Better Left Unsaid is a new  theatrical paradigm.  A cross between a play, an online video and a live streamed event, Better Left Unsaid is poised to break entirely new ground in the way that it merges theater, technology and social media. Performed in front of a live audience, Better Left Unsaid will be shot with multiple cameras, mixed in real time and streamed live to the internet so that anyone, anywhere in the world can watch the show, live, and interact with it. As part of this live streamed theatrical event, Better Left Unsaid will be hosting interactive post show discussions, widening the theatrical conversation from in-house talkbacks to virtual town halls.

1. Theater, technology and social media in a
YouTube connected world.
Online Interactive workshops for
professional theater artists exploring the
role of technology in the theater of
tomorrow.
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The Problem:
How do we keep 21st
century audiences
engaged in, talking
about and investing in
American Theater?

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The Solution:
Engage a 21stCentury audience via the
technological and social media
platforms they have adopted as their
primary source of entertainment,
creativity, and source of identity.

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Better Left Unsaid TV
proudly presents…
3 interactive, live streamed
workshops exploring the confluence
of theater, technology and social
media.
All workshops taught by the
founders of Better Left Unsaid, the
first of it’s kind interactive live
streamed play.

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What is Better Left Unsaid?
Better Left Unsaid is a new theatrical paradigm. A
cross between a play, an online video and a live
streamed event, Better Left Unsaid is poised to
break entirely new ground in the way that it merges
theater, technology and social media.
Performed in front of a live audience, Better Left Unsaid will be shot with multiple
cameras, mixed in real time and streamed live to the internet so that anyone,
anywhere in the world can watch the show, live, and interact with it.
As part of this live streamed theatrical event, Better Left Unsaid will be hosting
interactive post show discussions, widening the theatrical conversation from in-
house talkbacks to virtual town halls.
January 21st- February 6th, 2010
Center Stage NY, and a computer near you

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"the theater community will be watching closely”
-The American Theater Wing
(producer of The Tony Awards) on twitter

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Why The Workshops?
Since first announcing our production of Better Left Unsaid we have been
inundated by producers, actors and technicians who want to know how we are
producing a live streamed play. We have learned an enormous amount about
merging technology and theater, and are excited to share these insights with
all of you in three live streamed workshops:
Workshop 1 – The Professional Actor Online
Workshop 2 – The ABC’s of Producing a live streamed play
Workshop 3 - Live-Streaming for Technical Directors
The interactive workshops will be streamed directly to your computer from
Center Stage NY.
All workshops will be taught by Kathryn Jones, Joey Brenneman and Erin
Bigelow, veteran online producers, actors, and writers and pioneers in live
streaming narrative events. (for bios see page 13)

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"...there’s no question that Better Left Unsaid
….could signify a revolutionary moment in
terms of what “live theater” really means”
-The Clyde Fitch Report
Shared on Facebook over 100 times

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The Professional Actor Online
Workshop 1
How A New Media World is Redefining an Actor’s path to Success
Topics covered will include
• Is there quality acting work online?
• What to look for when you are offered a role in an online production
• How can the internet can help you to create the career of your dreams
• What you need to know when you are producing your own work online
• Social media marketing for the actor
- Technology basics- YouTube, Facebook and twitter for the actor
• 15 minute interactive question and answer session

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The ABC’s of Producing a Live Streamed Play
Workshop 2
How today's technology can help you build your audience and and create an
engaged and passionate following for your work.
Topics covered will include
• What are the biggest challenges to streaming a live production to the internet
• How to navigate the unions when working online
• What crew positions do you need to fill, and how are they different from crew
positions in the traditional theater
• Glossary of online streaming terms
• How social media can help you expand your audience base and build PR
• 15 minute interactive question and answer session

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Live streaming for Technical Directors
Workshop 3
Everything you need to know to design and facilitate a live streaming theatrical
event
Topics covered will include
• What technology do you need to implement a live streamed theatrical event
• Video Hosting services and CDN’s
• Bandwidth and Access
• Cameras
• Switchers
• Lighting
• Audio
Including and in-depth walk thru of the newest Newtek Tricaster, the TCXD850.

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Additional Info…
Every Workshop will be an hour in length and include a 15 minute interactive
question and answer session. Attendees can interact via chat, twitter or video.
Each workshop admission includes a ticket to a live streamed, interactive
performance of Better Left Unsaid.
Cost is $18.
For tickets please visit http://betterleftunsaid.tv
Workshops will be held on Wednesday January 26th during the day and Thursday,
February 3rd during the evening, GMT-5.

