This week marks both a halfway point AND a beginning!
The Beginning: On Monday we had out first read-through of Act One of the Filipino text of Marisol, and it went great! The cast, writer, and I are working collaboratively to flesh out and negotiate how tone and character context change from the English version to the Filipino version. The whole thing is still a work-in-progress, and we are all excited about the fantastic possibilities. Already a cast member had commented on how beautiful it is to be able read something in your own language.
The Halfway Point: And, if you have been following the blog, you know that we've hit the PHP100,000 mark in JUST A WEEK.
Thanks to amazing donors like you, we're halfway to our minimum goal of PHP200,000. The support, both monetarily and otherwise, that has turned out for Marisol has been amazing. I deeply appreciate all the wonderful emails and good vibes being sent all the way across the world. The show is gonna be phenomenal because of all of you. This network of international support is something I hope to develop into a network of international collaboration someday. Thank you again for all your good energies.
Please help spread the word! If you know of any friends who have enjoyed my past work, or want to support a good cause, please direct them to this site. I hope more of you can be a part of helping us reach our goal by donating to the production budget of Marisol. A donation, no matter what size, will help tremendously. Please click on the PayPal donation link in the right hand navigation bar to make a contribution!
To read more about this project and what Marisol is all about scroll down to the blog entry before this or click here:
"Why Marisol?"
Thank you all for your support and generosity.
Maraming, maraming salamat!
Krystal
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"Start a huge, foolish project,
like Noah.
It makes absolutely no difference
what people think of you."
-Rumi
"Irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically." - Sol Lewitt
Preferably riding a sea monster.
History of the Center
The Center for Sustainable Foolishness was founded by two brilliant (and slightly neurotic) women under a full September moon.
Sitting and chatting into the dark night about the joy of heartfelt impulses, the deliciousness of absurd thoughts, and the immense possibility in half-baked ideas, they decided to form the Center as a safe place for serious, contemplative thought on our most silly fancies.
After all, do we really want to say no to every bad idea?
"Oh, what fools these mortals be!"
-William Shakspeare,
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sitting and chatting into the dark night about the joy of heartfelt impulses, the deliciousness of absurd thoughts, and the immense possibility in half-baked ideas, they decided to form the Center as a safe place for serious, contemplative thought on our most silly fancies.
After all, do we really want to say no to every bad idea?
"Oh, what fools these mortals be!"
-William Shakspeare,
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Center's Mission
The Center is currently serving as an archive of thoughts, musings, and projects of Krystal (Xtal) Banzon, Center Co-Foo.
Who the eff is Xtal?
Xtal is beginning her first year as a graduate student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
As an artist and theatre director/producer/creator, Xtal has little idea how she ended up at ITP. She is interested in exploring the future of storytelling and performance, especially ways to articulate hybrid identities and underrepresented narratives through new forms/media/technology.
Xtal is excited to learn an incredible amount of stuff she never even knew existed. She will be playing around with toys she never imagined playing with. She is excited to own her first pair of wire strippers, and to learn how to solder things.
It's a fool paradise.
As an artist and theatre director/producer/creator, Xtal has little idea how she ended up at ITP. She is interested in exploring the future of storytelling and performance, especially ways to articulate hybrid identities and underrepresented narratives through new forms/media/technology.
Xtal is excited to learn an incredible amount of stuff she never even knew existed. She will be playing around with toys she never imagined playing with. She is excited to own her first pair of wire strippers, and to learn how to solder things.
It's a fool paradise.
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because if you are curious you might never come home."
- Jeanette Winterson
because if you are curious you might never come home."
- Jeanette Winterson
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