BUG-written by Tracey Letts

So this weekend (April 22-23rd), if you are in the Eastern Iowa area, I have one suggestion for you. See the production of Bug, written by Tracey Letts. It is a well written script about Agnes, who lives alone in a motel, with her son missing and her husband in prison. But when a stranger, Peter, comes into her life, he brings more than just companionship, but something else. For those of you who love horror: blood, death, sex, drugs, and pure paranoia; this show is for you. It's a full main stage production done in the Mills Experimental Theatre of the Dows Fine Arts Center at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA. The show is at 7 pm on Friday, April 22nd, and Saturday, April 23rd. Admission is free and open to the public. Seating is somewhat limited, so get there early! This show is purely student made too. This is the director's (Trevor Ketteman) last production at Coe College. I am the stage designer for the production, and Dylan Luke is the Technical Director. Jenna Murphy is the Stage Manager, and our entire cast is made up of Coe students. We would like to thank Tracey Letts, the Coe College Theatre Dept., Coe Offstage Players, and Sphere Studios for their help and support of the production.

Initiative: The Beginning

So the purpose of this blog is to post any art that I may be creating at the time, any designs that I think might need some comments on, as well as posting things that I find to be creative in the art world. And not just the world of art and design, but the art of theatre and music too. I'll try to post links and designs from friends and of works that I find to be interesting. This will include everything from sketches and photos of my work, any scene designs from friends, productions that any of my friends might be directing or acting in, any Happenings that I may be organizing or participating in, story ideas, lyrics to songs that myself or others might be writing, or any albums that I think others should listen too.
And starting in January, maybe the second week, I'm going to try to create a weekly series on this blog called: "Alternative Album Cover of the Week!" In this design series, I will design a different album artwork for an album that I'm really into that week. I'll either redesign for the overall cover art, or I'll create a design for album art for a single song. I hope that I can keep up on this project, as I like to design, and I love music even more, so I'll probably blog about the album when I post the design.
If you have any ideas or comments, feel free to add them. I'm going to be adding various information left and right and I hope that someone out there will appreciate this blog.

"Life is Art!"-Nick Jared