Rich And Famous

by John Guare

• Directed by John Rando
• Sets by Scott Bradley
• Costumes by Gregory Gale
• Lights by Alex Nichols
• Sound by Jeremy J Lee
• Music Direction by Laura Burton
• Produced by American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco
  

Cast:

• Brooks Ashmanskas
• Mary Birdsong
• Stephen DeRosa
• Gregory Wallace

It was a wonderful production of a wonderful play with wonderful people.  What more could you ask for?  I liked the Lectrosonics wireless system so much, that they did a press release on it:

Jeremy J Lee & Lectrosonics

Then it was straight on to Iowa…

Burn This

By Lanford Wilson

• Directed by Pam MacKinnon
• Sets by Marion Williams
• Costumes by Theresa Squire
• Lights by David Lander
• Sound and Music by Jeremy J Lee
• Produced at the Juilliard School
  

This was a fun show to revisit.  The first show I ever worked on in NY was Jim Houghton’s production at the Union Square Theatre in 2002.  We came to NYC that summer to visit friends, and ended up staying for a few months to see if it was a place we could be comfortable living.  We fell even more in love with the city, and moved here as soon as we could.

In 2002, I was the assistant designer to Rob Kaplowitz.  This time I wrote all of the music, which was a great time and challenge.  Pam and I decided on jazz as a medium.  The play is about friendship, grief, love, and the crazy tumble of passion.  But mostly about recovering from the loss of a friend and brother.  But we didn’t want to wallow in sentimentality.  We wanted to be interesting, but not get in the way of the story.  I think we did that.

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

By Luis Alfaro

• Directed by Tracy Young
• Sets by Robert Brill
• Costumes by Nephelie Andonyadis
• Lights by Russell Champa
• Sound & Music by Jeremy J Lee
• Produced at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bill Rauch Artistic Director

What a great month it’s been! About a month ago, we started on our Vacation Journey 2008! We had been talking about going to Turkey for a while, and finally saved up enough money and had enough time in the calendar to do it. On the way, we stopped in Amsterdam for a couple of days, as most of the flights had a layover there.

We’re back now, but here’s some teaser pictures for the moment:

A bike in Amsterdam.

The main theatre in Ephesus - up to 25,000 people could attend!

Cappadocia - Mushroom Fairy Chimneys

A balloon ride in Cappadocia

Goreme and the region from above

For more pictures, go to the photo gallery.

Man, has it been a long time between posts here.  We just got back from a FANTASTIC vacation, and I’ll put some photos up as soon as I weed through them a little.  But here’s something from a few weeks ago to tide you over:

I not only love that the NYPD is finding more creative and expensive ways to avoid walking, but the looks on the people’s faces in the background is priceless.

Here’s another fun shot.  I’m going to be helping move AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY literally next door to another Broadway house.  It’s cool that there’s 2 marquees for the same show on the same block:

So, until I get through my latest pictures from vacation, those will have to do.