Spotting a Corporate Gig!

After all of that talk about the possibility of corporate gigs, it looks like we may actually end up doing one! I can't really take credit for booking this one on my own, however. My dad belongs to an organization called NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) and they do things like protect bridges and underground fuel storage systems that keep toxins from leaking into the ground water, from eroding. Good stuff.

Any who!

My dad's organization has a holiday party every December and they want to book some entertainment, SO - "The Spotlight" just scored its very first corporate event. I'm sure before long we'll be playing to CEOs of companies like Amway and Coca Cola, but in order to do that we've gotta use every connection we've got to get our foot in the door. That connection just happens to be my dad.

Nepotism at its finest, I say! I'm not above it! Just take a look at the folks in Hollywood!

Moving right along, I now have to get a proposal together and figure out the best way for us to bring "The Spotlight" to a bag banquet hall in Lyndhurst, NJ without having the players outnumber the party guests. All told, there were about 15 cast members in the A.N.T. Fest episode, far too many to travel to NJ, so I had to make some pretty heavy cuts to the cast. Five people (including me) made the cut. Pretty harsh, I know, but show business is show business. (Ugh, I feel so dirty.)

The paired down cast will consist of: Host, Sean Taylor; Sidekick, Matt Shafeek; Director, Shawn Amaro; Band Leader Ernie Privetera and of course, me! We'll all play our usual roles and then serve double duty as improvisers. We're also going to scrap the projection screen and multi-camera shoot, which will also lighten our load quite considerably. Since we'll be interviewing "The Man of the Year" and not using video clips during the interview,

It's all for the best! Actually, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing how well the compact version of the show works. It's cool to know that "The Spotlight" can be so modular should we continue taking it on the road to other small venues. That's the hope, anyway. I think that this will be fun for all of us, and what's more, we'll actually be getting paid to do it, which is a first for us.

...until we land that Coca Cola account, that is. Here's hoping.