An Open Invitation: See "I Want to Be Your Canary" this December!

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UPDATE: YOU CAN WATCH THE TRAILER HERE!

Twitch: twitch.tv/AStageReborn
YouTube: youtube.com/AStageReborn
Discord: http://discord.gg/jR6rJus

A Stage Reborn is performing a full adaptation of "I Want to Be Your Canary" from Final Fantasy IX in-game! Everybody is invited and it's free/open for all to attend including the XIV team, Mr. Yoshida, and any other Square Enix Staff. We know you're super busy with your jobs, but we would love to have you watch!

December 30th (Friday) and December 31st (Saturday)
Doors open at 4:30 P.M. PST, show starts at 5:00 P.M. PST.

(An encore performance may occur around 5:30 P.M. PST.)


Information on attending/viewing the event (i.e. house rules, camera settings) as well as photos from our photoshoot are available via our e-Flier at ASR.to/canary. Not on Diabolos? You can make a Lv. 1 alt. We have F.C. space just for cross-server visitors! Not in-game? It'll be live-streamed and archived later to YouTube! Got questions or comments? Post them below!

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Located in-game at Diabolos (Primal) - The Lavender Beds, 8th Ward, Plot 28, Bottom Level. The set is always open, so if you'd like to stop by for a sneak peek (even during rehearsal times) feel free to do so! Come see how a show gets put together!

I actually think this is a pretty fun idea. And I've always found that play to be under appreciated. I probably won't be able to make it though, even on an alt. :(

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Originally Posted by VanilleFang

I actually think this is a pretty fun idea. And I've always found that play to be under appreciated. I probably won't be able to make it though, even on an alt. :(

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Although the play itself is a very quick and abridged tragic romance, it made for an exceptional learning experience for the team. We've learned a lot of neat and amazing things you can do on FFXIV -- and hopefully you'll be able to see the results via the recording being posted later in January once the show closes.

I love plays ! Time to make an alt .

Let me know the name of your alt so we can put you in the FC for a quick teleport! We have 4 FCs in the ward near the theater it's being run out of. :)

I see you are having the play in the Lavender beds and I always start in Gridania so i should have no problem getting there.

Dude! xD
This is the best thing I have ever saw on these here forums.
10/10 you made my day! Good luck and have fun! Incredibly creative! :eek:

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Originally Posted by Mugiawara

Dude! xD
This is the best thing I have ever saw on these here forums.
10/10 you made my day! Good luck and have fun! Incredibly creative! :eek:

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Thank you! Hope you enjoy the show! We've put a massive amount of time and effort into it so far. :)

OMG I love you guys, thanks for doing this! I'll be on vacations by these times so I'll go with my alt too. :o I'll spread the voice.

FFIX is one of my favorite FF games! I'll definitely be there! :D

Such an amazing idea! You guys rock for doing this! I will definitely stream it =)

Impressive, i may just make an alt to see this.

I would have loved to see this but alas it starts at my bed time haha

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I would have loved to see this but alas it starts at my bed time haha

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It'll be up on our youtube channel sometime in January, so you'll get the chance to see it, then! Feel free to subscribe in advance.~
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQR...f3UvZTckaHayyg

Aww not on my server :( and I've used up all my alt slots T_T

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OMG I love you guys, thanks for doing this! I'll be on vacations by these times so I'll go with my alt too. :o I'll spread the voice.

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We were hoping that, although the New Year is a busy time for a lot of people, it'd be the best time to catch as many people as possible for the show. Thank you for spreading the word! We look forward to seeing you there!

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Originally Posted by Jpec07

FFIX is one of my favorite FF games! I'll definitely be there! :D

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Awesome! I have a feeling people might end up re-playing IX a bit before/after the show from all the nostalgia, haha.


And no worries to anyone not able to make it. We're specifically setting aside high quality streams and archives permanently saved on YouTube just for you. (We have one system confirmed streaming/recording at 60fps 1080p.)

You're amazing for doing this and I love how you guys did your best to recreate some of the characters from Final Fantasy IX. That Blanc is fantastic.
I'm going to make an alt to come see this, my name will be the same as what it is on Tonberry. If I can't use the name (since I'm uncreative and just use anime character names) I'll update to say what my name is =)

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You're amazing for doing this and I love how you guys did your best to recreate some of the characters from Final Fantasy IX. That Blanc is fantastic.
I'm going to make an alt to come see this, my name will be the same as what it is on Tonberry. If I can't use the name (since I'm uncreative and just use anime character names) I'll update to say what my name is =)

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Awesome! I know some of the outfits could be improved upon a bit (our Zidane is about 400-500 days behind on the Zidane attire itself unfortunately.) But overall, we've been pretty happy with how the costumes turned out!

