Small change in direction…
You may have noticed that in the last few hours, references to the pilot program all over the website have been changing from 2008 to 2009. Bet you’re wondering why that is, huh?
Well, just as we were gearing up to get the pilot program up and running for the summer of 2008, a great opportunity came our way, and we just couldn’t pass it up.
Our dream from the very beginning has been to ultimately find the Drama Farm a home of its own. Imagine a dedicated facility where our students could come to get away from the hassles of college life - a quiet retreat where they could just do theatre, far enough from the rest of the world that they could focus on their work, but close enough to a city that they would have access to all the culture and resources they wanted. Wouldn’t that be great?
After talking with several friends back in Pittsburgh, PA (where the Drama Farm idea was first conceived), it looks like those dreams might be a lot closer than we thought. I can’t go into the details just yet, but there’s a good possibility that we might be able to acquire an actual farm outside of Pittsburgh, complete with farmhouse and barn theater, to use as the Drama Farm’s permanent home.
Given that possibility, we’ve decided to postpone the pilot program for now, in order to focus all of our energy on finding a way to make this happen. We’re still working on plans for the pilot program, though, and we hope to be up and running in Pittsburgh (farm or no farm) by the summer of 2009.
Until then, we’d still love all of your help and input into our plans - those of you who have chipped in so far have been a huge help already, and we’re always looking to get more people involved!
I’ll also have more info on our plans for the farm soon, and you’ll be sure to hear about it as soon as I do. So stay tuned - it’s going to be an exciting year!
