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Topic: High School Stage Play Production Material
Posted By: darklord1967
Subject: High School Stage Play Production Material
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 12:55am
Greetings gang!

My name's Roberto, and I work as a High School Performing Arts instructor here in New York City.

I wanted to share some costumes and other production material that I've designed and put together for a stage play that I am working to produce and direct with several of my student actors.

The play is the story of the creation of The Batman mythology. It explores the relationship between artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger throughout the history of their prolific creation.

We will witness their brilliant Gotham City characters come to life on stage right next to them as their artistic inspiration grows.

I hope you enjoy this glimpse into our production...



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Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 12:56am
COSTUME DESIGN

My personal preference for the costume designs of Bat-characters leaned strongly toward the so-called classic “Bronze Age” of DC Comics (published between the early 1970’s through the early 1990’s.)





I intended to remain VERY faithful to the comic book source material in my interpretation to these characters for the stage.  But I also knew there would still be plenty of room for personal interpretation of the costuming details once I got started on design and construction.


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 12:58am
THE BATMAN

Clearly, The Batman’s costume was going to be a very important aspect of this play.  It had to immediately feel real, legitimate, and it had to illicit the proper mood when first glimpsed by the audience.  It was going to need to accept stage lighting well, while not coming off as a cheap, garish Halloween costume.  The costume’s textures were going to require special attention so that it would feel rich, elegant and organic.

My approach to the The Batman’s overall costuming philosophy was that Bruce Wayne intended to frighten criminals while striking at them from the dark shadows. The only touches of vibrant color on the uniform (chest emblem and utility belt) would be strategically intended to be seen even in low light. This gives the uniform some contrast and visual interest, rather than being monochromatic and dull.

Also, I wanted to approach the Batman’s costume with THREE basic prescriptions in mind:  

1)    Para-military survival gear, mixed with
2)    Primitive, tribal natural organic textures, mixed with
3)    Stately old-world gothic.

For the para-military side, I designed the all-important yellow Utility Belt to appear as a bulky, (but neatly organized) collection of ammunition pouches and high tech vials containing The Batman’s myriad of weapons and urban survival crime-fighting gear. I wanted it to look big, well-stocked, and slightly dangerous.

But it’s the primitive, tribal aspect of the costume that I think ultimately dominates.  Certainly it is the part of the costume philosophy that appeals to me the most.  When dealing with this costuming mind-set, I imagined the approach of a fierce, tribal warrior:  A large BEAST has been vanquished, and the warrior now wears its outer hide as a symbol of his own fighting prowess.  The cranium and upper jaw of the animal is worn as a head dress, with only the lower half of the warrior’s own face exposed.  The warrior honors the spirit of the fallen creature by wearing it’s skin and fighting on...  

This primitive approach made me look at the Batman’s costume mostly in terms of organic textures like leather.  The bat-cowl, cape, gauntlets, trunks, and boots would ALL need to share an identical black leathery texture.  By contrast, the accents of color on the uniform (chest emblem and utility belt) would need to feel manufactured and synthetic.  The skin-tight GREY (middle ground) body suit bridges the two worlds by appearing not quite synthetic and not quite organic.  I studiously AVOIDED fashioning this garment with typical lycra Spandex due to its glitzy synthetic sheen and instead went with a charcoal grey Supplex material with a matte finish.  But my motivation was also firmly intended to stay true to the color scheme of the costume in the comics to preserve the visual contrasts.  Going with a black armored body suit (as is typically done in live-action Batman films) was not an option for me since it would only make the character (unattractively) mono-chromatic in my eyes.

In order to lend the character the stately, old-world, gothic flavor that I thought was necessary, I paid special attention to the sillhouetted outer contour of the assembled costume.  The figure’s lines would need to be razor straight, emphasizing a powerful vertical force that was bigger than life.  The long ears of the Bat cowl and the fanned-out lines of the cape at rest were intended to give the character height, power, and a Dracula-like presence.


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 1:00am
BAT COWL

Obviously, The Batman cowl has undergone numerous design changes in the comic books over the years. As it happens, I am a fan of the long-eared cowl design, since it  appears most Bat-like and imposing to me.  It also more accurately reflects the character’s appearance during his earliest years (late 1930’s – early 1940’s), and my preferred era, the Bronze Age of comics (early 1970’s – early 1990’s).