I'll be on most evenings at the end of this week so just toss me a /tell in-game whenever you're on!

What a wonderful idea. I'll be stopping by.

This is pretty cool, I'll make an effort to attend

Thanks! :)

Thanks for the great responses so far! I'm one of the Directors of ASR, and I'm also playing Blank in the play. We really appreciate the support we're received so far!

I'm also a director and in the play! I'm playing Princess Cornelia, aka Garnet. If any of you have questions about any part of the process or the show, I'd be happy to answer! I hope we see you all there!

(Just a side note, we run ASR like a mock nonprofit for decision making/etc., so director doesn't necessarily mean theatre director -- Board of Director director. lol)

I recall y'all had been trying to get this going since like back in July when I was still active on Diablos. I'm glad you stuck to your project for so long and that it's finally coming together. I can't go back to Diablos to watch but I hope everything goes well.

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I recall y'all had been trying to get this going since like back in July when I was still active on Diablos. I'm glad you stuck to your project for so long and that it's finally coming together. I can't go back to Diablos to watch but I hope everything goes well.

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You can always come watch on the live stream or recording! Glad to see someone from the server recalling my earlier shouts/etc.

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This sounds super fun, I might have to make an alt!

Definitely do. Diabolos is a fun server to stick an alt on regardless. Some may say we're "dead" but that's only if you idle in Idyllshire and don't try to find something to do. ;)

Probably not able to go see it at the right time and place. Doesn't take away that I absolutely love the idea and that you peeps are doing this :D

I'll love to see it on youtube (or any other video stream of choice) and screenies and whatever else is the next best thing of seeing this happen. Machinima?

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Definitely do. Diabolos is a fun server to stick an alt on regardless. Some may say we're "dead" but that's only if you idle in Idyllshire and don't try to find something to do. ;)

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The PF was good for laughs if you could catch it at the right time
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I think I'll probably watch the show on YouTube after. I love the idea but after being treated to sub-50ms ping now that the Chaos datacentre is in Frankfurt (Germany), I'm not sure I could put up with 200ms ping even just for watching a play.

I'm not on diabolos but I'm definitely making an alt, this sounds awesome:O!

I need to make an alt... This sounds like a good time!

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Probably not able to go see it at the right time and place. Doesn't take away that I absolutely love the idea and that you peeps are doing this :D

I'll love to see it on youtube (or any other video stream of choice) and screenies and whatever else is the next best thing of seeing this happen. Machinima?

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Next big project is our machinima series - starts filming in 2017. Also doing a handful of other plays and projects during the year. :)

Just giving a brief bump to say that we updated the first page to include a link to the trailer. (We re-created/made an adaptation of the beginning of the play cutscenes from IX in XIV.)

If any community reps/devs/XIV team happen to hop along this thread and are actually considering popping in to attend a show, we have a VIP box set up that'll be reserved for you, just say the word. ;)

I'm a little late to the party for ASR Introductions, but I'm Tsudin Everrest, one of the members of the A Stage Reborn Board of Directors and also one of the techs for the "I Want To Be Your Canary" play, I'm in charge of house lights and orchestrion operation. I also do a lot of work behind the scenes for our other events, including our Haunted House event we held on Halloween "Lunatic Pandora". I look forward to seeing you all there opening night and hope you enjoy our rendition of "I Want To Be Your Canary".

Also, please do check out the trailer! I may be a little biased, but I think it's absolutely wonderful and has definitely gotten me even more hyped for the play.

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Originally Posted by Tsudin

I'm a little late to the party for ASR Introductions, but I'm Tsudin Everrest, one of the members of the A Stage Reborn Board of Directors and also one of the techs for the "I Want To Be Your Canary" play, I'm in charge of house lights and orchestrion operation. I also do a lot of work behind the scenes for our other events, including our Haunted House event we held on Halloween "Lunatic Pandora". I look forward to seeing you all there opening night and hope you enjoy our rendition of "I Want To Be Your Canary".

Also, please do check out the trailer! I may be a little biased, but I think it's absolutely wonderful and has definitely gotten me even more hyped for the play.

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We need more people like you in this community! Thanks for all your effort guys!

Will the bomb show up or will it pretty much just be the play itself? :) Be funny seeing a little cherry bomb popping up.

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"professional pizza cutter LTW" haha so true xD