We're quite honored to have assembled such a notable list of judges! In addition
to the $1000 prize money, it's a great opportunity for anyone producing their
own episode to have their work seen by industry professionals such as (drum
roll):

Gillian Horvath - Creative Consultant, Producer, and Writer for TV shows such as
"Highlander", "Xena", "Beastmaster", "Forever Knight", "Painkiller Jane", "Flash
Gordon", "Queen of Swords", "Mythquest", and "Andromeda".

William Malone - Director on films such as "House on Haunted Hill",
"Feardotcom", "Parasomnia", "Creature", "Scared to Death" and on TV shows
"Masters of Horror", "The Others", "Freddy's Nightmares", "Tales from the
Crypt", and "Dark Justice"

Jeff Pruitt - Stunt Coordinator / Second Unit Director for shows such as "Buffy"
, "Sheena", "New Adventures of Robin Hood", "Martial Law", "Power Rangers",
"Sword of Honor", "Action Man", "The Hunter", "Open Fire", "Deadly Target",
"Scanner Cop", "Martial Outlaw", "Bounty Tracker", and "Timecop - The Berlin
Decision"

Anthony Delongis - SwordMaster, Weapons Expert and Actor credited in films such
as "Fearless", "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull", "The Rundown", "Secondhand
Lions", "Batman Returns", "Far and Away", "Sword and the Sorcerer", "Masters of
the Universe", and on TV shows such as "Highlander", "Star Trek Voyager",
"Babylon 5", "Queen of Swords", "Magnificent Seven", "Sinbad", and "Conan".

Matthew Gratzner - Co-Owner of New Deal Studios, which is credited with
award-winning visual effects in films such as "Dark Knight", "Iron Man",
"Watchmen", "Spiderman", "X-men", "Terminator - Salvation", "The Aviator", "Live
Free or Die Hard", "Fantastic Four", "Riddick", "Pitch Black", "X-Files", "Alien
Resurrection", "Resident Evil 3" and "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".

Abbie Bernstein - Film Critic and Writer for Fangoria, Drama-Logue, IF Magazine,
Dreamwatch, Drama-logue, and writer for guidebooks on Firefly, Serenity and
Fantastic Four.

I will also be on the judging panel as Writer / Actor / Director and Series
Producer for "The Hunted", Star of "Ring of Steel" and "Dragon Fury", Fight
Choreographer, Second Unit Director, and VFX artist on films such as "Crouching
Tiger", "X-Men", "Cloverfield", "Riddick" and "Fantastic Four".

Remember, the deadline for episodes is July 12 (so get movin!). Judging will be
held July 18 in time for Comic Con and the upcoming Vampire Film Festival in New
Orleans. For full contest rules and details, check out www.thehunted.tv

Join us in our sword-slinging reality internet series and win $1000 for best
Hunted episode!  For those who haven't seen it, The Hunted is a cross between
Buffy and Cops and can be found online at www.thehunted.tv

Is your boss a vampire? Perhaps your co-worker, pool boy, crazy cat lady down
the street? Post your video on our Youtube group at
http://www.youtube.com/group/thehuntedtv and help make The Hunted the first
internet series based entirely on user content.

Quick steps to enter contest:

Step #1 - Enter contest
Step #2 - Not sure about Step #2
Step #3 - Profit!

OK, maybe with a little more detail (for full details, see
http://www.thehunted.tv/contest.html):

1. Create a 6-8 minute Hunted episode in the style of the show (reality TV)
following guidelines for The Hunted, Vampires and Slayers found at
http://www.thehunted.tv/profile_frameset.htm

2. Subscribe to our channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/thehuntedtv and
upload your episode to http://www.youtube.com/group/thehuntedtv by July 12, 2009

3. Also submit a full resolution (NTSC or better) Quicktime copy of the episode
to our ftp site at ftp.thehunted.tv (With any FTP program, login with the user
name "hunted" and password "Slayer4hire", and drag and drop your episode into
this directory). Please keep the file size under 100MB in Quicktime format.

Judging: Episodes will be judged on a combination of Youtube channel views,
ratings & comments, originality, storyline, production value, acting, action,
and whether or not it makes us laugh. Submissions will also be judged by a panel
of professional judges from the entertainment industry including writers,
producers, directors and stunt coordinators (Note: exact panel may change
subject to professional commitments).