A licensed, store-bought cowl was not even an option for me since virtually all that was available were warped rubber cowls based on the designs from the recent Chris Nolan films or the early Tim Burton films.

What was called for was a clean, straight, and sharp rendition of the cowl as seen in the comic books.  

Fortunately for me, premiere cowl sculptor (and all-around nice guy) Shawn Reevz produces a stunning cowl that was PERFECT for what I needed.



Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 1:01am
CAPEUsing a pattern of my own design, I fashioned a scalloped Bat-cape out of  4-way stretch dull black PVC that had the sheen, appearance, feel, and texture of soft leather. It also matched the color and texture of the Bat-cowl perfectly.  The finished cape is capable of spreading to a full 16 foot wingspan, and looks elegant and stately when at rest as it hugs the wearer’s shoulder with a shaped seam. I also made sure to create a pattern that would be long enough to drape the bat-scallops along the floor whenever the cape was at rest. This same fabric was used to create the shorts for the uniform.





Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 9:28am
GLOVES

The gloves on this costume are tough, durable and custom made.  I began with a simple pair of men’s XX-L leather winter gloves and removed the fleece lining from the inside to make them less cumbersome.  I then attached an appropriately sized and shaped leather Bat-sleeve gauntlet cuff (with three large Bat-fins) to the wrist gloves. I took some creative license here and made the bat-fins slightly larger than usual to make them seem weapon-like and more dangerous.  I also wanted them to have greater visibility during stage combat.




Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 9:29am
UTILITY BELT

Conventional wisdom holds that The Batman utility belt is either styled as an ammunition pouch belt OR as the more modern tube vials belt.  

I saw no reason why the belt could not be both.  Certainly,  the costume designers of the 1960’s Adam West Batman costume, and 1980’s artist  Norm Breyfogle  felt the same way.

My goal was to create a utility belt that was VERY faithful to the comic book belt, combining design elements from the various belts that appealed to me over the years. But at the same time, I wanted a belt that reflected some of my subtle creative license.  I knew I wanted the belt and all of its accessories to be colored in a bright golden yellow, just like in the comics.  In this instance, I found it un-acceptable to “interpret” the color of the belt’s hard items (Re; belt buckle, tube vials) as polished brass or metallic gold in tone (as with Adam West’s buckle).

I built everything upon a basic golden yellow pleather waistband that would fasten from behind. The pleather ammo pouches were cannibalized from a different source and then re-colored to match the golden yellow of the waist band.   I purchased plexiglass tubes and half-moon end caps from a local supplier and got to work on building the storage vials that are so characteristic of The Batman’s belt.  After sanding, and priming the assembled tube vials, I coated each one with 10 coats of Tamiya Chrome Yellow spray enamel, and two clear gloss coats.  

The Batman’s classic Bronze Age square utility belt buckle featured a latch tab off to one side that never really appealed to me.  I preferred a simpler, slicker, more streamlined buckle, and therefore employed some creative license to create a gently curved, large rectangular buckle with a thick, prominently raised border edge.  I hand-fashioned the main buckle shape out of sheets of ABS hard plastic.  I then used white styrene strips to build the buckle’s thick outer border with fine styrene rods as the border’s raised lip.  White squadron putty filled the seams on everything. And after a good sanding prep and primer, I shot the buckle with 12 coats of the Tamiya Chrome Yellow, and 2 coats of gloss clear.



Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 9:30am
BOOTS

Batman costumers everywhere have been talking about a wonderful new boot that has been commericially available for a while, very affordable, and is perfect for dressing as The Dark Knight.  Funtasma’s Pleaser “Gotham 100” boots did NOT disappoint when I bought them, and with the quality that they were made with, I would have GLADLY paid double what I did to own  them…and even THAT would have been a bargain!  I loved the generous length of the boot shaft, coming up to just below my knee cap (I am 6’ 2”), and I really loved the thick, rugged,  combat boot rubber soles (which really reflected the para-military/survival gear aspect that I wanted The Batman’s uniform to have.

 I did spend an additional $60 to have the tops of the boots professionally re-shaped into a more extreme “Batman Point”.  But the final look of the boots made it  SO worth the money and effort!



Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 9:32am
CHEST EMBLEM

There were some VERY specific things that concerned me when I set out to create the chest bat emblem for this costume: 

Firstly, I intended to use the “new look” concept Batman chest emblem ushered in by Julius Swartz in 1964.  This was the one that featured the black bat encased within a golden yellow oval.  I found this far more visually appealing than just the large black bat against the dark grey tights (which I knew would be tough to see on stage with spooky shadowy lighting). The yellow oval provided a nice contrast for the bat to be seen and gave the uniform some added visual interest with a splash of color picked up from the prominent utility belt.

Secondly, I needed the emblem to be fashioned out of something that would be flexible and TOUGH, and also be VERY sharp and clean in its presentation.

Thirdly, the size and position of the chest emblem was also a consideration.  For example, I always found Adam West’s bat emblem to be slightly small and positioned too low on his chest.  The optimal size and position would have to be experimented with.

Fourthly, the specific design of the Bat-silhouette itself would need some “adjustment” on my part since I did not really care for the Adam West design, nor any particular bat-shape from the comics.

Lastly, I wanted this chest emblem to have a subtle sculpted look rather than a flat, printed one.  To me, that meant that the emblem would have to be “assembled” and painted in separate layers, and then combined.

I began with an Adoble Photoshop rendering of my own preferred design for the shape of the bat silhouette.   I encased it within an oval, ensuring an even border space all around the bat.  I then printed out my design and checked its size and positioning on my planning mannequin until I was happy.

Next, I used my printout as a pattern to cut a template of the basic oval out of thin, white, flexible styrene.   I spent several hours sanding the edges smooth and even.  I then used the same pattern to cut a template of the bat itself , also out of the white flex styrene.  I sanded the edges perfectly round and smooth and checked the fit against the base oval.  Perfect fit.  Once the two parts were painted separately and then glued together, the final emblem was stunning, with an edge to the bat that rested in raised relief on the surface of the base oval.

The emblem is permanently affixed to the grey bodysuit with 3M spray adhesive.  Strong stuff!



Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 9:37am
ROBIN THE BOY WONDER

I’d like to get something out of the way before I get too deeply into discussing my creation of the Robin outfit.

I have always loved this character… the original Richard Grayson version, I mean. I think he is an integral part of The Batman mythology and a big reason for its success over all these years.

Having said that, I have NEVER liked any of the live-action depictions of Robin done either on TV or in theatrical films. To my mind, he has yet to be performed as he was originally presented in the comic books when he was introduced… as a laughing daredevil boy wonder COUNTERPOINT to The Batman’s deadly seriousness.

All of the actors have been far too old to portray a 13 year old Boy Wonder.   And their portrayals of the character have been way off the mark. Even Burt Ward (back in the 1966 TV series) played a basically high-strung, (borderline) angry youth who was ready to spit venom at every villain in sight. And he was an age-inappropriate 20 years old at the time while wearing those pixie shoes.

It is my firm intention to remedy this matter within my own stage play by portraying Robin not only as The (classic) BOY Wonder that he was always intended to be, but also as the “laughing daredevil” that we have virtually NEVER seen depicted by any other actor.

As I creatively approached the creation of Robin’s costume for this school stage play, I (once again) prescribed a strong faithfulness to the original Robin costume design worn by Richard Grayson mixed with an occasional helping of artistic licence to help it come alive on stage.

As I see it, the purpose of Robin The Boy Wonder is to function as something of a startling distraction for hoods right before The Batman can efficiently take them out. There is something very unsettling and unnerving about a brightly costumed and masked little boy standing (all by himself) in a dark night time alley or rooftop DARING you to pull your gun on him… while he giggles as you. To me, it kind of functions like the creepy little ghost girl seen standing in the hallways of the Overlook Hotel in “The Shining”.

With that in mind, I decided NOT to mute the tones of Robin’s uniform, and to allow them to function in all of their garish, primary-colored glory. I also found myself taking some cues (in terms of textures) from Burt Ward’s 1966 costume which was actually very well- designed and executed.


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 1:10pm
BLACK FACE MASK

I purchased some very nice hat felt to fashion Robin’s mask. I created a pattern based on the face shape of the young student I cast to play the Boy Wonder.  After the mask shape and eye holes were cut, they were treated with watered-down white glue to prevent fabric edge fray later on.  The mask fastens in the back with a small Velcro strip.





Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 1:11pm
GREENS

Your mother always said that your greens were good for you!

Well... they certainly are for Robin's costume... when done properly.

I was absolutlely determined that ALL the green portions of Robin’s costume would match each other EXACTLY… no matter what. One of the things I never liked about Burt Ward’s (otherwise excellent) suit was the mis-matched greens (Re; gloves much darker than T-Shirt and shorts. Pixie shoes in a slightly different shade than everything else.)

I was fortunate enough to locate three fabric textures that matched color shades perfectly, and then fashioned all green garments with the three them. I began with a Hanes Kelly Green boy’s cotton T-shirt, and I matched it PERFECTLY with some Kelly Green lycra spandex and some Kelly green calf skin leather that I purchased from a supplier.



I went to LeCrasia Gloves here in NYC and brought them a full pattern I had created for Robin’s little gauntlets (based off of a ladies evening glove with an extended gauntlet cuff sleeve). I supplied the Kelly green leather, and three days later I picked up a stunningly beautiful pair of custom-made green leather gauntlets!




The Kelly green Lycra Spandex I found was intended for fashioning Robin’s green shorts. And even though they matched the cotton green t-shirt and leather gloves perfectly, they also had that excessive “Halloween costume” shine that I really did not care for. Under certain lighting conditions, the shorts actually appeared brighter than the cotton T-shirt and finished leather gloves.



The truth is, I expected that situation, but I did not care. I intended to alter the shorts in a way that few Robin costumers have done in the past: I planned to add the “scaley” chain-mail pattern to the surface of the shorts (as seen in the comics) using hundreds of ¾ inch circles die-cut from the Kelly Green leather I bought and glued directly to the spandex.






The job took about 5 days, but when I was finished, the shorts had a richness of detail that was incredible!! And of course, they perfectly matched the previously-made gloves!



The original plan was to make the little pixie shoes out of the same Kelly green leather as the gloves using a professional boot-maker here in New York City. However, I discovered to my dismay that custom-made shoes were well beyond my budget for this project!


I got creative and looked for a way to fashion the booties myself quickly, and inexpensively. I managed this by purchasing 3 pairs of basic black canvas kung-fu slippers for $7 each. I then used some extra green T-shirts that I purchased as raw fabric to laminate the kung-fu slippers and make them into flared pixie shoes.



Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 1:13pm
VEST TUNIC

I purchased some really nice thick crimson red cotton polyester satin blend fabric and fashioned Robin’s tunic vest out of a pattern I originated. I added ¼ inch eyelets for looping yellow laces, and a felt letter “R” attached over a black silk screened circle on the left lapel. I designed the tunic as a pull-over garment with a small zipper and eye-hook in the rear neck.

Once again, being wholly faithful to Robin’s costume seen in the Silver Age comics, I limited the number of yellow cross laces on his tunic to six (6) (a nice, even, average number as seen in most renderings of the character during that period).

I realize that when Robin was first introduced in the 1940's (comics' Golden Age), the first drawings of the character depicted many laces on the tunic.

And the live action versions of Robin’s costume (like Burt Ward’s in the 1960’s) depicted the number of laces on the tunic up to as many as a dozen.

However, to my eyes, this many laces visually clutters the garment and vertically lengthens its look, while at the same time, making it appear less child-like.








CAPE

A design aspect of Burt Ward’s TV Robin costume that really appealed to me was his heavy satin cape.  It was a no brainer to me to fashion the cape for this costume out of a similar-looking material.  It’s the one area that made sense to me to have some sheen and gloss to off-set the predominantly matte textures the uniform.

In the end, I selected a double-weighted, silk charmeuse Gold fabric imported from india to make Robin's cape.   None of these photos demonstrate the cape's stunning drape, flow, and elegance.  Like all of my cape patterns, this cape is made with a fully-formed shoulder seam, so it rests very neatly upon the shoulder like a tailored garment.  In addition, it is even capable of spreading into full-winged glory.



Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 3:33pm
UTILITY BELT

This was one area where I was grateful for the design simplicity of the comic book belt.  Burt Ward’s 1966 TV show belt featured six brass tube vials that were not a part of the comic book belt design, and that, frankly, I found unnecessary.

