Hi Friend. Hi!
On behalf of the Fetching Water creative team, thank you so much for attending the recent concert at Analog in Nashville.
The evening was such a success for our show, and we’re so grateful for your support and excitement around Fetching Water.
Writing a musical that tells a compelling story, makes people laugh, and wins them over with a memorable score is actually one of the most difficult (and rewarding) writing ventures. So when an audience reacts to your work with such overwhelming excitement, it warms our hearts and keeps us moving forward on the project.
Hearing so many of you say, “I simply have to see a full production!” has lit a fire underneath us, and we’re now in hot pursuit of bringing a full production of the show to the Nashville area.
We were humbled to get such amazing reviews from three Nashville critics including:
Broadway World said: “Needless to say, I need a full production of Fetching Water…it’s so close to reaching the top of the hill.”
Back Row Nashville gave us “5 seats” and said: “Fetching Water is smart, silly, romantic and incredibly fun…but underneath all that silliness was something genuinely human about trading the life that looks perfect for one that’s actually real. We only had one question when it ended: When can we see Act Two?”
Music City Review said: “Fetching Water is classic musical theater, the lyrics moving the plot forward…a fun story …pokes good-natured fun at the idyllic naivete of Jack and Jill and the G-rated temptations of Dick and Jane, while still enjoying adult humor …I welcome any future opportunities to see the musical fully staged, and in its entirety.”
Of course, these reviews will help us spread the word, but we also know they will quickly fade into internet oblivion.
What a show really needs are fans! Epic fans. Fans who talk up the show and spread the good word!
Since that concert, we’ve had lots of folks reach out via instagram and through our website asking how they can support the show, which we really appreciate. So here’s how you can start (and none of them cost you a dime 😀)
- Be our fan. Tell your friends about the show. Talk about Fetching Water and how you can’t wait to see a full production soon.
- Follow us on instagram @fetchingwaterthemusical. But don’t just follow us—engage with us. Like our posts, make comments on them, share them with others, ask your friends to follow us too.
- Subscribe to The Well—our free little newsletter for fans of the show. Each month we'll send you one email with a bucketful of news, notes and updates about Fetching Water. No spam ever and of course, you can unsubscribe anytime. But if you do, we might cry. Well, Jill will cry. Jane will probably tell you to cut it out. Dick will think he's got a great plan to keep you around. And Jack? Well, he's still off looking for that other hill.😀 And don't you want to know what happens when he comes back? Stay with us.
Again, thank you so much for attending and for becoming a fan of Fetching Water.
We can’t wait to share this journey with you!
With appreciation,
Leslie and Michael
Tales From the Hill
Fetching Water has had a wild development journey. But despite the hops and skips and full-on tumble downs, the audience response to this universal musical tale of innocence lost and found continues to inspire us to keep climbing back up that hill.
The greatest gifts we've had from this journey are the incredible artists we've gotten to work with. Through our journey we've had more than 50 different actors bring Jack and Jill and Dick and Jane to life in readings, workshops and concerts. Many of the actors are major Broadway stars, series regulars on TV, and even some have become writers themselves, including Christopher Hoch who played the role of Dick in one of our first readings of our show. And this year, Chris was nominated for a Tony® Award for Best Book of a Musical for The Lost Boys. Proof that you just never know where your journey will lead. (In addition, Chris and Leslie shared the Broadway stage in Amazing Grace in 2015.)
See Spot Run
In case you weren't alive in the 50's and 60's when Dick and Jane ruled the classroom, here's a little history:The Dick and Jane readers were a series of elementary school primers that taught generations of children to read from 1930 through the 1970s —including me. They were known for using a three-word sentence structure that helped kids repeat short words over and over for easy learning. That's why in Fetching Water you'll often hear Dick and Jane say things like, "Smile, Dick. Smile." or ""Cut it out!" Wow, Jane. Wow!"
The Last Drop
Feel free to download these Fetching Water Instagram posts and add one to your feed or stories. Add a good word comment to your post and tag us @fetchingwaterthemusical (you can also tag @thelesliebecker and @michaelthehuns if you want to follow each of the writer).
DOWNLOAD HERE: Fetching Water Social Stories.pdf
Book & Lyrics by Leslie Becker
Music by Michael Hunsaker
