Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to my new blog! (I lost the password to my other one, lol)
My Name is Ari Srabstein, pleasure to make your acquaintance! I am an aspiring actor, musician, writer, and filmmaker.
I have started working on my first project entitled: The Grimm Adventures of Hansel and Gretel. This project will be a computer animation with "musical"live action segments. It will feature a somewhat "faithful" though somewhat "new" take on the tale of Hansel and Gretel. It will start out with the traditional set up of Hansel and Gretel (the stepmother and father leave Hansel and Gretel out in the woods to die) but then will slowly start to take a different turn by adding (as well as omitting) elements that will create a new take on the classic tale. I really want to emphasize the themes of child neglect and the loss of innocence.
I have other themes and concepts for this piece, but I'm going to keep those other details "confidential" until the time comes for me to release this animation. In the meantime, I will release pictures and updates on how production is going.
I plan to make to go on to create a live-action 60+ minute musical of Hansel and Gretel and in addition, a stage adaptation both named Candy-Coated Lies. I will present them at my future colleges (Montgomery College and maybe American University) and from there I wish to preform the play at the D.C Fringe Festival and then to small theaters around the D.C area and hopefully La Mama Theatre in New York City.)
I thank you all for reading my first blog post! I will make new posts whenever I get an idea for one (that means that there could be several posts per day!)
I hope you will enjoy reading my blog.
-Ari Srabstein