13. The BLU Team
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Kathryn Jones – Producer Joey Brenneman – Producer Erin Bigelow – Assoc. Tom Concordia –
Kathryn is the founder of Joey was the director of The NYC Producer Director of Photography
Synchronis.tv, the first company Fringe 2010 show, “The Timing Erin has worked in Live Tom is the official
to stream a live scripted web of A Day” , winner of the 2010 Television for 9 years in every photographer for the
drama. Kathryn has conceived of Fringe Award for “Best Overall aspect of TV, from Victoria’s Secret Fashion
and produced many live streamed Ensemble”. camerawoman to Station Show, Style360, Julian Louis,
and on-demand video events, Manager. She’s directed plenty Tuleh, Marc Bauwer, FYI
including Women Respond to Joey is the founder and co- of big name bands and productions, as well as
Palin and Question of the Week. producer of Above the Bridge, a interviews in Boston. She is a continuing to be a frequent
The former VP of Branded live reading series for writers member of the Directors Guild contributor to Getty Images.
Entertainment for well known who live in Washington Heights of America and currently works
online video company FYI, and Inwood. In 2005, she co- with the Director of Good Tom recently directed the
Kathryn has produced online produced her original play, Of Morning America at ABC in short, “Love Or…”. and is the
video for clients that include Loss and Grace at Theater 5 in Manhattan. Erin’s directing director and producer of the
Panasonic and Dice.com. NYC. credits also include Assistant web series “Making the Shot”
Directing the Full-Length Indie which chronicles behind the
Kathryn has spoken at online Joey spent many years with Film, “Mortal Arbitratus” (2005), scenes activities of fashion
video and social media STAR Theater/The NiteStar and Directing “The Vagina photographers. Tom has just
conferences throughout the Program as the Artistic Director Monologues” in 2004. This is started pre-production of the
United States, and has both where she created and directed a her initial attempt at Associate 12 part documentary of
produced and appeared in theater repertory season of educational Producing a play, though she is “Lucumi Now” the story of
through out the US and as far theater. confident in her abilities to Afro-Cuban ritual migration to
afield as Edinburgh, Scotland. spread the good word about the Americas for PBS Seattle.
this magnificent one-of-a-kind
production!

14. The Play
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8 Lives, 8 Secrets. How Well Do You Know The
People Who You Love?
Better Left Unsaid, by Joey Brenneman, is a complex roadmap of a play
that begins in Central Park on a strangely warm, foggy day in
November. We follow eight characters as their paths twist and turn in
unexpected ways.
Better Left Unsaid is a story about how our lives are affected by the
pieces of information that we choose to withhold from the people we
love. Sometimes the same secret that protects one person damages
another.
Better Left Unsaid has a multi-cultural cast of diverse ages and explores
the universal themes of family, love, relationships, parenthood, honesty
and fidelity.

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The History
"Theater people: We need You”
-New York Times Digital Media Critic Virginia Heffernan
in her review of “35”
Better Left Unsaid follows on the
heels of Kathryn Jones’ first live
streamed production, “35”. A
first of it’s kind live streamed
web series, “35” was shot on the
tiniest of budgets but was
covered by The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal,
Mashable, blogs from around the
world, was featured on iTunes
and had well over 100,000 views.

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Why is Better Left Unsaid Important?
Better Left Unsaid….
• Is breaking entirely new ground in the way it
merges theater and technology
• Is interactive in ways that few videos, and almost
no theater pieces can be
• Is written, directed and produced by women,
bringing a much needed female point of view to the
world of online video, a world which is almost
entirely dominated by content created by men
• Will more deeply engage a 21st century audience

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Why is Better Left Unsaid Important? Cont….
• Will allow our audience to literally become a part of the creative
community via Facebook, Twitter, chat rooms and video.
• Harnesses the inherent interactivity of the web
• Combines the excitement of live theater with the community of
live streamed video events
• Is a new dramatic paradigm that could launch an entirely new
dramatic form born of today’s technology
• Is a funny, smart, play about how our lives are affected by the
pieces of information that we choose to share or withhold from
the people we love the most

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In January of 2011 Better Left Unsaid will be producing an hour long
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For more information,
or to register for a workshop
visit us at
http://BetterLeftUnsaid.tv