norman" Artwork

The new artwork for the Becoming Norman postcard was sent to the printer today! I think designer Eric Pargac did an amazing job, and I am extremely pleased with how it turned out!!! I can't wait to get them back from the printer so I can start distributing them!

I'm also really looking forward to seeing what the poster art will look like now!

BECOMING NORMAN website is LIVE!

I'm so excited to announce that the website for Becoming Norman is now live!!! It's still under construction and there will be more to come in the weeks ahead, but now there is something for people to see and there's a link to buy tickets to the show! http://becomingnorman.com/

Thank you so much to Eric Pargac! He did such a fantastic job with the things we discussed at the production meeting on Monday, and I am so pleased with his design! He really captured the sense and feel of the cards I make and sell through my business It's in the Cards, right down to the little brads that attach the banner greetings to the front of the cards. I can't wait to see what he does for the rest of the artwork for the show!!!

First Production Meeting

The creative team involved with Becoming Norman met this morning in my apartment. (Otto, one of my cats, took a particular liking to A.J. Nowak, our Sound Designer and Production Stage Manager!)

We had a great meeting and got the schedule mapped out for the next few weeks leading up to the first performance on August 6th. There were so many creative ideas flowing in the room, and it was incredibly exciting for me to listen to everyone talk about their vision for what we are creating together. I feel so lucky (blessed?) to have such an amazingly talented group of folks supporting me on this show.

Here's the whole crew:

Norman P. Dixon, Writer/Performer/Producer

C. Raul Espinoza, Producer

Debra De Liso, Director

Steven Applegate, Pianist

Coby Chasman-Beck, Lighting Design

Lacey Anzelc, Set Design

A.J. Nowak, Sound Design/Production Stage Manager

Eric Pargac, Graphic Design

Ken Werther, Publicity

And so it begins again...

It's hard to believe, but there are only 2 more months until Becoming Norman begins it's 6-week run at the NoHo Arts center! It will run from August 6th through September 12th, 2010. The shows will be Friday & Saturday nights @ 8 pm, and Sundays @ 3pm.

Yesterday was the first unofficial meeting I had with Raul about the budget and what we need to do in preparation for the run. He has contacted all of the people involved in the show back in February to see who is able and willing to come back for the full run. We're hoping they'll all want to come back! (And I'm hoping we can afford them all, too!)

I started feeling a little anxious thinking about all the things that have to be done in the next 8 weeks and how much money we have to come up with, but I'm deciding to focus on the excitement of doing the show again, and just know that everything will fall into place and I'll have what I need. I'm really excited about doing the show again! I didn't realize how much I would miss it.