Outrageous Fortune isn’t the usual name for a tech company. But then again, this hasn’t been the usual road. The name comes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them.” To…
Generally speaking, in theatre, most stories follow a three-act structure or format. There’s usually a beginning, a middle, and an end. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back – or maybe girl moves to New York without him. The finale is what gets the fanfare and applause. But there’s a lot of…
For those of you who haven’t lived through it, one of the most intense phases in the life of a theatre production is the dreaded tech week. Once a show is selected and the team’s mostly aligned on design decisions, everyone splits off to work on their part: Throughout it all, the director and stage…
I was talking with a friend the other day, and she was telling me that she had submitted something she had written for publication but was a little disappointed that it had been respectfully declined. She is also a theatre person and we immediately agreed it was good she had submitted because you just never…
When working on websites, the importance of good pictures and artwork can’t be emphasized enough. It’s one of the first things I talk about with new clients – stock photos are ok, but originals are such a great opportunity to show style and personality. Anyway, when the time came to update my own website, I…