Prizes: Top entries will receive global recognition and eternal glory in the
form of featured episode placement on The Hunted official website, as well as
Youtube, Facebook, and Itunes podcast, and possible screening at 2009 ComicCon
in San Diego. The top 3 entries will additionally receive a cash prize of $1000
for first place, $500 for second place, and $250 for third place. (See, we told
you there'd be profit)

If you need help creating an episode or would like to offer your services, you
can post it here, or see our other bulletin boards at:
http://www.thehunted.tv/affiliate.htm
http://www.youtube.com/group/thehuntedtv
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49233515671
For more information, thoughts, or observations, email contest@....

Good luck and happy hunting!

So wish we could see this!!

Bob

--- In The-Dragons-Keep@yahoogroups.com, suki lammers <starvingdiva@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Check out this link!!!!
>
> http://stlshakespeare.com/productions/msmt.htm
>
> Hope to see you there!!!
>
> Suki
>

Pretty Cool!  I'll make sure to see it.  Will there be an opening
night party?

Mike N from Belleville


--- In The-Dragons-Keep@yahoogroups.com, "c_kestermont" <kaos@...>
wrote:
>
>
>
> Here's the new link to that story, as Fox 2 has a new website.
>
> http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-holidayhorrorflickshotins-
8187199,0,3916237.\
> story
> <http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-holidayhorrorflickshotins-
8187199,0,3916237\
> .story>
>
> Hope that works out well
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris (Master Kaos)
>

Here's the new link to that story, as Fox 2 has a new website.

http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-holidayhorrorflickshotins-8187199,0,3916237.story

Hope that works out well

Sincerely,

Chris (Master Kaos)

Hi ya!

Check out this news story FOX 2 aired tonight on the horror movie I
was the lead in that just wrapped.

Bill Chott from SNL, "Galaxy Quest"  and "The RInger" was in it too!

http://www.myfoxstl.com/myfox/pages/Entertainment/Detail?contentId=8187199&versi\
on=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=7.2.1

Hope all of you are having a great 2009!

Best,
Suki

For those of you who haven't heard of this, The Hunted is a crazy cross between
Buffy,
Highlander, and Cops and it features a few faces you might recognize - Suki
Peters is
featured on upcoming episodes "The Stalker" and there's a few others you may
recognize
from the most recent episode "Slay me in St Louis".  There's also some of the
original
Dungeonmaster cast featured on upcoming episodes "Film at 11" and "The New Guy"

So please check it out at www.youtube.com/user/thehuntedtv and subscribe,
favorite, vote
and comment on as many episodes as humanly possible.

Thanks guys!

Bob

That's right! Brush off your adventuring boots and grab your flask.
TDK will be performing at ARCHON 32. Here's the details. Tell your
friends!!!  Tell your enemies!!!  Tell any random Bug Bear you see on
the street - just beware the WereChickens!!!

ARCHON 32
October 3rd, 2008
In the La Salle room
Registration begins at 8:30pm
Show/Game Play begins at 9:00pm

Dragon's Keep is a unique role-playing game and improv show that
mixes improvisational theatre with a Dungeons & Dragons style LARP.
The cast play all of the NPC's (Non-Player Characters, like monsters)
and a few selected members of the audience are called up on stage to
be the PC's (Player Characters). Only audience members that fill out
a character card prior to the beginning of the show will be eligible
to be called up on stage. These audience "party members" are given a
quest. To assist them with this quest they are given a spell orb
(with seven spell charges), weapons and armor. With the aid of a
guide, the party is lead through a somewhat perilous adventure that
tests their wits, strength, and overall moral worth. For more
information, visit www.the-dragons-keep.com

That's right!  Brush off your adventuring boots and grab your flask.
TDK will be performing at ARCHON 32.  Here's the details.  Tell your
friends!!!

