Sneak Peek Tech Pics!

'Red Planet Respite' is opening THIS FRIDAY at the Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre at the La Jolla Playhouse!  

We've been in a monster/amazing tech all weekend so we're all a bit burned out- but we can't wait to share all the Mars magic with all of you (have you grabbed a ticket yet?!).  To get you excited about the piece, here are some sneak-peek pictures from Director Katie's cell phone.  Things are looking amazing thanks to our talented crew!!!  

What the heck is going on?  Well you'll have to see the show to find out!  Click the orange button next to this post and buy your tickets today!  

Caitlin and Chelsea's Big Adventure

We asked recent ASU Graduates Chelsea Allen and Caitlin Ross to join us in San Diego for the 2nd round of 'Red Planet Respite'.  We asked them to come up with a Vlog to talk about how the move has been, and they need your help!  Watch their video below and see if you can offer some support for this new adventure!  

Red Planet Respite Show Announcement!

Red Planet Respite

Written by Katherine Harroff, in collaboration with Soroya Rowley, Patrick Young, Karen Knierman, the ASU School of Theatre, Film, and Dance, the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and the Mars Space Flight Facility. 

Directed by Katherine Harroff

Performances: September 12th- September 28th   

Performance Times:  Thursday-Saturday @8pm, Sunday @4pm 

Circle Circle dot dot is proud to present the first production as the 2014/15 La Jolla Playhouse Resident Theatre Company!

In the year 2044, GlobalCom Venture Capitals, an American corporation, has developed the first interactive resort experience on Mars.  Red Planet Respite is the story of the flagship crew (a mismatched team of scientists and celebrity billionaires), sent to test the luxurious resort intended for the socially elite.  When an unexpected phenomenon takes place in the universe during the voyage, the clashing troop is forced to face consequences and psychological extremities they could never prepare for. San Diego Community-Based Theatre Company Circle Circle dot dot developed this original Sci-Fi farce with the Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration as well as the School of Theatre, Dance, and Film.   

 This production was originally developed in a four-month residency at Arizona State University where company members Katherine Harroff and Soroya Rowley interviewed on-campus NASA Scientists for inspiration on Circle's latest community-based original play.  Red Planet Respite is inspired by the stories, opinions, and personalities of the participating Astrophysicists as well as collaborative contributions from ASU's School of Theatre, Film and Dance, and now the cast and creative team of the current San Diego production. 

 "I cannot wait to bring this new work to San Diego audiences, and am very proud to launch our residency with La Jolla Playhouse with such a unique, hilarious, and thoughtful examination of what may lie ahead for the future of Space Exploration as well as our humanity." - Katherine Harroff, Playwright & Director of Red Planet Respite.

*Adult themes and language are used in this production. 

   

The Cast of Red Planet Respite includes:

Kevane La'Marr coleman, Jyl Kaneshiro, Patrick Kelly, Justin Lang, Caitlin Ross, Soroya Rowley, and Jacque Wilke

 

Red Planet Rehearsals Have Begun (A New Blog from Patrick Kelly)

It has begun!  Thursday night the cast of Red Planet Respite sat down to read the newest version of the script and today we continue our tablework.  It's nice to walk into a room of friends and feel how pleased they are to be there.  To hear how they trust you, to find how willing they are to take the journey with you, and to know how ready they are to do anything they must to make the show work.  

We have been blessed over the years to work with many of San Diego's brightest young performers, but I think that this show will has a magical combination of talent that will make it a stand out in our companies' history. To have crowd favorites like Jacque Wilke ("The Break-Up/ Break-Down"), Kevane La'Marr Coleman ("Deconsturction of a Drag Queen") and Justin Lang (company member of NVA), and Jyl Kaneshiro ('DerbyWise' & 'San Diego, I Love You 3.0) jump in with both feet at the mention of the project started us off great.  Pepper in company members and Soroya Rowely and myself, and finish it off with a new face to San Diego: the young/ talented Caitlin Ross who was part of the original workshop production of 'Red Planet Respite' at ASU last spring and we definitely have a great reciepe for success.

'Red Planet Respite' will prove to be our biggest project to date.  Not only will it take place in the largest venue we've had the pleasure to use ( The beautiful Mendall Wies Forum at the La Jolla Playhouse), it will feature technical elements and a set we've only dreamt of over the last 4 years.  We look forward to keeping you up to date on how the production is going and seeing you in the audience this September. 

But, before we can give you the art you deserve we need a little bit more help to ensure financial stability and future growth.  Please consider helping us by spreading the word about our "10k or bust" Fundraising campaign.  We are currently very close to reaching our goal which would allow us to really wow you with our first production as the La Jolla Playhouse resident company and secure our ability to keep the rest of our 2014/15 season just as strong.  To make a contribution of any size to our continued progress as an art provider in San Diego please click Here.

We also have one more "bar-raiser" event left which we hope will be as successful and fun as the first two were.  This one will take place tomorrow night at an amazing Belgian themed Bar & Cafe called Brabant in Southpark.  Managed by Adam Parker who you may know as the artistic director of Triad Productions and Director of 'Big Block Letters' from "Street. Art. Prophets.".  Brabant will be giving us 10% of food and drink sales from 7pm-10pm Monday night (the food is amazing) and we will be playing a rousing game of BINGO for some fantastic prizes.  This event will also be your last chance to purchase tickets for our raffle.  If you plan on attending please join our facebook event Here and invite your friends. We hope the place is overflowing with wonderful friends like you!

Click here to check out Brabants deliecious menu

Ashley talks fundraising!

Photo of Ashley by Rich SoubletHello all of you beautiful Circle Circle dot dot supporters!  Ashley, the resident fundraising professional here to thank all of you who have so generously donated to our $10K or Bust Campaign already, and those of you that will be doing so over the next few days.  As a growing young theater company, your financial support is so important to us, and extremely appreciated!  We have already raised $4400 to our goal of $10,000!

501(c)3 non-profit organizations like CCdd rely on the generosity of donors like you to accomplish their worthy missions. We don't have things like shareholders and a CEO; we have heart, determination, and the will to pursue and share our passion and art with the public.  We do more than sharing the stories of our community, CCdd is connecting people with each other and providing chances for everyone to learn something new. 

In order to continue bringing our community together, CCdd has launched our largest fundraising campaign to date with our $10K or Bust campaign.  As we grow and mature, our productions are following suit.  We are so honored to be the theater in residence with La Jolla Playhouse and look forward to producing some amazing work in their world class facilities.  To bring you the highest quality productions possible, we are in need of all important funding!  Our actors and production artists are fantastic, and deserve to be compensated for their brilliant work.  We also want to be able to invest in higher quality set and costume pieces.  This is where you come in!  By making a fully tax-deductible donation to Circle Circle dot dot, you're providing us the means to accomplish all of these exciting things.  

And if you make your donation by Tuesday, the wonderful folks of Cannon Power Group will make your gift go twice as far by matching it!

We can't say thank you enough to everyone who has ever supported us with a donation, seen a show,come to one of our events, or even shared our facebook page.  We honestly could not do what we do without you, so THANK YOU!  We hope you will continue to join us for years to come.

Click HERE to make a donation to our campaign today!