A congratulations blog to a couple of new collaborators.

By Ken Davenport

I get about 275 emails a day, so it takes a lot for one to jump out and slap me in the face and say, “Look at this!”

But recently I got one of those, and when I read it, I literally “whooped” with joy (If you don’t know what my whoop is, think of a Broadway version of the Arsensio Hall chant).

The email came from Donald Brenner, a Director in town. And the story he told went something like this:

Donald came to our Director/Playwright speed date.

Donald met an upcoming Playwright named Mike Vogel.

Mike asked Donald to direct his new play, March Madness.

Mike submits March Madness to my reading series.

We produce the reading, with Donald at the helm.

The reading goes well . . . and . . . (drumroll please, for the big finale)

The Abingdon Theatre Company here in Manhattan puts it on their season, and it opens on October 26th!!!

Come on, whoop with me!

A big congrats to these guys who got the ball rolling on this project simply by showing up to that first speed date. They proved once again that there are two key components to success in the theater:

Collaboration
Simply showing up

Sometimes it takes a lot to get out of the house/start working on a project, but shows can be like snowballs rolling down a hill. All they need is a little bit of a push, and soon enough they take on enough energy and weight on their own that they’ll make it down the hill without much from you at all.

So we’ve all got two takeaway tasks today, including me . . .