I’ve been working on a new website for almost four months, and I figure it’s about time to say something about it since it’s been live for that entire time. So here’s the formal introduction: the new site is the online home of Bohemia ProductionsBlack Hand Theatre, a theatre production company started by my friend Stephanie Demas.
I met Stephanie at this summer’s London Fringe Festival and we hit it off almost immediately. She’s a young playwright, actor and producer whose first two shows Blow This Popsicle Stand and P&J have been met with critical and popular acclaim. (P&J was actually my introduction to her work; I originally went because it starred my friend Amber Cunningham and London theatre maven Jeff Culbert.) For some reason Stephanie’s allowed me to glom onto her rapidly rising star, and it’s an absolute pleasure to be working with her.
There’s not much to say about building the site except that it’s been a chance to try out some things that I’ve never attempted before, like downloadable fonts and text/image replacement. The most interesting part has really been our development and update process: Stephanie’s currently living in Ottawa, so we’ve done the majority of it by instant messaging back and forth at three in the morning.
Unfortunately, as of August 13, 2006, I will be resigning as webmaster of blackhandtheatre.com. I wish Stephanie all the best!
