On my mind...

Two week have passed since my last entry and my anxiety levels have definitely gone up. I am continuing to fundraise...does it ever end? No! But that's just part of producing a play! I have to laugh though, because in every production that I have ever produced, we (the administrative staff) always ask ourselves how we can continue to put ourselves in this position! It's incredible how stressful this job is. Looking for Sponsorship, asking people for donations, getting contracts out to the artists, making sure designers are beginning to put their ideas in place, marketing, marketing, marketing... But we continue because it is so rewarding when the production is on. Incredibly rewarding! Just think of the collective synergy that happens in a dark theatre as the lights come up! It's pure magic! For the artists, for the designers, for the producers, and especially for the audiences. I can't wait to see the show!

The buzz has begun within the community, I can feel it in the air. Just yesterday I got an email from a young woman who is starting up a business venture for business people within the Latin American community. She's Chilean herself and arrived here in Canada in 1985. She wants to help me sell as many tickets as possible for this play because she is excited about what the play talks about: being from someplace else,being an exile, being a new immigrant in Canada. The plays are few and far between that can speak to and connect with the Latin American audience in Canada. My friend Bea (who is in Refugee Hotel and who has her own company, Aluna Theatre) also struggles with trying to reach out to the Latinos...but we must. It is imperative that we create an outlet, a voice, a forum for this growing voice in Canadian theatre. How else can we create positive changes within and outside of our community?

For those who are not Latin American, Refugee Hotel will speak to anyone, and everyone who is from someplace else. So that basically means every Canadian! LOL!

We've got a new episode of the blogumentary up for you. And so it moves forward...

Thanks so much for joining me on this journey. It makes me feel less alone.

Marilo