I talked KMR Scripts into celebrating my birthday by losing some money. (See– this is why I only let KMR Scripts handle all my plays and musicals: they aren’t in this business only for the money!)
I don’t advertise my birthday. It’s not displayed on Facebook, I try not to have it listed in the “December Birthdays” notice at church. It’s not that I don’t like birthdays– I do– I am just uncomfortable with all the attention. Yes, it’s a paradox: I spent a good portion of my adult life as an actor, performing before crowds of up to 2,000 people– yet I don’t like attention.
I will forego my usual “I’m okay with people’s attention when I’m playing a character, it’s when I’m playing myself that my shyness comes into play…”
Suffice it to say, I’m changing a paradigm this year. If you are a customer of KMR Scripts, print out the coupon, below. You can use it whenever your next production of one of my shows takes place in 2011/2012. You can only use it once and the coupon can only be applied to performance royalty, not script sales or Performance Packet rentals. We’ll only be displaying this during the month of December, so print it now before it’s gone.
(Do you think Sam French would ever do this?)
(clip and mail in with your royalty payment)
NOT APPLICABLE FOR “BENEATH THE UPPER ROOM”
(that already has a HUGE discount)
About Kevin
Playwright and owner of KMR Scripts. Though it may appear to be a multimillion dollar conglomeration, KMR Scripts has a VERY small staff. I grew up in N Indiana, Mom and Dad and us 4 kids. We were upper-lower class as far as family income-- but Mom and Dad were great at not letting us know. During my high school years I thought I wanted to be a minister, but after an internship-- I decided on Theatre instead.
I got a BA in Theatre at School of the Ozarks and did work on a Master of Performing Arts degree in Musical Theatre at Oklahoma City University. I left that program after 4 years, having completed all my training (reached all required proficiencies) but didn't want to do a paper.
I roamed the Midwest for about 5 years working at various non-union theatres. My goal was to eventually end up in NYC, but ended up settling in Wichita, KS, working at Wichita Children's Theatre under John Boldenow and Monica Flynn. I fell in love with Children's Theatre.
I joined the professional touring company in 1988, became the Tour Manager in 1989 and stayed with WCT until 1996. It was there that I wrote my first musical (Little Red Riding Hood-1993) and ended up directing, teaching, and writing for the theatre while managing the touring company.
After I got married and started having kids, we wanted one of us to be at home with the kids (no day care) so I left WCT and concentrated on being a stay-at-home Dad, playwrighting and marketing my shows. It was the best decision I ever made.
