Based on a concept by Kat Ogden and Dead Gentlemen’s Matt Vancil and Ben Dobyns, and developed by Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Strowlers is an alternate-history set in modern Seattle.

And now, it’s also a nationwide gathering of Makers, Circus Performers, Musicians, Dancers, Gamers, and Costumers.

This October, join us at Strowler Nights, a two-night Halloween Masquerade featuring live music, fire shows, circus arts, a Maker Showcase, and a Chrononaut’s Masquerade.   This is the halloween celebration you don’t want to miss. We will be appearing at the show as featured guests—signing DVDs, promoting JourneyQuest, and enjoying the costume ball—but you’ll also want to catch musical performances by Tricky Pixie, Sharon Night, Heather Dale, and many more.

Where: Magnuson Park Workshop 30 – 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
When: Halloween Weekend – October 30th and 31st, 2010
Tickets: $35 discount weekend passes are available until August 30th, 2010 (the discount has been extended!)   Weekend passes will be $45 after August 30th.

R.L. McSterlingthong IS Fantasy.

You’ve seen his books, you’ve watched his interviews, now for the first time ever, the epic master of fantastical fiction is working with us! Join the Dead Gentlemen, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, the McSterlingTeam and the MAN himself as he interviews the one and only, Jen Page.

-Gratitude

What is PaizoCon? From the PaizoCon website:

PaizoCon returns in 2010 bigger and better than ever! Officially sponsored and run by Paizo Publishing, LLC, PaizoCon 2010 brings together dozens of hobby gaming’s veteran authors, artists, publishers, and designers and gives YOU the opportunity to meet, greet, and game with some of the best and brightest that the hobby gaming industry has to offer.

PaizoCon 2010 is three non-stop days of gaming, panels, workshops, banquets, and (most importantly) fun! Rub shoulders with your favorite Paizo Publishing employees and freelancers and game with your favorite people from the paizo.com online community.

Don Early and Jen Page will be at PaizoCon tonight, showing:

We will be doing Q&A and in general having a crazy time with our friends at Paizo!

If you’re in the area, you should come to this con!

Jen Page has an all-consuming passion for film acting. She is open to exploring all genres but there is a special place in her heart for sci-fi, fantasy and action films. Among others, Jen has played a chaotic sorceress rogue, a rebellious alien, a vampire and a godling. She loves the opportunity to work with a creative, passionate crew and take on characters that challenger her emotionally and physically.

Jen Page herself is a bit of a bohemian/geek/artist/nonsensical/tough girl/gamer/fey who really digs pixels, nerds, roller coasters, gaming, sci-fi/fantasy, music, and squirrels.

But not necessarily in that order.

You can find more about Jen Page at JenPage.net, and join her Facebook community at Facebook.com/TheJenPage

Don Early is the director of Dead Gentlemen Productions, a group of filmmakers located in the Seattle/Tacoma area of the Pacific Northwest, as well as Los Angeles, CA. Their recent film The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, is currently distributed byAnthem Pictures and Paizo Publishing. Dead Gentlemen met each other over 1996–97 while attending Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. Between 1998 and 2000, the Dead Gentlemen filmed two feature films: Demon Hunters, and its sequel, Demon Hunters: Dead Camper Lake. The films were met with great acclaim on campus. In 2001 they shot what would be their flagship property for many years to come, a 45-minute featurette called, The Gamers. With the success of The Gamers, in 2002 the group founded Dead Gentlemen Productions, LLC.

Since then, Dead Gentlemen Productions produced several comedy sketches and short films, the high definition feature The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, and co-produced with Margaret Weis Productions, creating the Demon Hunters Roleplaying Game, containing the newly canonized world of their original Demon Hunters and a short film entitled: The Brotherhood Orientation Video. To this very day the Dead Gentlemen exercise their super power of unmatched collaboration to create projects together.

