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 BREAKING NEWS  August 28, 2010
  

Hot House Zombie Preview TONIGHT!

Don’t forget to catch our performance this evening at Hot House 2010, a Sprout Fund event. We will be performing six song selections, with a ‘carnivale twist’, on the “Vaudeville Stage”, near the General Admission Entrance from about 9:30pm to 10pm!

Performers this evening include Bonnie Bogovich, Elizabeth Rishel, Edwin Huang, Jessica Bala, Arvin Clay, and introducing our latest Zombie Opera members Emily Swora and Dustin Wickett!

For more information about Hot House,  The Sprout Fund Hot House Information Page!

 BREAKING NEWS  August 25, 2010
  

Advertising with the Zombie Opera

Our show premieres this fall at the Greybox Theatre in Lawrenceville. The show runs for 6 days, October 15-17 and 21-23, at 8pm with a house of 75-90 people per show, roughly 450 – 540 eyes on our printed program and more than 600 fans watching our website.

Are you interested in supporting The Zombie Opera by purchasing an advertisement slot in our printed program or a banner space on our website? Check out our  Advertising Space page for rates and information!

(If you are a restaurant interested in trading donated goods in exchange for advertising we are still looking for food and drink sponsors. Please contact us for more information!)

 BREAKING NEWS  August 17, 2010
  

Sprout Fund’s Hot House 2010

We have been asked to appear at Hot House 2010, a Sprout Fund event, next Saturday, August 28th!!!

Join us as we perform selections from our upcoming show Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera on the “Vaudeville Stage” from about 9:30PM to 10ish that evening (updated!).

More details as we get closer! For more information about Hot House,  The Sprout Fund Hot House Information Page!

Hope to see you there!

 BREAKING NEWS  July 30, 2010
  

Stage Cast Auditions (Wave 2)

We would first like to extend a warm congratulations to all of our filmed actors. As the film is edited, your performances are AMAZING! We are looking forward to getting you back in the studio for music recording work.

On a sadder note, we here at Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera have discovered the pitfalls of casting a show six months in advance. For several of our stage actors, life has taken them in a different direction, and they have had to bow out of the zombie opera this year.

This means that we are holding a second wave of auditions to fill these stage roles. If you are interested in auditioning for a lead role in Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera, please contact Liz Rishel to schedule an appointment.

Auditions will be held by appointment in the following 15-20 minute slots in the McKelvey Room at the ELPC:

Sunday, August 8th- 2:00 pm- 5:45 pm
Monday, August 9th- 7:00 pm- 10:00 pm
Tuesday, August 10th- 7:00 pm- 10:00 pm

For more information about the roles we are looking to fill, and further details on the audition process, please visit our Stage Cast page.

 BREAKING NEWS  July 26, 2010
  

Official Show Dates Announced!

We have just returned from the venue, contracts signed, and are happy to announce our official live performance dates:

Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera
Coming to you “Live”  October 15-17 and 21-23, 2010
GreyBox Theatre
, Pittsburgh, PA

Also, we’d like to thank the wonderful staff at Confluence for having us as musical guests/panelists this year, we had a great time and it was wonderful to meet so many fellow sci-fi/horror/fantasy enthusiasts this weekend.

 BREAKING NEWS  July 23, 2010
  

Photos of our lovely zombie extras now posted!

We promised you photos, so get ready for some of the most awesome, gorey, and zombie-tastic images you’ve ever seen:) Our main photo gallery is now updated for your viewing pleasure!

Also, don’t forget we’ll be at Confluence, Pittsburgh’s Sci-Fi and Fantasy convention this weekend (Fri-Sunday) performing songs and running a discussion panel about the show!  Check out our Confluence Zombie Opera Schedule for more details!

 BREAKING NEWS  July 20, 2010
  

Zombie Opera Conference Schedule

Just a reminder, this weekend (July 23-25th) we will be at Confluence, The 22nd Annual Literary Sci-Fi Convention in Pittsburgh at the Doubletree Hotel.

