| Blaine Indemaio is a musical playwright, who has been writing songs for some time. Having written many while in numerous rock bands, he eventually moved toward writing for theatre (writing music for several college productions) before finally writing musicals of his own. To date, he has two previous musicals under his credit; co-written with composer Edmund Pantuliano. His first production, a rock opera titled The Businessman, was written in 1993 when he took a break from playing in a blues rock band called "The Grinders." Influenced by many shows and musical styles, he wrote the the libretto and co-wrote the music with Pantuliano (a long time friend) for the crude, but ambitious musical. Then, after becoming a company member at the local theatre in their college town (The Lamplite Theatre) he convinced artistic director Sarah McMullen to give him a spot on their season by "performing" the synopsis for her. After his first production, he was hooked. He and Pantuliano also went on to co-write The Vision Quest, that was produced in 1995 at the Ollington Smith Playhouse in Houston, TX. Later that year, Indemaio moved to Austin, TX (where he produced The Businessman again in 1996 at the Dougherty Arts Center) to be involved in the the thriving arts community there. He then got the inspiration for Toys in the Attic, the last Teaching of don Carlos while working at a bookstore (frequented by many "slacker artists") and reading many of Carlos Casteneda's books. After learning many new tricks of the trade as a member of The Vortex Repertory Theatre (which he is still a member) and engineering numerous sound design projects for live theatre, he was finally finished with the script in October of 2000 and ready to mount The Last Teaching of don Carlos. The show was performed at the John Henry Faulk Living Theatre in March of 2001, during the SXSW music festival. As of now, Blaine Indemaio is working on his latest script, Peace and Quiet, while The Last Teaching of don Carlos is slated to be shot as a film in spring of 2004. |
