Opening Night for Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking the play opened last night for the first time in any theater in the world and I am thrilled to say that it opened with the presence of Sister Helen Prejean who wrote the book and collaborated with Tim Robbins for the play. Susan Sarandon (who won an Oscar for her role of Sister Helen in the movie) and Sean Penn (nominated for an Oscar for his role as the killer, Mathew Poncelet) were all in attendance at the event. While I would love to say that these big stars sought me out after the play to say what an incredible job I had done on providing video for the play, I do know that several others afterward were very pleased with the death scene in particular (I hope that wasn't a spoiler). The director came to me afterward and told me that the play was made infintely better (this is not a direct quote) because of the work we had done on it. I think the play is a stunning view into several aspects of the death penalty and indeed covers all sides of the equation, though admittedly with a pretty serious slant towards being against it. Ultimately it is important to keep things like this in the minds of people because it is not an issue we should just make a snap judgement on because the ramifications are permanent. I did my part in the play because I believe that we should be thinking about it as a society. This play does not offer answers, it offers the question and it offers points of view from all sides. See it with a grain of salt and then think about it and make up your own mind. Thanks to Mike Elkin, the director, for choosing me out of all the people and companies who wanted to be part of this. I know we are not the least expensive company out there and I know that was a big concern, but now you know why we are worth it. Thanks also to Jim Hatlo and Dustin Cooper. Without the skill and creativity these two showed on the video shoot to Alcatraz I sent them on, the project would have been far less. And the phenomenal shots taken by them at the death scene allowed me to create the best 3 minutes of video I have ever done. When the play is over I will post that video here (hopefully with some of the audio from the play). Go the the website for NDNU and Dead Man Walking