Speakeasy Fundraise - Updated.mp4 (2m 13s) 1 speaker () [0:00:09] : Speakeasy is an incredible immersive experience where you're transported back in time, back in the [0:00:15] : 1920s. What we've done is we've created a fully realize club that would have existed [0:00:20] : in San Francisco in 1923. You're free to explore as you would in life. It's [0:00:26] : like a choose your own adventure. You can go to any of these rooms. You [0:00:29] : can have a drink at the bar. You can actually gamble, or you can sit [0:00:32] : in the cabaret and watch a show. We ran the show in 2014. We did [0:00:37] : a five month run. We had incredible success. We had 75 performances. We completely sold [0:00:42] : out across the board. We actually got to the point, which is so exciting, we [0:00:45] : were sold out up to ten weeks in advance. We spent about $250,000 of which [0:00:50] : we had investors for. Not only did we make all the money back, but we [0:00:54] : also gave all our investors a 56% return, which we were very excited to do. [0:00:59] : Everything about this production is scaled up from the first production. We've gone from a [0:01:03] : little over 3,000 square feet to just under 10,000 square feet. We have a permanent [0:01:08] : home. We have a long term lease. We're putting two million dollars into the venue. [0:01:13] : It's everywhere from the wallpaper to the carpet to the tile in the bathroom floor. [0:01:17] : We want to create a very period authentic space that people can get lost in. [0:01:25] : It's like stepping back in time to another world. I think there's something about people [0:01:32] : telling you how you should live your life, and the rejection of that. The rejection [0:01:39] : of saying, "No, you don't tell me how I live my life. I'm going to [0:01:41] : choose to live my life the way I want to." And the show that we [0:01:45] : we've been working on and creating has really taken that spirit and that idea; and [0:01:51] : for me, the show is about enjoying the time that you have while you have [0:01:57] : it, enjoying the people that you're with. At the very least, have a drink and [0:02:03] : dance a little bit. Listen to some good music and enjoy this moment that we [0:02:08] : call life. [0:02:08] What people are saying about The Speakeasy.mp4 (1m 9s) 1 speaker () [0:00:08] : It was a blast. [0:00:08] : Speak Easy was amazing. [0:00:09] : It was incredible. It was unique. It was fun. [0:00:13] : It was fantastic. Literally, fantastic. [0:00:15] : I just fell in love, as soon as I walked in. You forget where you [0:00:19] : are, and what time you're in. And you want to follow these characters, these people, [0:00:24] : that you're invested in now. [0:00:26] : There's more going on with the personalities, the story, the anger, the hatred, the love, [0:00:32] : the fun, the feminism. [0:00:33] : Everything's immaculate. The details are amazing. [0:00:36] : There's a bunch of costume ideas that I really, now. [0:00:40] : You get to dress up. You get to have a lot of fun. You get [0:00:42] : to be a part of something is from a century ago. [0:00:46] : Doo, doo, doo, doo. [0:00:46] : They were awesome. The drinks were incredible. [0:00:53] : Loved the cocktails. [0:00:55] : The cocktails were great. I got to say, prohibition cocktail? [0:00:58] : The drinks were so good. [0:01:00] : Go. [0:01:02] : Go. [0:01:03] : [inaudible 00:01:02] [0:01:04] : To the Speak Easy. [0:01:05] : Onward to the Speak Easy. [0:01:10] The Speakeasy Teaser Final HD.mp4 (36s) 3 speakers (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, Speaker 3) [0:00:02] Speaker 1: How did you find this place? [0:00:04] Speaker 2: I don't know. Someone gave me a card. It just said, "From a friend." [0:00:07] Speaker 1: A friend? Did you know the guy who gave you the card? [0:00:10] Speaker 2: No. [0:00:11] Speaker 1: No? Is it ... Do you think it's legal? [0:00:21] Speaker 2: I don't know. [0:00:22] Speaker 3: Right this way. We've been expecting you. [0:00:24] First look Speakeasy chorus.mp4 (1m 35s) 3 speakers (Singers, Speaker 2, Speaker 3) [0:00:15] Singers: I'll build a stairway to paradise with a new step everyday. [0:00:15] Speaker 2: This show was unlike any show I've ever directed, it's a super innovative project and there's nothing else like it. [0:00:19] Speaker 3: When the audience interacts with the show, they're really gonna be stepping back in time. [0:00:21] Singers: Shoes go on and carry me there. I'll build a stairway to paradise with a new step everyday. [0:00:36] Speaker 2: Stairway to paradise is meant to be a nod to very, very classic, say field kind of movements. So I borrow classic steps and then I think about what formations I want there to be and what stage pictures I want there to be and what that says about where the dance fits in to the bigger story of the show. [0:00:57] Speaker 3: Particularly to be a woman at that time period, you know, is revolutionary. [0:01:02] Speaker 2: Skirts are getting shorter. [0:01:03] Speaker 3: You have this just idea of really seeing the female form being expressed in a totally new way. We see this kind of beginning of the woman's revolution, and we still have decades to go but I think it really starts in the twenties. [0:01:16] Singers: I'll build stairway to paradise with a new step everyday, with a new step everyday. [0:01:17]