[NEohioPAL] A little-known fact about "The Book Of Mormon" musical

[Drew Rothman]

    *Did you know this about /The Book of Mormon/?
    *

Hello NEOhioPAL Readers,

Did you know that /The Book of Mormon/ was /not /composer/playwright 
Trey Parker's first original musical? Nope! In fact, back 1993 he made 
an independent movie called /Cannibal: The Musical!/*//*This dark 
musical comedy is Trey's spoof on classic 'western movie musicals' like 
/Oklahoma!/,// and is loosely based on the true story of a mining party 
that died in a Colorado winter during the Gold Rush. The film is full of 
the sophomoric humor, broad characters, and satirical silliness that 
have made Trey Parker, along with his partner Matt Stone, famous.

I will be directing a stage adaptation of the film script at Chagrin 
Valley Little Theatre's River Street Playhouse October 18 - November 2 
of this year (if you're interested, the audition details are at 
http://cvlt.org/auditions).

I am running a small $5000 Indiegogo fundraiser* to make improvements to 
the very rudimentary sound and lighting gear currently in the River 
Street space. Ideally, I'd like to get a decent quality small PA system 
and some new lighting instruments or dimmers. I'm calling it my 
"Shpadoinkle Campaign", after the opening number of the show, "It's A 
Shpadoinkle Day!"


    *We have made over 30%, but we need YOU to reach 100%!*

*The campaign has already passed the $1,500 mark, but we are missing 
your name on the list!* Of course there are perks for your 
tax-deductible donation, from name recognition and personal promotion, 
up to t-shirts and posters, DVDs and shirts from the original film, and 
even an exclusive cast recording with karaoke tracks of some of the songs!

If you're a fan of Trey Parker's work, or even if you just want to 
support the theater and my show, please see the campaign video and 
details at this URL:


  *http://igg.me/at/cannibal*

At the very least, I ask that you Facebook, tweet, or blog about the 
campaign if you're able to. The more people I can reach, the quicker the 
goal will be reached (or even surpassed). I'd love to count the 
NEOhio-PAL subscribers as part of the success!

Thank you for your support,
Andrew Rothman

* Note: This campaign is an independent fundraiser launched and managed 
by Andrew Rothman to benefit CVLT's River Street Playhouse. It is 
sanctioned by but not operated or directed by CVLT.

	
		



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