The comic book belt was basically a clean leather band with a round golden brass buckle.  Two small vertical rods flanked  the round buckle on the left and right sides.

Using “found” items… a combination of flat and rounded plastic ring discs, and a large half-moon button…  I assembled together a beautiful buckle design that employed artistic license and still stayed true to the final belt as seen in the comics. The assembled buckle was sanded, primered and painted with 8 coats of bright gold enamel and 2 coats of gloss clear.  


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 3:34pm
The Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder uniforms assembled on the planning mannequins.




Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 3:35pm
As the Catwoman costume was being developed for this play, we had one of the performing arts students model the finished uniform for a test-fitting.  

The role is still in auditions to be cast.

We selected the Jim Balent design of the late 1980's early 1990's for Catwoman's costume.



Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 3:49pm
The two young student actors cast as The Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder during costume fittings.



 


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 3:51pm


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 4:12pm
Final casting for Barbara Gordon / Batgirl during costume fitting:





Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 4:15pm

 


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/05/12 at 4:19pm




Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 9/11/12 at 3:15am
From another message board...

Originally posted by Torontogosh

  Well I guess you really don’t believe in the 5 foot rule of theater costumes, do you?



“The Five Foot Rule”??  I can’t say I was familiar with that particular rule, so I looked it up.  From  Wordpress.com:  

“The 5 foot rule basically states that mistakes or rough un-finished details which can’t be seen from 5 feet away are irrelevant because no audience member will be any closer to the costume – great for theater…”

So to answer your question:  I guess I really DON’T believe in the 5-foot rule. Big%20smile


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 4/06/13 at 2:18am
Greetings friends, family, cosplayers, theater lovers, Batman fans, and supporters of Arts in Education!


Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 4/07/13 at 9:08am
Sounds like an interesting project.  How hard was it to get the rights for this?


Posted By: MusicManD
Date Posted: 4/13/13 at 10:33am
Originally posted by jayzehr

Sounds like an interesting project.  How hard was it to get the rights for this?


From the official website:

"Batman and related characters are the property of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment. “Fathers of the Dark Knight” is a non-profit, student cosplay stage production that is in no way sponsored, approved, endorsed, nor licensed by DC Comics, Warner Bros. or any of their affiliates."

In other words, he never got the rights to do this.    The "cosplay" angle is one I hadn't thought of before, but I'm pretty sure mounting a full production is completely different than just dressing up for Halloween or Comicon. OP, I sincerely hope you have your legal ducks all in a row, because I would love to see this thing get off the ground.


Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 4/14/13 at 6:05pm
Originally posted by MusicManD



In other words, he never got the rights to do this.    The "cosplay" angle is one I hadn't thought of before, but I'm pretty sure mounting a full production is completely different than just dressing up for Halloween or Comicon. OP, I sincerely hope you have your legal ducks all in a row, because I would love to see this thing get off the ground.


This appears to be very heavily promoted in NYC  so I can't see how the legal end wouldn't be covered.  On the other hand, it doesn't seem likely that one could use popular copyrighted characters and images for free in a stage play by saying it was "cosplay."  But if that's possible I'd love to know more about it.


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 5/18/13 at 4:00pm
Greetings Batman fans!!

The indiegogo.com fund-raising campaign for the all-student stage play "FATHERS OF THE DARK KNIGHT" is now active!

This is YOUR chance to contribute to a worthy cause and support Arts in Education for talented kids! Help me provide these hard-working students with an ambitious, exciting production that they can call their own by showing your generous support!

There are TONS of awesome perks available at different levels of donation! Click on the link below and get involved NOW!


- FOTDK@indiegogo.com

Thank you so very much! 


Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 5/22/13 at 3:06pm
So, Darklord, any chance you could share with the rest of us the process you went though regarding the rights for this project as was discussed earlier?


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 5/23/13 at 5:08pm
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Actually there was no “process”.  As was stated before, my stage play is a “… non-profit, student cosplay stage production that is in no way sponsored, approved, endorsed, nor licensed by DC Comics, http://viglink.pgpartner.com/mrdr.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fviglink.pgpartner.com%2Fsearch_attrib.php%2Fform_keyword=warner%2Bbros&mt=%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7En%7E%7E%7E -   No admission will be charged to see the show. It will be a limited 5-performance run, performed in a college campus auditorium.

