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Hello All!

   I continue to be so grateful for this impressive group of people who love theater and make a positive impact on the students who love theater alongside us too.

   Just a note of something very "interesting. I am very much just letting this go.  Back at the end of Summer, I was very interested, from the advice of another director here, to pursue a version of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (Heimbuch/Ferguson) for production outdoors in Michigan.  When applying for live rights and potential streaming rights (not knowing WHAT to expect in terms of WHAT I would be able to do), I received a standard message saying that with the current conditions it may take some time for approval to perform.
     I was fine with this. I fully understood the chaos of our times.  I received occassional emails saying that my contract was always still "pending".
    After TOO much time had passed, I moved onto a different production with a different publishing company.
    Here's the interesting thing, WELL AFTER my intended weekend of performing the Concord script of Sleepy Holllow, ALL IN THE SAME DAY, I received the following emails:
     1) An email granting me the rights AFTER MY POSTED and INTENDED PERFORMANCE DATES to perform the show.
     2) Two emails with an invoice for performing the show.
     3) A final email at midnight TERMINATING my rights because my invoice, for the show that I NEVER was allowed to perform for my requested dates.

These emails were all within the same day, and these were well after any possiblity of mounting this production.

  I, 100%, understand the turmoil that all theater entities are going through, but in comparison to other publishing companies that almost always respond within 24-48 hours, Concord needs to consider its process.  Just as my theater world changes for the better or worse with each day, I know publishing companises are facing those same constant back and forth shifts. Still, working with limited budgets and having to make decisions for administrators and students and students' families, we need decisions made for rights and royalties to come in a more timely manner.

  I hope everyone else is doing well.  I intend to contact Concord directly, but honestly, despite their great catalog, I'm hesitant to work with them for a while. 

Hello All!

   I continue to be so grateful for this impressive group of people who love theater and make a positive impact on the students who love theater alongside us too.

   Just a note of something very "interesting. I am very much just letting this go.  Back at the end of Summer, I was very interested, from the advice of another director here, to pursue a version of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (Heimbuch/Ferguson) for production outdoors in Michigan.  When applying for live rights and potential streaming rights (not knowing WHAT to expect in terms of WHAT I would be able to do), I received a standard message saying that with the current conditions it may take some time for approval to perform.
     I was fine with this. I fully understood the chaos of our times.  I received occassional emails saying that my contract was always still "pending".
    After TOO much time had passed, I moved onto a different production with a different publishing company.
    Here's the interesting thing, WELL AFTER my intended weekend of performing the Concord script of Sleepy Holllow, ALL IN THE SAME DAY, I received the following emails:
     1) An email granting me the rights AFTER MY POSTED and INTENDED PERFORMANCE DATES to perform the show.
     2) Two emails with an invoice for performing the show.
     3) A final email at midnight TERMINATING my rights because my invoice, for the show that I NEVER was allowed to perform for my requested dates.

These emails were all within the same day, and these were well after any possiblity of mounting this production.

  I, 100%, understand the turmoil that all theater entities are going through, but in comparison to other publishing companies that almost always respond within 24-48 hours, Concord needs to consider its process.  Just as my theater world changes for the better or worse with each day, I know publishing companises are facing those same constant back and forth shifts. Still, working with limited budgets and having to make decisions for administrators and students and students' families, we need decisions made for rights and royalties to come in a more timely manner.

  I hope everyone else is doing well.  I intend to contact Concord directly, but honestly, despite their great catalog, I'm hesitant to work with them for a while.