Pickleville Playhouse's "Shootout at Shadow Mountain" is a live stream hit
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Click on the poster above to watch a short video about the play
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It's not just big opera and Broadway-type companies who are expanding and serving their audience by offering live streaming of their events. You might be inspired to think about it yourself after you read about how one Wintix/Webtix user created a hit with "Shootout at Shadow Mountain."
Pickleville Playhouse in North Logan, Utah recently live streamed their original musical melodrama by writer/directorTJ Davis. Not only could people at home stream it live while it was being performed but they and their friends could also watch from their computer or TV all weekend long.
"This was a unique situation where we had an actor/character stepping into a show who hadn't been with the show all season," said TJ Davis, Pickleville writer/director,. "We knew we wouldn't have nearly the capacity for the amount of people who would want to watch it, so we decided to set this up. We learned a ton and hopefully we can figure out a way to implement it into our future projects!"
The theatre was able to track viewers, but doesn't have a total streaming audience count because ticket-buyers probably also had friends and family watching, too. One can only imagine how patrons might have hosted "watch parties" like fans do with the Oscars or popular fare like Game of Thrones, complete with themed food and beverages and costumes, to boot!
Pickleville Playhouse is a family affair. Started by the family, owned by TJ's mom, and run by TJ, his brother and his sister, the theatre has been providing family entertainment for more than 40 years.
If people want to buy a copy of the streamed video, it's available here
for a limited time ($20).
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