ARCHON 32
October 3rd, 2008
In the La Salle room
Registration begins at 8:30pm
Show/Game Play begins at 9:00pm

   Dragon's Keep is a unique role-playing game and improv show that
mixes improvisational theatre with a Dungeons & Dragons style LARP.
The cast play all of the NPC's (Non-Player Characters, like monsters)
and a few selected members of the audience are called up on stage to
be the PC's (Player Characters). Only audience members that fill out a
character card prior to the beginning of the show will be eligible to
be called up on stage. These audience "party members" are given a
quest. To assist them with this quest they are given a spell orb (with
seven spell charges), weapons and armor. With the aid of a guide, the
party is lead through a somewhat perilous adventure that tests their
wits, strength, and overall moral worth.  For more information, visit
www.the-dragons-keep.com

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

A musical comedy by Rupert Holmes
base don the book by Charles Dickens
Directed by: Suki Peters     Musical Direction by: Mary Sutherland

     In this 'choose your own adventure' musical comedy, the audience votes every night on who the detective, murder and lovers will be.  There are literally DOZENS of possible endings. Every night the outcome is a complete surprise,  EVEN TO THE ACTORS.

     Who killed Edwin Drood? Is it the retired prostitute that runs the opium den, the young woman-child pushed too far by a lecherous teacher, or the reverend who was in love but shunned by Rosa's mother shortly before her untimely death? 

These suspects and many others await your decision!
 

Suki,
try this site:
http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/07tuckercon00.htm
Tony

So there were a lot of photos taken this year by a lot of folks. My
camera shot craps, so I have none of myself or any of my friends.
Anyone know of a site where people get together and upload all of their
photos from ARCHON?  Thanks!

Suki

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the The-Dragons-Keep
group.

   File        : /A Rogue's Road.doc
   Uploaded by : c_kestermont <kaos@...>
   Description : Want to find out what happened to Kaos when he made his escape
at the end of the November show?  Read this and see!

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Dragons-Keep/files/A%20Rogue%27s%20Road.doc

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files

Regards,

c_kestermont <kaos@...>

We know you've missed us, but we're back!

ShowMeCon (St.Louis Marriott West / 660 Maryville Centre Drive)
Saturday, April 21st
From 1:30 - 3:00pm

This episode:

WELCOME TO SLAY-MART

You want laughs?  We got em!
You want blood?  We got it!
You want a date to SMC?  Well...we ain't got it, but we can tell you
where to get it!

Check out more ShowMeCon details and programming:
http://www.showmecon.com/content.php?article.24

Sorry...this is the last time I will talk about it...

Here are the reviewers are saying about Hamlet!


Joe Pollack of KWMU says, "...A splendid performance of a true
classic, with a good swordfight, too..."

Richard Green of Talkin' Broadway says, "...the last lines take us
outside the play, outside ourselves, and outside the
theater, into a vacuum not touching the earth."

Judy Newmark of the St. Louis Post Dispatch says, "...the play boasts
absorbing, lucid performances from some of the best actors in St.
Louis."

Paul Friswold of the Riverfront Times says, "But the audience
receives that rarest of gifts - a moment when actor and audience
disappear together in the now, when the play is lost and there is
only one soul in all the world.  And we see that soul gutter and die,
and the horror of all human endeavor is revealed, and Yorick nods
knowingly from the shadows."

The Vanity/RiverCity HAMLET continues through April 1, Wed-Sat at 8pm
and Sun at 4pm,
at the Black Cat Theatre (2810 Sutton, Maplewood, 63143)--off-street
parking, fully stocked cash bar--take your drinks with you in to the
show!

Call 314 535 2216 to reserve tickets ($20 general admission, $15
student/senior)
Enthusiastic buzz has some nights filling up quickly--call and
reserve now!

Hiya hiya hiya.

Its Gareth, your friendly neighborhood cleric of Cthulhu here.

Got a few questions for the dragons keep staff, and hopefully I can
get them answered.


To my knowledge, there has not been a Champion of the people episode
yet for the finale. Will Show Me Con count as a COTP episode? ((im
gunna be there regardless))

Secondly, Upgrading your classes. When someone wins a COTP episode,
will they become both classes at the same time, or just switch from
one to the other?

Thirdly, I don't want to be a sourpuss, but my evil side demands it.

Some of the class combos available seem a little wierd.

Ranger-Necromancer?
Bard-monk or paladin?
Druid-Necromancer?

Is this a concrete rule? or is there room for flexibility? When and
If i ever become a prestige class, I want to become a Necromancer.
But as a cleric (which most necromancers traditionally are) I am
limited to Goodly classes such as Paladin and Monk. Monks can be
somewhat flexible, but not nearly as much as I would like. Would
there be a chance at a variant of Paladin, like a Anti-Paladin,
because that would be my style and I would go for that in a
heartbeat.

