show age

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » June 1st, 2007, 2:35 pm

The Double Barrel turns 1 on July 14th (July 13th being the closest show).

That got me thinking... just how old is Maestro now? 8, 9 years? When can we have the 10 year blowout?

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » June 1st, 2007, 4:34 pm

Maestros have been going on regularly since I started playing at the Hideout in Fall of 2001. But the Heroes have probably been playing it since 2000 or 1999.

Shana?

andrea · Post by **andrea** » June 1st, 2007, 4:41 pm

i share a birthday with the double barrel. i will be 28.

smerlin · Post by **smerlin** » June 2nd, 2007, 9:38 am

The Heroes started in 1998, playing "Micetro" Theatresports, and Gorilla Theatre. I don't think Maestro has run continuously for 10 years, but let's not split hairs.

I think 2008 should be a big blowout 10 year anniversary. I'd love to see a reunion show where we get together as many original members as possible. Still in town: Shana, Jeremy, Sean, Eric Von Perry, Craig . . . who else? And people might be convinced to come back for it. Mikey D, Lauren, etc?

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » June 2nd, 2007, 5:14 pm

smerlin wrote:The Heroes started in 1998, playing "Micetro" Theatresports, and Gorilla Theatre. I don't think Maestro has run continuously for 10 years, but let's not split hairs.

I think 2008 should be a big blowout 10 year anniversary. I'd love to see a reunion show where we get together as many original members as possible. Still in town: Shana, Jeremy, Sean, Eric Von Perry, Craig . . . who else? And people might be convinced to come back for it. Mikey D, Lauren, etc?

When in '98? Is there an exact date of a first show floating around anywhere?

smerlin · Post by **smerlin** » June 2nd, 2007, 5:49 pm

My best recollection was Fall of '98. Maybe you can ask Sean?

mdalonzo · Post by **mdalonzo** » June 3rd, 2007, 5:33 pm

I believe the first ever shows, at the Public Domain Theater on Congress, were in November of 1998. Then we movied to the Hyde Park Theater for a year or two, before moving to The Hideout in 2000.

Sean will most likely know exactly the date, but I remember it being November of 1998.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » June 3rd, 2007, 7:23 pm

the auditions were in november of 1998. we did two weekends of micetro at the public domain in i think february of 99. then something like a few months at hyde park in the fall of 99 while the hideout was being demoed and built out. i think the official opening party was in the fall of 2000. that's when we started doing micetro regularly and having auditions to expand the cast.
this is how i remember it but i could be off a bit.

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » June 3rd, 2007, 11:09 pm

I can't contribute to this thread unless you read the subject line as a command, in which case I've got it covered.