Getting the word out in Winnipeg

The first day of the Winnipeg fringe has come and gone and the rain, oh that stinkin' rain, kept the crowds small but not the energy.
As Eleanor blogged on yesterday's post, we have a large venue to fill. The stage is so much larger than what we have worked on before; for an intimate play we do not have an intimate stage. We'll have to work even harder than we already do, but we can do it. CAN I GET A CHEER HERE! Wup!

So, when you gotta fill a stage you gotta let the people know your here. So we run to ques as people wait to get into a show and we serenade them with "My Vagina is 8 Miles Wide" (Thank you again Storm) and pass out fliers and chat with people as they go into the theatre.

As a group we have seen two shows: The Cock Whisperer and The Hefner Monologues. Both very enjoyable witty show with personal touching moments, and much humor. The Cock whisperer is our competition tomorrow for audience, I had been nervous about that show because I was concerned it might be just like ours. After watching it though, my worries have faded, the only thing our shows have in common is sexuality and humor, and as our show highlights sexuality and humor come in a million different colors. I think we'll have some audience members that will enjoy both our show and hers, but there will also be people that gravitate to us more than her and vice versa. The thing that I realized is that it is silly to worry about competition of one play when there are many shows going on at the same time as ours, and we all want the audience, and we all want to see each others shows, and we all want the audience to see the shows we want to see. It all comes out in the wash right? Still, we are working our asses off to make sure that we get our laundry done first!