 

I did not seek licensing for this student production from DC Comics / Warner Bros.,  nor was any required of me.  In 2004, DC Comics / Warners released the following statement regarding fan-based projects, and it has been their policy ever since.

"Warner Bros. definitely appreciates the enthusiasm and respect of its fans. We will continue to monitor the use of Warner Bros. properties as used in fan films/ creations. However, we will only consider taking action against such projects that are either commercial in nature, are commercially exploited or otherwise engage in or depict inappropriate activity."


The kind of stage play I am producing definitely has previous precedent:


In 2011, an Austin, TX troupe produced http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c4V0yO1ZXIg - “Holy 1960’s Batman, Batman” as a community theater event.  This was an un-licensed production with a limited performance run.


Several Hollywood celebrities got together in 2012 to produce a series of LA stage events called “The 24-hour plays”.  One of the shows they did featured Matt Smith (of “Dr Who” fame) as Batman in a segment called http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/60352994.html - “Gotham Autopsy”.   Several other Batman comic strip characters appeared in the show as well.  Again, limited run, and un-licenced.


http://www.chicagostagereview.com/holy-bouncing-boobies-a-batman-burlesque-%E2%80%93-review/ - was produced in Skokie, IL, completely un-licenced and limited run in August of 2012.



There was also the elaborate stage musical http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZhMeY5L44 - “Holy Musical B@tman!” produced last year by an LA stage troupe.  Not only did this production feature a full compliment of Batman characters, but other DC Comic book characters as well.  The youtube video of this production states up front that it is unlicensed and un-endorsed.


So, to answer your question: The process required for this type of thing is really quite simple:  Avoid making it a commercial venture that generates any kind of money and or profit.  This is obviously, something very few producers are willing to do! LOL! 


This production is being produced by my students and I out of love for the character and the mythology... not to make any money.  The guideline by DC / Warners  that mandates a non-profit / non-commercial status and appropriate depictions of the characters  is one that my production strictly adheres to… even if some of the productions listed above did not.



Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 5/24/13 at 8:12pm
Thanks, Darklord!  That's really interesting information.  I wish you the best for your production. It's obviously a great labor of love for you.


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 6/02/13 at 11:09pm
Thanks so much for the kind words Jayzehr!  Wink


If you're like me, you're tired of our young people having THE ARTS being cut... more and more each year... from their school curriculum! Each year, Performing Arts students and their teachers have less and less resources to put on really good quality shows!

That bothered me SO MUCH that I decided to do something about it!! I've written my OWN stage play (entitled "Fathers Of The Dark Knight"), and it will feature a cast made up entirely of middle school, high school, and college-age students!!

I've giving these kids an ambitious, excellent show to call their OWN!! I want them to have the BEST sets, the BEST costumes, the BEST props!! I do this because they deserve the best. I do this because they deserve to have a top quality way to showcase their talent!

I do this because I love them.

But I really need help.

If you can find it in your heart, PLEASE go to our http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fathers-of-the-dark-knight - Fathers Of The Dark Knight Indiegogo.com campaign page and donate whatever amount you can for our production. Your dollars will help me make these students shine on stage like never before. You can help me give them an experience that they will carry with them for a lifetime! What could have more artistic value than that?

After visiting our indiegogo page, visit our official website at http://www.fathersofthedarkknight.com - FATHERS OF THE DARK Knight - HOME ! Get an up close look at all the props, costumes stage designs and top-notch production value that has been fabricated FROM SCRATCH for this play!


Posted By: darklord1967
Date Posted: 7/19/14 at 12:37am
FATHERS OF THE DARK KNIGHT  One Sheet Poster hangs outside the Walter J. Degnan Auditorium entrance at DeWitt Clinton HS Campus






Playwright / Producer/ Director Roberto Williams inspects the markings on The Joker’s 13-foot tall cruise missile prop featured in the play’s grand finale.




Full scale working Bat-signal prop during a lighting and projection test on the stage at the Walter J. Degnan Auditorium in DeWitt  Clinton HS Campus







Playwright / Producer/ Director Roberto Williams inspects the 8-foot tall Bat-Signal searchlight prop featured in FATHERS OF THE DARK KNIGHT






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