POY t-shirts are here!

You, too, can own an awesome Point of You Productions t-shirt for only $15! POY Officers Melanie and Sean model two colors below:

Colors/sizes shown are Women's American Apparel Large in Army Green and Men's Hane's Beefy Tee Medium in Fire Engine Red. All shirts are 100% cotton.

We have the following:

Women's American Apparel T-shirts (they run small)

• Large Fire Engine Red
• Large Construction Orange
• Large Army Green
• X-Large Fire Engine Red
  

Men's Hane's Beefy T-shirts

• Medium Fire Engine Red
• Large Fire Engine Red
• Large Construction Orange
• Large Army Green (this one is a Gildan shirt and runs a bit large)
• X-Large Fire Engine Red

Again, the cost is only $15. You can get yours by contacting a POY officer or by mailing a check made payable to Point of You Productions:
526 East 20th Street
Suite 1A
NY, NY 10009

We hope to have online purchasing options available soon, so stay tuned!

The AIDSWalk - photos and commentary

Point of You Productions and New World Theatre partnered to participate in this year's AIDSWalk New York on May 21, 2006. Together, we surpassed our goal and raised $2,880 helping the event raise a total of $6,473,108! Congratulations to everyone who walked and thank you to all who donated. See the photos below:

The team (L-R): Bob Zick (NWT), Karron Karr (NWT/POY), Carrie Rueda, Chris Keating (POY), Johnny Blaze Leavitt (POY), Meghan Dickerson (NWT/POY).
Not pictured is the birthday boy Gerard J. Savoy (POY).

Karron Karr at the beginning of the walk (with Bob's profile in the foreground). Karron was the one who initiated our participation in the walk and we thank her for it. It is a great cause and everyone had a great time.

Here's Chris with Gerard whose birthday fell on the day of the walk.

Bob Zick is having a great time.

A photo of the VAST QUANTITIES OF PEOPLE participating in the walk.

Superheros from all walks of life participated in the walk. I am sure it should be noted that Johnny was very excited to be walking so close to the DC Comics team.

Chris, Karron, Bob and Gerard - what an enthusiastic walking bunch!

Johnny and Bob

A larger-than-life-size Red Ribbon was giving high
fives to keep the walkers' spirits up.

Johnny and Karron with Chester Cheetah!

And one of Johnny with Cap'n Crunch!
Is it just me or is his mustache REALLY oddly
placed (the Cap'n's 'stache, not Johnny's)?

Chris is truly the epitome of a "lost child."

The ladies of POY/NWT sporting their stylish
Walk Gear - Karron, Meghan and Carrie

And one final photo of the team: Bob, Karron, Carrie, Chris, Gerard,
Meghan and Johnny (taking the photo and thus not pictured).

Good job everyone! Let's do it again next year!

Open Call Auditions

Point of You held open call auditions for Hurt So Good last week at Atlantic Studios. They were a first for our company, but this show has a multitude of parts and we needed to find great actors and actresses to fill them. We - Johnny (Playwright/Director), Jeff (Artistic Director), Suse (Assistant Director), Gerard (Technical Director) and Marc (Production Coordinator), Sean (Production Manager) and me (Administrative Director) - arrived early and got set up. Sean was going to be the "gatekeeper" in the hallway and I was to be the "greeter" in the waiting room. The rest of the production staff was in the room waiting to interview potential actors. Sean, Jeff and I were set up with walkie talkies - complete with headsets - and I felt quite tech savvy. They really came in handy!

The open call started at 7pm and ran until 10pm - practically on the dot. We had a steady stream of auditioners and I had the privilege of sitting in the waiting room with them. It's a great place to be because I was able to talk up the show and interact with the auditioners in a very casual way. I got to see a side of them that the audition panel did not get to see. It was great! Although I think I acted a bit like a mother hen for I felt the need to reassure every auditioner that the panel of people they were going to meet was great and they shouldn't be nervous.

I am not sure if all open call auditions run this smoothly, but I think our first time out was quite the success. We met a lot of really great people and if they weren't quite right for this production, we will definitely keep them in mind for future projects.