Sorry to sound like a butt head. Just curious.

Gareth Kryos
Cleric of Cthulhu
Kicker of puppies.

Just a reminder...please come see it if you can.  We preview
Thursday.  Its ten bucks cheaper!  If you come on Friday night, they
are supposed to have food afterwards!


You've been hearing about it for months, and now it's here....

HAMLET, presented by Vanity Theatre and RiverCity Theatre
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jason Cannon
Preview Thursday, March 15, 8pm, $10
Opens Friday, March 16, 8pm, and runs through April 1, Wed-Sat at
8pm, Sun at 4pm
$20 general admission, $15 students/seniors (62+)
Cash or check only
Call (314) 535-2216 to reserve tickets
Performing at THE BLACK CAT THEATRE, 2810 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood,
63143

HAMLET features Equity actors Gary Wayne Barker, Jason Cannon, Joneal
Joplin, and Brian Peters, and stage manager Patti Walley. Cast also
includes Aaron Orion Baker, Charlie Barron, Lavonne Byers, Sarah
Cannon, Daniel Lanier, Luke Lindberg, Terry Meddows, Jill Ritter.

HAMLET will be presented at the newly renovated BLACK CAT THEATRE,
named best new theatre space by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Patrons
will be treated to an off-street parking lot, full accessibility for
the disabled, a fully stocked bar (every day but Sunday), all at a
convenient Maplewood location near some of the hottest restaurants and
diners on Manchester Avenue.

The reservation line is open, and seats are already filling up. Call
(314) 535-2216 to reserve your tickets—cash or check only, pay at the
door.

perhaps the group should consider renting from VFW halls and such. Its
cheap and they arent in the city which could mean more attendance as
there will be no traffic and easier to find.

DRINKING?!!!????!!!  OOOO Brian, does that include Thursday night as well?
If so, count me in!!!  If not, I've heard so many good things about the show
that I'll be there even without the drinking!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I just felt like I needed a couple extra exclamations.)

-Whitney
"LuLu the dancing bugbear"


>From: "Brian" <brianpeters73@...>
>Reply-To: The-Dragons-Keep@yahoogroups.com
>To: The-Dragons-Keep@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [The-Dragons-Keep] Missing TDK?  Come see Hamlet!!!
>Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:24:31 -0000
>
>Greetings TDKers!
>
>Are you sad because TDK is still on hiatus?  Can't seem to wait till
>the next CON to see some sword fighting, dragon chasing, peasant
>shirt wearing FUN?
>
>Well...I can't do anything about that.  Sorry...
>
>But in the meantime, you could come see HAMLET!  You might even
>recognize some of the faces.  I (Brian...aka "Krystev") will be
>playing the role of Laertes!  Luke Lindberg (member of the Brand X
>improv troupe, and occasional PC) will be playing many roles,
>including Osric and the Gravedigger!
>
>The show has some nice talent in it...and a bit of sword fighting
>too.  And in the end, everyone dies!  YAY!
>
>But there are no dragons...sorry.
>
>Its a great show, and a perfect way to support local theatre.  Plus,
>the theatre is really close to the Schlafly brewery, so there is
>bound to be drinking afterwards.  And don't worry...we aren't doing
>THE WHOLE TEXT...it has been edited for your sanity.
>
>Here's the info...hope to see some familiar faces there!
>
>And TDK will return...
>
>HAMLET
>By William Shakespeare
>Directed by Jason Cannon
>Preview Thursday, March 15, 8pm, ($10-this nite only)
>Opens Friday, March 16, 8pm, and runs through April 1, Wed-Sat at
>8pm, Sun at 4pm
>$20 general admission, $15 students/seniors (62+)
>Cash or check only
>Call (314) 535-2216 to reserve tickets
>Performing at THE BLACK CAT THEATRE, 2810 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood,
>63143
>
>

_________________________________________________________________
Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more….then map the best route!
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Fret for the show?  NEVER!  We are simply regrouping and
reorganizing...

...the dragon will soon emerge from his lair!  We are gearing up for
CON performances...stay tuned for info!



