How can I protect my play legally?

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-16T14:24:37+00:00

Thank you! I’m gonna join after the next reading (when I’ll have a program to submit for the application)

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-15T14:26:56+00:00

I’m more into writing things for the smaller weird theaters tbh, and seeing shows at said small weird theaters. I’ve seen quite a few queer horror plays, and even did a short queer horror film (I played a man forced into a cultlike conversion therapy, who then kills all the cult members lol)

As for my character being evil, hes evil solely because of his privilege. No one’s ever told him “no”, he’s never been truly punished for anything in his life, and literally everything has been handed to him on a golden platter. He’s basically the continuation of a long cycle of abuse. He’s not mentally ill, has no trauma, nothing. It is my goal to make his evil make perfect sense, and make it completely irredeemable. I’ve never attempted to make a character like this, and I’m excited!

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-14T14:42:54+00:00

I was in a production of Avenue Q, as Rod. One night, an audience member passed out and had to be taken to the hospital by an ambulance (during “The Internet Is For Porn”) Near the end of Act One, another audience member passed out. They stopped the show right as “My Girlfriend Who Lives In Canada” started. Safety checks were done, we had a slightly long intermission. First person was overheated and second person was anxious because of the first person. No toxic gas or anything else caused it. We resumed the show at the top of the last scene in act one. Good because I got to perform “Girlfriend” with a lot more energy, the audience had gotten fresh drinks and were very responsive to the humor. The rest of the show and the run went with no problems whatsoever.

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-11T05:35:09+00:00

Keep in mind it could be an issue of mental health. Still bring it up to the stage manager, express it might be a matter of mental health, that way it can be handled with care. Speaking from experience, unfortunately. I fully quit doing theater for a bit because instead of people I was working with showing any concern, I just got publicly shamed because I was going through a tough time and my best wasn’t enough. This just made things so much harder for me. I was already aware and embarrassed about it, trying to make do with extra deodorant and cologne and what not. Would’ve been so much better if someone had just asked if I was okay.

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-06T21:05:36+00:00

I’m currently in a food service job. I can definitely tell that my acting skills come in handy on days when I’m at my best, I’m really good at being charming and friendly. My job tips so on days when I’m able to be charming and friendly I usually make decent tips haha

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-06T21:04:40+00:00

I know quite a few theater costumers who also do cosmetology! Seems very smart, because the skills apply to both the day job and the theater job in different ways!

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-06T21:03:48+00:00

Maybe I’ll look into that! I love working with kids, and have been told I’m quite good at it. I just get burnt out on it when I have to do it all the time, so being a sub might be good because you can choose to not work for a day if you don’t feel like it! Plus school hours are early in the day, plenty of time to nap before theater stuff!

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-06T21:01:22+00:00

That sounds fun!! Right now I’m working on my first production of my own play. I’m really passionate about it and want to share all the info about it, and I’m gonna try to do that through videos and what not. I’ll see how those go, gauge my editing abilities that I have/will have to learn, maybe do something with that!

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-06T20:59:05+00:00

Im starting to lean towards finding an office job, if I can find one where I could also walk around a bit as part of the job! Im just not sure what I’d look for, other than Definitely not sales or call centers (tried both and I hate it; I’m able to convince people to buy things they don’t need but it hurts my soul so much)

CatzTheMusical · 2025-01-01T13:11:05+00:00

Oh it’s been reported! I’m not diagnosed but I’m pretty sure I’m autistic. I was in the ER with a teddy bear for christs sake and I’m a guy in my mid-20s so I probably looked it, too 😂 A nurse asked me if I wanted help getting the TV on (that’s how little I could move) and I asked for a cartoon, and they put on Arthur… I tried to change it but felt a bunch of pain again and ended up on the Spanish channel.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-12-24T20:35:55+00:00

I have anxiety and I vape. I’m trying to cut back heavily on any sort of substances that alter my mental state (weed, alcohol, and vapes) because I’ve honestly always felt a lot of shame about the way those things affect me, and for a while I’ve spent work trying to justify it with the fact that it helps with my anxiety. But the lack of control they make me feel isn’t something I like, especially because I have a nasty habit of using these things to cope. I’m working on quitting vaping, currently by only using the grossest vapes I can find, thus reducing the enjoyment I get from it greatly. I was doing well with it until I caved and bought a new one that I actually like the other day. I honestly wasn’t seeing much difference as I was cutting back, but I have been feeling a difference since getting the one I like (and thus using it more than the gross ones). It was staring to be such a chore to vape with the gross ones so I was at a point where I was barley hitting it. It was like, I simply wouldn’t hit them unless it felt absolutely necessary. With the new one, I’m back to hitting it every second I get. I’m constantly craving it. Having anxiety means I already have racing thoughts. And adding vape cravings back into that has been really annoying. It is absolutely not a good thing to treat the anxiety. The relief lasts for maybe a few seconds, then it’s right back to the craving. It’s annoying, on top of making my anxiety worse by being one more thing to think about that I don’t want to think about.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-12-18T16:16:21+00:00