Our great friends over at Midnight Syndicate are releasing a special edition DVD of their film The Dead Matter, directed by our buddy Edward Douglas, President of Midnight Syndicate.  Check out the press release below and go buy their movie! You get two bonus CDs of awesome music for Halloween… and gaming… and Thursdays!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Midnight Syndicate Films
Contact: Sarah Mann
Email: sarah@midnightsyndicate.com
Phone: +1 (440) 286-1494

Special edition The Dead Matter DVD set including two bonus Midnight Syndicate CDs available at all HOT TOPIC stores nationwide on July 30th.   New The Dead Matter trailer released.

May 26, 2010 (Cleveland, OH) Midnight Syndicate Films has announced plans to release a special edition of The Dead Matter DVD that will include two bonus CDs by gothic Halloween music artists Midnight Syndicate.  It will be available at all Hot Topic stores nationwide on July 30th.  The specially-priced set will include The Dead Matter DVD, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD by Midnight Syndicate, and a new Midnight Syndicate 13th Anniversary greatest hits CD entitled Halloween Music Collection.   Midnight Syndicate Films has also released a new official trailer for The Dead Matter movie which can be viewed at the film’s revamped website,www.TheDeadMatter.com and YouTube.

The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD contains the score composed by the film’s director, Edward Douglas of Midnight Syndicate, as well as several limited-edition remixes of Midnight Syndicate songs and other music that appears in the film from bands like Lazy Lane, HipNostic, and Eternal Legacy.   Midnight Syndicate’s Halloween Music Collection CD features over 60 minutes of songs hand-picked by Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka to celebrate the band’s first 13 years.   Both new CDs will also be available at Halloween retailers nationwide in August.

The Dead Matter trailer on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liAifLs_8zk

The Dead Matter motion picture: www.TheDeadMatter.com

Midnight Syndicate Halloween Music Gothic Soundtracks: www.MidnightSyndicate.com

Hot Topic – Everything about the music: www.HotTopic.com

About The Dead Matter movie:
A guilt-ridden young woman desperate to contact her deceased brother discovers a powerful ancient relic that controls the dead.  Her dark obsession drags her into the tangled world of two warring vampire lords (Andrew Divoff of Lost, Wishmaster and Tom Savini ofFriday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead) each with his own sinister plans for the artifact and a vampire hunter (Jason Carter of Babylon 5) who will stop at nothing to destroy it. This chilling gothic dark fantasy co-produced by Robert Kurtzman (creator of From Dusk Till Dawn, KNB FX) features a haunting score by Halloween musicians Midnight Syndicate.  It’s a mix of classic horror themes with modern twists and a touch of dark humor that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

About Midnight Syndicate:
Midnight Syndicate has been creating instrumental Halloween music and gothic horror fantasy soundtrack CDs for the past thirteen years.   The group’s music has become a staple of the Halloween season worldwide as well as a favorite in the haunted house, amusement park, role-playing game, and gothic music industries.   From Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights and Hugh Hefner’s Halloween parties to Monday Night Football, X-Box games, the classic Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, and Barbara Walters specials, their CDs are designed to take listeners on a journey into the darkest corners of their imagination.

That’s right, you can see Scott C. Brown in the play “Doubt”. See below for details.

RUNNING FOR 3 WEEKS!
May 20 – June 6

Thurs – Sat at 8PM; Sun at 2PM

(Doors open 1 hour in advance)
In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students. Certainty, doubt, and duty struggle for the upper-hand, and what is “right” is as elusive as the truth.

What has the press said about Shanley’s Doubt?

“It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty with the compellingly certain structure of an old-fashioned detective drama… It sends off stealth charges that go deeper emotionally. It is tight and absorbing.” — Ben Brantley, New York Times

“#1 show of the year. Gripping. Impressive! Doubt takes the stuff of headlines and turns it into deeply moving drama.” — Howard Kissel, Daily News

And the rave reviews go on and on.

FOR TICKETS:

visit www.goldfromstraw.org

or call Brown Paper Tickets 24/7 BOX OFFICE at 1-800-838-3006

Tickets also available at the door.

