The Wilde Tales Family wishes to extend a HUGE Thank You to:
Maria Mazzeo
Juan Fuentes
Maria Ferrigno
Anonymous
Amy Klouse
Guy Costa
Mirella Mazzeo
For their generous contribution to our fundraising efforts! We had a
great fundraising week, we're about $2,000 short of our goal, and have
two weeks left! There's still time to give!
Every Friday afternoon we will be posting our gracious donors on our Facebook and Blog. Hope to see YOU up here next Friday!
http://igg.me/at/DWATWildetales
Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your continued support on Wilde Tales! We have decided
to postpone our launch party scheduled for Monday July 15th at HERE Arts Lounge. The launch party will be rescheduled later in our process when
we can give you an enticing sample of the show! So be sure to stay tuned for details as they come! We only have two weeks left on our indiegogo campaign! Thank you so much! CLICK
HERE to check out our indiegogo and learn more about Wilde Tales!
-The Producers of Wilde Tales
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Meet Our Cast: Deanna Frederick
Meet Our Cast: Deanna Frederick
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| Deanna Frederick |
Who are you?
I am Deanna Frederick and I will
be playing the Swallow in “The Happy Prince”.
What drew you to this piece? Why is it relevant to a contemporary
audience?
What drew me to this piece is its
themes of love and selflessness. It warms my heart and puts a huge smile on my
face to see the Swallow’s pure love for The Happy Prince and The Happy Prince’s
love returned to him, and his feelings for the people in the city who are
suffering. I believe that this fairy tale is relevant to a contemporary
audience, especially with its themes, because I believe that the world is
filled with a lot of hate, pain and suffering, and I think most, if not all,
people can relate to having that one person out there looking out for them and
willing to give parts of themselves for others happiness and well being. I
believe the world needs more Happy Princes to see the darkness of the world and
have a Swallow to carry out the kindness that the world needs, even when they
are unable to. In this story, love and selflessness never die, and it brings a
hope to the audience that it won’t die for them either.
Why do you think fairy tales are important/relevant?
I think that fairy tales are
important/relevant, because they were first written to explain serious
situations in a lighthearted way while not making fun of them or patronizing
their audience. They are important because they teach valuable lessons that
would otherwise be “too political” or “too spiritual” or anything else that
people get offended by nowadays, and therefore these lessons would never be
taught in fear of offending someone. Time may pass and we go through centuries
and centuries of life, but the problems and lessons learned are always
relevant. For me, fairy tales are history books that I enjoy reading or
hearing.
What do you want to audience to take away from the Wilde Tales experience?
I want the audience to, first and
foremost, have fun! And I want them to think about the themes and characters
that were presented and carry them out with them. Fairy tales are meant to
teach you something and leave you feeling better and more fulfilled. I want
them to take away the sincerity of the Wilde Tales experience and to share it
with their friends, family, and strangers on the street.
Why theatre? How did you start?
I was always acting out movie
scenes and songs that I loved for as long as I can remember. I have memories of
putting on shows in the living room with my older brother for my parents and
anyone else who would watch. But I officially started theater in middle school.
I auditioned for the musical and got in and I had been doing theater almost
every year since then. I just fell into it, loved it, decided that I was terrible at it, and I never looked back.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Our Donors (7/5/13)
The Wilde Tales Family wishes to extend a HUGE Thank You to:
Roxanne Lowe
For her most generous contribution to our fundraising efforts.
Every Friday afternoon we will be posting our gracious donors on our Facebook and Blog. Hope to see YOU up here next Friday!
http://igg.me/at/DWATWildetales
Monday, July 1, 2013
Meet Our Producer!
Meet Kimille Howard, co-producer of Wilde Tales!
Kimille Howard is currently a Venue Director for 12 shows in the 2013 NYC International Fringe Festival. Recently she was the house manager for Partly Cloudy People's Tigers Be Still and the marketing assistant for The Movement Theatre Company's premier of Look Upon Our Lowliness. Last fall, Kimille was the assistant director of Kevin P. Joyce's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's L'illusion Comique. In Orlando, Kimille wrote and directed the 2011 production of Christmas Cabaret for Disney's S.T.A.G.E. Kimille was last seen on the regional stage as Calpurnia in To Kill a Mockingbird and in the ensemble of 9 to 5 the musical. She graduated cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago with a B.A. in Theater and International Film and Media Studies. Kimille is also a proud Disney College Program Alumna. Special thanks to mom and dad! Your unwavering support drives me everyday!
Who
are you?
Kimille Howard, co-producer, Wilde Tales
Tell
us a little about the fairytale you’re working on.
You mean besides
the one I’m living in? Don’t get mixed up though, fairy tales as I know them
don’t always end happily ever after. Sometimes certain characters lose their
eyes or a piece of their foot, or they turn into sea foam. Mine is a mixture of
Grimm mixed with a little Andersen and a bit of Dickens thrown in. I know
Dickens didn’t necessarily write fairy tales (although one could argue that Our Mutual Friend and Oliver are 400+ page ones), but they are
allegorical much like Wilde’s fairy tales.
What
drew you to this piece? Why is it relevant to a contemporary audience?
I enjoy Wilde very much, and I love
fairy tales! I grew up on Disney, although their adaptations are a far cry from
what Grimm and Andersen actually wrote. I had no idea that Wilde even wrote
fairy tales until Kevin told me. Finally a literary land that hasn’t been
adapted to death (how many versions of Snow White do they think the world
needs!) And I think the morals/messages of the stories are always relevant. The
world is still a pretty dark place, and fairy tales provide that escape from
the mundane while not necessarily numbing the mind with blatant silliness. They
send a clear message that is cleverly masked by the world and the characters
created.
How
did you get involved with Wilde Tales?
Simply put, Kevin sent me the fairy
tales, asked me if I was interested in co-producing, I said yes, and the rest
is history. Sorry, no epic tale!
What
do you want to audience to take away from the Wilde Tales experience?
Honestly, I just want the audience to
enjoy the show, and hopefully take in the messages of each fairy tale. This is
a pretty unconventional piece with a mixture of music, puppetry, and acting. I
hope the audience will appreciate the approach to telling these wild Wilde Tales (see what I did
there!).
Why
theatre? How did you start?
I started as a dancer when I was a wee
kid, about 3, and I had my first major tap performance to the music of West Side Story when I was 8. We were
encouraged to watch the movie, so my parents got it for me on Laser Disc (ah,
the 90s). From then on I was hooked! I thought, “Hey, they dance, I can dance.
They sing, I like to sing. They play pretend, that’s like my full time job as a
kid! Sold!” My first show was You’re a
Good Man, Charlie Brown my freshman year of high school (unless you count
the Stations of the Cross in middle school). College was when I realized that I
liked being on the production end as much if not more than being on the stage.
So, here I am!
What’s
your favorite Oscar Wilde quote or play?
“Let them eat cake!” That was Wilde
right? Just kidding! “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth.” It’s also my favorite line
from the film Velvet Goldmine, which
includes a young Oscar Wilde confessing to his class that he wants to be “a pop
idol”when he grows up. Success Mr. Wilde!
What’s
your favorite non-Wilde fairytale?
The
Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
I read that book over and over again in school, and I even bought the
Canadian mini-series adaptation on DVD starring Bridget Fonda in her final on
screen performance. It’s epic and dark, the way I prefer my fairy tales (insert
sinister cackle). Seriously though, the story gives winter a haunting beauty
and sadness that I never would have considered otherwise. I’d also love to be
friends with the Robber Girl and the talking reindeer!
What’s
the darkest secret you can tell us?
I was afraid of the dark till I was
16! Pretty dark, huh?
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