Sunday Feature - The Last Fringe Blog: Nichole Carlone & Christopher Pineda (Edges: A Song Cycle)

We are Processed Theatre. Last September we produced a successful “Reefer Madness: The Musical” at Mainline Theatre, and have just closed the first show of our second season, “EDGES: A Song Cycle.” While it was definitely a big departure from a show like “Reefer Madness,” we got a lot of great response and are more excited than ever to deliver our mainstage show in September: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

The Fringe is over. We've moved on. Rehearsals for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee began the day after the Fringe ended. But, like most of the Montreal theatre scene, we are still recovering from our Fringe experience. Here are some of the things we learned in that whole crazy process.

The Processed Theatre Journey to The Fringe Blog, Part III

Journey to the 2011 Montreal Fringe
Processed Theatre – EDGES: A Song Cycle

Week 4: Fringe is Here! (Kind of …)

By Nichole Carlone and Christopher Pineda

We are Processed Theatre. Last September we produced a successful “Reefer Madness: The Musical” at Mainline Theatre, and are now preparing for the debut of our second show, blindly hoping that we can continue to produce the quality and popularity of “Reefer Madness: The Musical.” 

While the 2011 Montreal Fringe starts on May 30th with the Fringe-For-All (which rocked!), we all know that things don't really start getting funky until the beer tent opens. This year, there are more events, companies, and OFF venues than ever. Being in an OFF venue has the advantage of us getting to do as many shows as we like, with the disadvantage of providing everything ourselves (venue, tech, "staff,” volunteers, etc). We are in Venue D, which is upstairs from the MAI, and is essentially a room with a big pillar in the middle of it. 

Processed Theatre's Journey to The Fringe Part III

Week 3: The Theatre Space
In a market so full of artists and patrons, it’s always been sad to me that more venues haven’t launched to serve this massive need.

By Christopher Pineda

We are Processed Theatre. Last September we produced a successful “Reefer Madness: The Musical” at Mainline Theatre, and are now preparing for the debut of our second show, blindly hoping that we can continue to produce the quality and popularity of “Reefer Madness: The Musical.” 

I’m the General Manager at Processed Theatre. Niki thinks this post is too business-y, so she made me preface it with that. You’ve been warned.

One of the greatest headaches in any young theatre company’s journey is the struggle to find a suitable place to rehearse, perform, and conduct business. Especially in Montreal, the spaces available to artists like us are not exactly inviting to those who are operating with basically no capital on hand. In a market so full of artists and patrons, it’s always been sad to me that more venues haven’t launched to serve this massive need. My guess is that it’s too hard of a business model for artists to run successfully, and not lucrative enough for those on the business end to invest their energies into. What do you think?

Blog: Processed Theatre's Fringe Journey, Part I

We asked Processed Theatre to share their journey to Fringe 2011 with their piece, EDGES: A Song Cycle. They will be blogging from time to time, before, during and after this year's edition of the Fest.

Week 1: Why Fringe?
At one point, Fringe crosses my mind and everything begins to point us in that direction.
by Nichole Carlone and Christopher Pineda

We are Processed Theatre. Last September we produced a very successful “Reefer Madness: The Musical” at Mainline Theatre, and are now preparing for the debut of our second show, blindly hoping that we can continue to produce the quality and popularity of “Reefer Madness: The Musical.” 

The pressure is on.