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Announcing the Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest Cast & Creative Team

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We are thrilled to announce the cast and creative team for Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest, Flux’s next full production: CAST Arthur Aulisi – Everett Becky Byers – Belle Rachael Hip-Flores – Josie Brian Silliman – Man Chinaza Uche – Warren Kristen Vaughan – Eugenia CREATIVE TEAM Kristen Palmer – playwright Heather Cohn – director Jodi Witherell – stage manager Sarah Amandes…

Have Another with Nat Cassidy, AT THE BREAKAWAY

Have Another with Nat Cassidy, AT THE BREAKAWAY

(Photo by Alisha Spielmann & Isaiah Tanenbaum of Sol Crespo and Jane Lincoln Taylor at the 2014 Flux Retreat workshop of At the Breakaway.) To prepare for our next Have Another Retreat Harvest (RSVP here), we asked our contributing playwrights some hard-hitting, incisive questions about their work and the Retreat experience. Up next: the octagonally-talented Nat…

Have Another with Nandita Shenoy, ESSPY

Have Another with Nandita Shenoy, ESSPY

(Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum of Nandita Shenoy and Jen Kipley at the 2014 Flux Retreat reading of ESSPY.) To prepare for our next Have Another Retreat Harvest (RSVP here), we asked our contributing playwrights some hard-hitting, incisive questions about their work and the Retreat experience. Up next: the brilliant Nandita Shenoy, talking about her play ESSPY. Tell…

Have Another with Adam Szymkowicz, VIOLENT BONES

Have Another with Adam Szymkowicz, VIOLENT BONES

(Photo by Adam Szymkowicz of Sol Crespo as EMMA in Violent Bones at the 2014 Flux Retreat.) To prepare for our next Have Another Retreat Harvest (RSVP here), we asked our contributing playwrights some hard-hitting, incisive questions about their work and the Retreat experience. First up, longtime Flux favorite Adam Szymkowicz! Tell us a little…

Have Another #13: The Retreat Harvest

Have Another #13: The Retreat Harvest

(Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Ryan Andes, Anna Rahn.) Our next installment of Have Another is Sunday, August 10 from 7PM-9PM. We’ll be at a new location, McCoy American Bistro, at 89 MacDougal St on the corner of Bleecker, in their downstairs speakeasy. Doors open: 7:00pm Scenes begin: 7:30pm We’ll be sharing scenes from: AT…

IT Awards Nominations for Jane the Plain

IT Awards Nominations for Jane the Plain

(Photo by Deborah Alexander. Post by August Schulenburg.) Tolkien has nothing on the One Ring of Indie Theatre. It was a powerful moment: Samantha Soule of Rising Phoenix Repertory shared the story of how Lanford Wilson found a ring outside the Caffe Cino, one of the three legendary cradles of the Off-Off-Broadway movement. He gave…

Auditions for Once Upon A Bride There Was A Forest

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(Photo by Ken Glickfeld from Flux’s Food:Soul of Once Upon A Bride There Was A Forest. Pictured: Rachael Hip-Flores, Becky Byers, Isaiah Tanenbaum, Chinaza Uche.) Flux is thrilled to be producing Kristen Palmer’s Once Upon A Bride There Was A Forest in December 2014, directed by Heather Cohn. Auditions will be held Friday, June 13th (1-6pm) with callbacks on Saturday, June…

Jane the Plain Press Release

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Photo and graphic design by Isaiah Tanenbaum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Owens PR | emily@emilyowenspr.com | 917.408.3677 JANE THE PLAIN WRITTEN BY AUGUST SCHULENBURG DIRECTED BY KELLY O’DONNELL  WORLD PREMIERE PREVIEWS MAY 9 & 10 PRESS DATES MAY 10, 11, & 12 MAY 9-24 @ 4TH STREET THEATRE Flux Theatre Ensemble will present the…

ForePlay: Extra Credit

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(Graphic design by Will Lowry.) Update: the ForePlay: Extra Credit schedule is announced! 5/15: Just Homer by Mike Mihm, performed by Matthew Murumba 5/16: The 8-Bit Invocation by Jason Tseng, performed by Neimah Djourabchi 5/17: an infinity of strangers by Lauren Ferebee, performed by Marnie Schulenburg 5/19: The Extraction by Nat Cassidy, performed by Mike Mihm 5/20: The Moving Power by Aja Houston, performed by Rachael Hip-Flores 5/21: Kore by Shaun Fauntleroy, performed by Stephanie…

Flux Sunday, 3/16/14

Flux Sunday, 3/16/14

(Post and photos by August Schulenburg.) (What is Flux Sunday?) Lots of pages! Seven playwrights brought work, and we were particularly thrilled to welcome back (if only for a moment) Lauren Ferebee and her wonderful words. Playwrights: Johnna Adams (World Builders), Becky Byers (Roommates), Marielle Duke (Speaking Up), Lauren Ferebee (The Reckless Season), Kayhan Irani (The Tree of Seeds), Jason Tseng (Apotheosis)  Directors: Marielle,…

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