Friday Night:
~11:00 p.m. to ~11:10 p.m in the Redwood Room

(between the Antithesis concert and “Open Filking”)
Bonnie and Liz will perform/premiere 10-15 minutes of Zombie Opera songs

Saturday Night:
~11:00 p.m. to ~11:10 p.m in Salon A

(between the Peter S. Beagle concert and “Open Filking”)
Bonnie and Liz will perform/premiere 10-15 minutes of Zombie Opera songs

Sunday Morning:
~11:00 a.m. to ~11:50 a.m in the Redwood Room

Panel discussion about the creation of our show by members of the production team (Bonnie Bogovich, Elizabeth Rishel, Arvin Clay, Barry Bogovich, Edwin Huang) featuring behind the scenes footage, music,  and more!

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For more information about the Confluence programming schedule (including a detailed, and UDPATED filk concerts lineup) please visit the confluence workshops and programming page.

Confluence Registration
Opens  at  3 P.M. on Friday and programs start at 4 P.M. (concerts and open filking going till at least 1am)
Saturday – 10 A.M. – 11 P.M. (concerts and open filking going till at least 1am)
Sunday – 10 A.M. – 4 P.M.

 BREAKING NEWS  July 14, 2010
  

Call for Extras this weekend

Our summer video shoot schedule is slowly drawing to a close, only 3 big days left for Extras, two of which are this weekend.

Saturday, July 17th, will be a ZOMBIE day. We need to film “b-roll” scenes that will be used as part of the news broadcast. This will involve zombie make-up by Arvin Clay, and a lot of traveling around to get footage of zombies attacking various locations in our beloved city. We plan to be filming for most of the day with production starting at 10 am, a break for lunch, and continuing into the afternoon. Extras will be rotating in and out for variety, so if you would like to be a zombie in one of those scenes, it will not be necessary for you to stay for the entire day.) Please remember to RSVP with us so we know to expect you and when.

Sunday, July 18th, will be a HUMAN day. We require as many humans as possible to fill a small area in Oakland, in the vicinity of the Cathedral of Learning. This will involve a large crowd of bedraggled-looking refugees escaping to the relative safety of a military-controlled blockade. The meat of this scene has already been filmed, but we will be taking establishing shots to illustrate the size of the crowd.

UPDATE ON SUNDAY:  for human scene this Sunday, all extras please report at 1:30pm next to the big stairs at the Cathedral of Learning (pitt campus) on the Bigelow side, ie outside. Our numbers are still not what one would define as a “mob” so if you have any friends you wish to bring along please do, just give us a heads up so we have an accurate head count!

Interested? Contact jill@thezombieopera.com (our “zombie-wrangler”) and visit the Extras on Film of our website to see our list of needs and expectations.

PS: we are also accepting any suggestions for locations, local businesses, landmarks, etc, to feature on Saturday that symbolize what you like, remember, or think of when you hear the word “Pittsburgh”. Please send any suggestions to barry@thezombieopera.com

 BREAKING NEWS  July 7, 2010
  

Panel and Song Previews at Confluence

We are honored to have been asked to attend Confluence, Pittsburgh’s Literary Sci-Fi Convention, July 23-25th. That weekend we will perform a couple songs from the upcoming show Fri and Sat night, between the featured concerts and “Open Filking”, in addition to running a special Behind-The-Scenes panel about our production process at 11am on Sun in the Redwood Room.

We will update you as more information becomes available on Twitter, Facebook, and our site.

For more information about the Confluence programming schedule (including a detailed, and regularly updated filk concerts lineup) please visit the confluence workshops and programming page.

 BREAKING NEWS  July 1, 2010
  

Heinz Small Arts Initiative

Fortune smiles on us again! We are proud and honored to announce that we have been awarded a Small Arts Initiative grant from the Heinz Endowments! Sincere thanks and gratitude to our fiscal sponsor New Sun Rising and master of the english language Ashley Birt for assisting us in our grant application. We couldn’t have done it without you!

The Heinz Endowments supports efforts to make southwestern Pennsylvania a premier place to live and work, a center for learning and educational excellence, and a region that embraces diversity and inclusion.

For more information about New Sun Rising and our other sponsors (The Sprout Fund and Iron City) please visit our Sponsors page.