We return to our alma mater, Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, May 7th at 6pm in Ingram 100. That’s right folks, this is where it all began over 10 years ago, with the creation of Demon Hunters. Ben Dobyns, Matt Vancil, Steve Wolbrecht, and Don Early will be talking about how it all began, how PLU has influenced the past 10 years, how the Classics Department influenced our work, and where we are now and what’s to come.

We’ll be showing clips from our work, as well as scenes from Matt’s new project JourneyQuest. The event is open to the public and it’s free.

A big thanks to Dr. Eric Nelson and Giovanna Urdangarain for inviting us for this event. Incidentally, a little known fact is that Giovanna Urdangarain wrote the Spanish Subtitles for us on The Gamers!

Come see the Dead Gents at Emerald City ComiCon!

We’ll be at the Comic Book Ink booth (#1017) SATURDAY, March 13th from 1:00pm – 4:00pm down by the food court! We’ll be selling DVDs and signing DVDs. Feel free to bring stuff you want us to sign. See you there!

We are looking to find a few more medieval zombie extras for JourneyQuest. We are shooting Tuesday March 9th near Astoria, OR. Potential extras must have medieval shoes! Please send a photo of yourself in distressed medieval clothes (brown, grey, old, even tattered if you have such, unlikely but you never know), and another picture of your shoes.  Interested? Please contact nebutron(at)gmail.com today.

We will feed you human food only, no actual brains (this time). Lodging is not available – carpooling is recommended.

Friday Feb 26 and Sat Feb 27 (No cover, +)21

Q: What do Elvis, The Ron

ettes, Stevie Wonder, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Queen,Pat Benatar, Elvis Costello, Violent Femmes, The Jackson Five, Amy Winehouse, and Gnarls Barkley have in common?

A: You will hear them all this weekend with IGNEOUS ROCKS!

That’s right. Your esteemed professors, Igneous Rocks, are getting ready to dig deep into the history of rock and roll, extracting only the finest specimens for your education and enjoyment.

You, in the back! It’s time to get schooled in the history of rock and roll.

About your Faculty: Igneous Rocks is a Tacoma-based, dance-music cover band. Self-proclaimed music, theatre, and other assorted geeks, they give you a high-energy, entertaining show, every time. Oh, and watch for flying rocks. Just sayin.

Bonus Trivia for Extra Credit: Steve Wolbrecht (from Gamers: Dorkness Rising, Demon Hunters, and Dead Camper Lake) will be rocking the keys and Emilie Rommel Shimkus (from the upcoming JourneyQuest) will be singing her lil’ heart out. Come on out and join us!

Live in Washington? Want to hang out with members of Dead Gentlemen and ZOE? Want to catch a great show and help us get JourneyQuest made?

Seattle Musical Theatre has generously agreed to help us out with shop and construction space for our JourneyQuest spaces. Now we want to return the favor, so we’re arranging a group night to go see Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical “Company”. And we want you to join us!

So if  you live within driving distance of Seattle, call their box office at (206) 363-2809 and mention JourneyQuest. They’ll give you a ten dollar discount, no questions asked. (Here’s a hint–the discount works all weekend. But we’ll only be at the Thursday show, if hanging out with us is important to you.)

See you this Thursday!

Need more convincing? Need to explain to your gaming buddies how musicals and gaming go hand-in-hand? Here are some bullet points to help you out:

• Attending the show helps us get JourneyQuest built. Really!
• We had to cut the big musical number from the first season of JourneyQuest, so here’s another place to get your musical fix.
• Stephen Sondheim (who wrote “Company”) has been a huge creative influence on our stories and writing. The man knows fairy tales!
• Small theater companies everywhere are struggling in this economy. The more we support our local performance scene, the better able we are to keep awesome actors in the area.
• It will be fun. And the set is way cool.

So please, spread the word, bug your friends, call for tickets before they sell out, and we’ll see you Thursday!

(And as a reward for reading this whole post, here’s the secret link to the list of JourneyQuest lead actors: LINK)