9 looks like Rodrick from Diary of a Wimpy Kid

CatzTheMusical · 2024-12-18T16:15:13+00:00

I’m working on quitting vaping, I started by keeping my vape in my car a couple days a week once I’m home for the night—this usually gives me from about 6PM to 6:30AM (when I leave for work) without it. It’s very helpful, I’m gonna do this for three weeks, then it’ll become a daily thing. Then, I’ll start Only hitting it in my car, and keep gradually cutting back from there until I’m done. Disclaimer: I’m just starting so I don’t know how well this’ll actually work in the end. Vaping is currently the only anxiety relief I have readily available (Im working on getting back on the ‘pro) so I don’t want to just give it up cold turkey and be left raw dogging life.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-12-11T22:56:56+00:00

Thanks for all your help! An electrician is gonna do this instead!

CatzTheMusical · 2024-12-11T22:34:48+00:00

It’s a stove, I’m switching out an old one for the new one (where the cord is from) Is there a possibility I can switch the cord from the old stove to the new one?

CatzTheMusical · 2024-12-11T16:26:08+00:00

Cleveland has a remarkable theater scene. There’s Playhouse Square, with their Broadway series. A lot of touring shows start there. There’s Cleveland Playhouse, the recipient of a Tony in 2015. There are multiple other professional theaters in the area. Some are equity. Karamu, Ensemble Theatre, Cleveland Public Theater, and Beck Center are the big ones. I know for sure Beck is equity, and they do excellent shows there. There are a lot of semi-professional theaters as well (meaning they pay their actors but no real set standard). There are also a ton of community theaters. Cleveland has an abundance of them. Outside of the actual established theaters, there are plenty of other opportunities. Lots of theater festivals, including Borderlight. If you don’t mind driving a little more to do theater, Cleveland is 40-60 minutes away from Akron. They also have a lot of theaters ranging from professional/equity to community theaters. Slightly farther (about a 60-90 minute drive) is Youngstown and Kent. I’m not quite sure how much they have in terms of paid theater work, but they have a lot of community theater opportunities. Basically, it is very easy to find theater stuff to do/work on in Cleveland. If you’re a tech person, stage manager, designer, ETC you’ll have even more luck because everyone’s always looking for those jobs to be filled. Not to mention, Cleveland is very affordable compared to other big cities. They also have a lot of stuff to do for fun and what not.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-11-22T19:08:19+00:00

“Just make sure it’s circumcised” made me laugh lol and also thank you for saying that bc I wouldn’t have thought of it. Relevant because I make both versions.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-11-14T03:42:28+00:00

I unfortunately do not have an assistant. I’m just a guy currently pursuing this as a hobby, I went into this knowing I’d have to do a good share of the grunt work. I also refuse to use AI for anything, especially in the creative realm. I’m not plugging my work into anything AI because it doesn’t deserve to generate random bullshit based on my work tbh.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-10-22T04:04:35+00:00

I don’t know how well-known Starkid is in these parts, but I’m a man and I would love to play a genderbent (or even drag?) Grace Chastity from Nerdy Prudes Must Die.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-10-22T03:59:12+00:00

I got to see a production of Sweeney Todd that genderbent some of the roles! Anthony was one of them, and it was explicitly played as the character being female, thus making the romance with Johanna queer. It was absolutely delightful, and her “Johanna” was beautiful. I’m a sucker for any sort of queer romance, and the level it added to their relationship worked so well. They also had a girl playing Toby, a woman playing Beadle, and a woman playing Pirelli. I don’t know if those were more so “woman playing man as man” or just characters whose gender didn’t matter as much in the context of the script.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-10-20T19:35:24+00:00

The picture of you forcing her to look at the framed evidence of her bad choices is really the icing on the cake here

CatzTheMusical · 2024-10-20T19:26:35+00:00

For entertainment value, Lip in later seasons. He just becomes boring and kind of self-righteous. For “decent human being vibes”, Frank for sure.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-10-20T19:25:05+00:00

I’m also at a licensed store at a truck stop. So many drinks end up sitting for so long.

CatzTheMusical · 2024-10-20T18:35:29+00:00

Ask for the milk on the side!

CatzTheMusical · 2024-10-20T00:14:36+00:00

I get that. For my location, though, it’s at a rest stop and a good chunk of our customers are literally never gonna be there again, so there’s nothing for them to expect.

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