We’re thrilled to continue spotlighting the creative team for The Ether with Corey Allen, our wonderful director. Corey was the playwright and Lead Artist of Methods in Madness and Polly, a dumbshow for smart people desperate to survive the fallout at The Brick last November, and if you witnessed either or both, you probably miss wandering through that gorgeous art with Corey’s voice in your ear as much as we do. We asked Corey a few questions based on Corinna Schulenburg’s haunting new play, which you can learn more about here.

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Have you ever felt the boundaries between worlds grow thin? If so, please share a little about that experience.

There have been moments, often on the edges of exhaustion, when reality has felt less like a fixed state and more like a membrane—thin, shifting, blurring. I think I’ve experienced this several times during long solo drives across the country. Usually at night, hours deep into the road, when time seemed to unravel and the landscape felt both endless and immediate. The sky and horizon blurring, stretching so wide it felt like I could slip right through it. I wasn’t sure if I was moving forward or if the coming night was enveloping me.

Where’s a place you go when you need to go away?

The cinema. Preferably mid day when few people are there. It’s a magical escape.

What’s something meaningful you’ve learned from an elder?

Acknowledge that most people who love you are doing so to best of their ability.

What’s something meaningful you’ve learned from a younger?

Sometimes it takes a new perspective to see something clearly.

Corey Allen (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist and storyteller born and raised in San Diego, CA. His creative practice includes acting, writing and directing theater and film, as well as visual art (painting/photography). As an actor, he has appeared on stages across the country, television (Madame Secretary, Bull, The Blacklist, Power and Mindhunter). His work as a voice over artist is featured in nearly 200 works including audiobooks, documentaries, industrial copy and commercials. His directing has been seen at regional theaters and on digital platforms. He is Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble and an Assistant Professor or Acting at the University of Texas at Austin.

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