--- In The-Dragons-Keep@yahoogroups.com, William Paley
<world3moons@...> wrote:
>
> Where's TDK gone?  Shall I fret for the show?
>
> Brian <brianpeters73@...> wrote:          Greetings TDKers!
>
> Are you sad because TDK is still on hiatus? Can't seem to wait till
> the next CON to see some sword fighting, dragon chasing, peasant
> shirt wearing FUN?
>
> Well...I can't do anything about that. Sorry...
>
> But in the meantime, you could come see HAMLET! You might even
> recognize some of the faces. I (Brian...aka "Krystev") will be
> playing the role of Laertes! Luke Lindberg (member of the Brand X
> improv troupe, and occasional PC) will be playing many roles,
> including Osric and the Gravedigger!
>
> The show has some nice talent in it...and a bit of sword fighting
> too. And in the end, everyone dies! YAY!
>
> But there are no dragons...sorry.
>
> Its a great show, and a perfect way to support local theatre. Plus,
> the theatre is really close to the Schlafly brewery, so there is
> bound to be drinking afterwards. And don't worry...we aren't doing
> THE WHOLE TEXT...it has been edited for your sanity.
>
> Here's the info...hope to see some familiar faces there!
>
> And TDK will return...
>
> HAMLET
> By William Shakespeare
> Directed by Jason Cannon
> Preview Thursday, March 15, 8pm, ($10-this nite only)
> Opens Friday, March 16, 8pm, and runs through April 1, Wed-Sat at
> 8pm, Sun at 4pm
> $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors (62+)
> Cash or check only
> Call (314) 535-2216 to reserve tickets
> Performing at THE BLACK CAT THEATRE, 2810 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood,
> 63143
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
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> Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.
>

Greetings TDKers!

Are you sad because TDK is still on hiatus? Can't seem to wait till
the next CON to see some sword fighting, dragon chasing, peasant
shirt wearing FUN?

Well...I can't do anything about that. Sorry...

But in the meantime, you could come see HAMLET! You might even
recognize some of the faces. I (Brian...aka "Krystev") will be
playing the role of Laertes! Luke Lindberg (member of the Brand X
improv troupe, and occasional PC) will be playing many roles,
including Osric and the Gravedigger!

The show has some nice talent in it...and a bit of sword fighting
too. And in the end, everyone dies! YAY!

But there are no dragons...sorry.

Its a great show, and a perfect way to support local theatre. Plus,
the theatre is really close to the Schlafly brewery, so there is
bound to be drinking afterwards. And don't worry...we aren't doing
THE WHOLE TEXT...it has been edited for your sanity.

Here's the info...hope to see some familiar faces there!

And TDK will return...

HAMLET
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jason Cannon
Preview Thursday, March 15, 8pm, ($10-this nite only)
Opens Friday, March 16, 8pm, and runs through April 1, Wed-Sat at
8pm, Sun at 4pm
$20 general admission, $15 students/seniors (62+)
Cash or check only
Call (314) 535-2216 to reserve tickets
Performing at THE BLACK CAT THEATRE, 2810 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood,
63143

Greetings TDKers!

Are you sad because TDK is still on hiatus?  Can't seem to wait till
the next CON to see some sword fighting, dragon chasing, peasant
shirt wearing FUN?

Well...I can't do anything about that.  Sorry...

But in the meantime, you could come see HAMLET!  You might even
recognize some of the faces.  I (Brian...aka "Krystev") will be
playing the role of Laertes!  Luke Lindberg (member of the Brand X
improv troupe, and occasional PC) will be playing many roles,
including Osric and the Gravedigger!

The show has some nice talent in it...and a bit of sword fighting
too.  And in the end, everyone dies!  YAY!

But there are no dragons...sorry.

Its a great show, and a perfect way to support local theatre.  Plus,
the theatre is really close to the Schlafly brewery, so there is
bound to be drinking afterwards.  And don't worry...we aren't doing
THE WHOLE TEXT...it has been edited for your sanity.

Here's the info...hope to see some familiar faces there!

And TDK will return...

HAMLET
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jason Cannon
Preview Thursday, March 15, 8pm, ($10-this nite only)
Opens Friday, March 16, 8pm, and runs through April 1, Wed-Sat at
8pm, Sun at 4pm
$20 general admission, $15 students/seniors (62+)
Cash or check only
Call (314) 535-2216 to reserve tickets
Performing at THE BLACK CAT THEATRE, 2810 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood,
63143

just curious

I was wondering how often do you have auditions for the group