Our New Puppet Web Series! Starship Sassafrass!

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fozzieisfunny said:
Wow!! When did your puppet theater close, and what year did it open? Sounds like a thing so popular that would've run for a long time...
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We opened in 2010 and ran through 2012... in May of 2012 we move to a larger venue in a "mini-mall" because we could no longer house the large private parties in our old location. We however were able to get a reduced rent (still super expensive) under what was reffered to as a temp lease. Basically meaning someone would have to come in and completely outbid us ... though we would be allowed to match their offer.... The renter assured us that they had not had any offers on the place in months and so we decided to make the move....

We remodeled the space to our needs put in alot of work and money and were thriving... BUT in November we got the dreaded call... This guy who wanted to open a nail salon had quadrupled our rate bid.... we were allowed to counter offer.... so i met with my business partner... who was originally from the boston area... and we had about 5 meetings trying to decide what to do... He had been wanting to pursue other career opportunities for a few months and it was ultimately decided that we would close down and sort of "go out while we were on top"...

It was heart breaking.. but overall i think it was the best choice.

So in December of 2012 we closed our doors... with tears from the patrons and tears from myself and the staff...

This was what our new location looked like

https://imageshack.com/i/n1sqpxj
https://imageshack.com/i/nmlcofj
https://imageshack.com/i/ns3fhaj
 
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crazy chris said:
We opened in 2010 and ran through 2012... in May of 2012 we move to a larger venue in a "mini-mall" because we could no longer house the large private parties in our old location. We however were able to get a reduced rent (still super expensive) under what was reffered to as a temp lease. Basically meaning someone would have to come in and completely outbid us ... though we would be allowed to match their offer.... The renter assured us that they had not had any offers on the place in months and so we decided to make the move....

We remodeled the space to our needs put in alot of work and money and were thriving... BUT in November we got the dreaded call... This guy who wanted to open a nail salon had quadrupled our rate bid.... we were allowed to counter offer.... so i met with my business partner... who was originally from the boston area... and we had about 5 meetings trying to decide what to do... He had been wanting to purse other career opportunities for a few months and it was ultimately decided that we would close down and sort of "go out while we were on top"...

It was heart breaking.. but overall i think it was the best choice.

So in December of 2012 we closed our doors... with tears from the patrons and tears from myself and the staff...

This was what our new location looked like

https://imageshack.com/i/n1sqpxj
https://imageshack.com/i/nmlcofj
https://imageshack.com/i/ns3fhaj
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It's a shame that it had to close down. :frown:
 
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crazy chris said:
Thanks so much for the kind words! Everyone involved is doing great now... Three of our staff members are now full time teachers and we are all enjoying working on the web series in our spare time!

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Are you going to make any new Starship Sassafrass videos?
 
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JazzyAlphabet said:
Are you going to make any new Starship Sassafrass videos?
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Yes... still working on the visual effects and editing of Episode one... then it will be sent off to our composer to score.... We are having a writing meeting the first week of August to write future skits and songs then will be filming new stuff probably in September. Everyone involved has full time jobs so its hard to accomplish a whole lot with any amount of quality... Some even live out of state and travel in for filming.

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crazy chris said:
Yes... still working on the visual effects and editing of Episode one... then it will be sent off to our composer to score.... We are having a writing meeting the first week of August to write future skits and songs then will be filming new stuff probably in September. Everyone involved has full time jobs so its hard to accomplish a whole lot with any amount of quality... Some even live out of state and travel in for filming.

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Where do you shoot? Sometime, I'd like to visit the set, if possible.
 
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